Progress Mentor

Progress Mentor Opportunity

We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Progress Mentor to support college age students' wellbeing, attendance, behaviour, and overall progress. This role is ideal for individuals who are passionate about helping young people succeed both academically and personally.

Key Responsibilities

As a Progress Mentor, you will:

• Act as the primary point of pastoral support for a designated cohort of students.
• Build positive relationships with students, providing guidance, mentoring, and one-to-one support to help them achieve their full potential.
• Monitor academic progress, attendance, wellbeing, and behaviour, implementing appropriate interventions where required.
• Deliver engaging group sessions and pastoral programmes that support personal development, resilience, wellbeing, and preparation for future education or employment.
• Collaborate closely with teaching staff, senior leaders, support teams, parents/carers, and external agencies to ensure students receive the support they need.
• Maintain accurate records of student interactions, interventions, attendance, and progress.
• Promote student engagement with enrichment activities, additional support services, and wider opportunities.
• Support students with progression planning, including further education, apprenticeships, employment pathways, and application processes.

Attendance & Behaviour

You will play a key role in:

• Monitoring daily attendance and addressing concerns promptly.
• Following up on absences and working with families to improve attendance.
• Identifying patterns of absence and implementing strategies to increase engagement.
• Promoting positive behaviour through consistent expectations, support, praise, and intervention.
• Working proactively with students identified as being at risk of disengagement.

Safeguarding

The successful candidate will:

• Have a strong understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and child protection procedures.
• Respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns and disclosures.
• Work closely with safeguarding leads and external agencies to ensure student welfare remains a priority.
• Contribute to creating a safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environment for all students.

Ideal Candidate

We have found that candidates from a teaching background often transition successfully into this type of role due to their experience supporting and developing young people. However, we would also welcome applications from individuals who have:

• Previous pastoral, safeguarding, student support, welfare, youth work, or mentoring experience.
• Experience leading group sessions, workshops, tutorials, or enrichment activities.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• The ability to motivate, challenge, and support young people to achieve positive outcomes.
• Experience working within education, colleges, schools, youth services, or similar environments.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about student wellbeing and wants to make a genuine difference to the lives of young people.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
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