Children and Young People Mentor

Your tasks

We are seeking a Family Liaison Mentor to support vulnerable students and strengthen the partnership between home and school.

This Family Liaison Mentor will play a key role in improving attendance, supporting student welfare, and working with families, staff, and external agencies to remove barriers to learning. The role would suit a compassionate and resilient professional with experience in pastoral support, trauma-informed practice, and multi-agency working.

Day-to-day of the role

• Build positive relationships between students, families, the school, and external agencies through consistent liaison, support, and negotiation.
• Monitor attendance, carry out targeted interventions, and support students and families to improve engagement with education.
• Deliver 1:1 and small group sessions for vulnerable students, focusing on wellbeing, reintegration, and readiness to learn.
• Use trauma-informed strategies, restorative practice, and Non-Violent Resistance approaches to support conflict resolution and positive outcomes.
• Conduct welfare checks and home visits, identifying barriers to learning and working with families to agree practical solutions.
• Support referrals, admissions, induction, and transition arrangements for new students, ensuring relevant support plans are in place.
• Maintain accurate case notes, attendance records, reports, and intervention evidence, while contributing to annual reviews and wider school documentation.
• Act as a keyworker for identified students and remain actively involved in the daily operation of the school, including occasional transport to enrichment activities where required.

Requirements

Please only apply for this position if you have the required experience for this position.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience working with vulnerable children or young people in an education, pastoral, welfare, or inclusion setting.
• Strong understanding of trauma-informed practice, relational approaches, and behaviour support strategies.
• Knowledge of restorative practice and Non-Violent Resistance, or the ability to apply similar approaches effectively.
• Experience of working closely with parents, carers, Local Authority teams, and external professionals.
• Ability to run effective 1:1 and small group interventions and support student engagement and attendance.
• Strong record-keeping, report writing, and administrative skills, with good attention to detail.
• Understanding of safeguarding, student welfare, and professional boundaries within a school environment.
• Willingness to undertake home visits, act as First Aid Lead, and transport students where required. A driving licence may be advantageous.

What we offer

• Salary: £19 -£20 per hour
• Location: East London
• Job Type: Temporary
• Working Pattern: Full time hours

Other

required for a school in East London. this is a temporary assignment required ASAP on an ongoing basis

The successful candidate will be required to be vetted to Whole School Recruitment standards including an Enhanced DBS clearance