Young Person’s Mentor

You will aid in instilling confidence and independence, to help our young people reach their full potential and transition with ease into adult life. If you care about making a difference and want to celebrate the wins, no matter how big or small, a career as a Young Person’s Mentor would be perfect for you. If you think you have what it takes to join our dedicated support team, we’d love to hear from you today!

Key Objectives 

Your role as a Young Person’s Mentor is to provide support to young people in a compassionate and caring home environment, with a focus on each person being able to: 

• Be Healthy 

• Stay Safe 

• Enjoy and Achieve 

• Make a Positive Contribution 

• Achieve Economic Wellbeing 

What your day-to-day responsibilities will look like: 

• To provide exceptional person-centred and innovative support when and where it is needed 

• To adopt and provide “Trauma-Informed Support” 

• To build supportive, trusting, and positive relationships with young people 

• To encourage ‘positive risk taking’ within a safe risk-assessed framework 

• To provide support with daily living skills and activities to ensure the young people enjoy a high quality of accommodation that is both safe and enjoyable 

• To involve the young people with the design, delivery, and development of the service 

• To empower each young person to apply for and receive all housing and welfare benefits they are entitled to 

• Support the young people to develop resilience and manage their adverse experiences 

• To fully understand the aims, objectives, and ethos of ‘outcomes focused support services’ and reflect these in your daily work. 

• To ensure that all Storyy Group and local authority safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to 

• To ensure that regular opportunities are given for young people to feedback on the service and for consultation and to ensure that this information is used to improve the service 

• To keep accurate, confidential, and up to date support records for effective and efficient working 

• To maintain the cleanliness of the premises 

• To attend regular meetings, training, and supervisions to help your own professional development 

• Collaborating closely with external professional teams that support the young people 

• Ensuring the young person and the service is safe and to raise and safeguarding concerns as soon as you become aware 

• Work within Ofsted regulations and Quality Standards. 

Hours: 37.5 hours, working on a 3-week rolling rota pattern (including weekends and Bank Holidays); you will work one weekend in three. Early shift: 8am to 4pm / Late shift: 12.30pm to 8.30pm. Loan working may be required.