Wellbeing Mentor

Wellbeing Mentor

Location: Rotherham | Pay: £18 per hour | Contract: 37 hrs per week

Reed Further Education are working on a role that you, or someone you know may be interested in. If you are looking for work, read on to find out how to join the UK's leading FE recruiter with additional benefits, offers and referral schemes.

Reed Further Education are a leading recruitment agency working with colleges, prisons, universities, and training providers across the UK. We are always looking for talented/aspiring support staff to join our team and help us deliver high-quality education to learners.

Key Duties

• Act as an Emotional Available Adult (EAA), providing mentoring and coaching support to vulnerable learners.
• Support students experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges through direct intervention, signposting, and referrals.
• Build positive and supportive relationships that promote psychological safety and student engagement.
• Deliver trauma-informed support strategies to help learners develop coping mechanisms and remain engaged in education.
• Work closely with curriculum staff, tutors, parents/carers, and external agencies to coordinate effective student support plans.
• Manage safeguarding and Prevent concerns, making referrals and liaising with internal and external stakeholders where necessary.
• Maintain accurate and timely welfare, behaviour, and support records using college systems.
• Support student retention, progression, and successful transitions throughout the academic year.
• Develop wellbeing resources and self-help materials for learners.
• Act as an advocate for learners where appropriate and ensure students can access the support they need.

Requirements

• Experience working within an educational environment.
• Experience in a support, mentoring, counselling, or wellbeing-focused role.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, data protection, equality, diversity, and inclusion practices.
• Level 2 Literacy and Numeracy or willingness to work towards.
• Level 3 Safeguarding qualification or willingness to work towards.
• Strong communication, organisation, and workload prioritisation skills.
• Ability to work professionally, confidentially, and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

All candidates who register with Reed Further Education will have 2 years' referencing taken up and will be required to have a DBS check completed. All offers are conditional upon satisfactory background checks.

Reed Further Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment by completing mandatory training within 6 weeks of your first assignment and annually thereafter.

Benefits of Working for Reed Further Education/Our Client

• Exclusive representation to leading FE colleges, prisons, and training providers in the area
• A specialist further education consultant who will search for jobs on your behalf
• A Health Cash Plan and Reed Discount Club
• Entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay, Statutory Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay, Parental Leave and Antenatal/Pre-Adoption Appointment Payment
• Access to Training and Development - Reed Assessment Centre - Reed Learning
• Great referral bonus' (up to £200 per successful referral!)
• Access to roles throughout the UK and online/remote learning

To apply for this role, please send us your updated CV by clicking 'Apply Now'.