Lead Mentor - #1708841

We have received grant funding from the Department for Education to provide bespoke and intensive Mentoring, Advocacy and Support to children in our care and care leavers.

If you have experience of working with children and young people supporting them with engaging in their community and providing a safe point of reference for them we want to hear from you.

This role will be joining a small and established team working in Royal Greenwich’s Virtual School. Our work is to support the existing networks around each child in our care whilst promoting a sense of belonging and identity.

We know how important positive life experiences are for young people so much of this role is to get out and about with young people taking part in and encouraging safe play and confidence building.

We also form a key part of the network around each child ensuring quality advocacy for each child is ever present.

If you think you have the skills to engage children and support them learn and grow into their journey to adulthood and beyond please get in touch with us.

We are looking for a wide range of skills and experiences- play/youth worker, social workers, education staff, sports coaches, those with experience of mentoring, youth justice workers etc.



For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Elizabeth Ghartey; [email protected] 020 8921 5961

If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact [email protected] or call 020-8921-8977

Safer recruitment: Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any roles which involve working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, or roles in which the duties will involve access to sensitive information relating to children, young people or vulnerable adults, the Royal Borough will take up references prior to interview. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Candidates can request for us not to send a reference request to their current employer prior to interview by emailing us at [email protected].

As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

DBS: This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974).

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Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

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