Location:
London, West Midlands or Lancashire
Benefits:
£1300 per three-week programme
Duration:
Three or six weeks
Description
We are looking for Senior Mentors to lead, inspire and develop teams of sixteen-year-olds during our intensive summer programme, working both residentially and in the local community in London, West Midlands or the North West, over a period of three or six weeks.
This role is suitable for a dynamic and confident person with experience of leading groups of young people, who is able to motivate them and command their respect.
The Challenge Programme
We bring together sixteen-year-olds from across a community and challenge them to connect with people from different backgrounds, learn key skills for the workplace, and make a difference in their community. They achieve this by completing three challenges:
- The Personal Challenge: Socially mixed teams of young people bond through a week of challenging outdoor activities.
- The Team Challenge: Teams return home and use their skills to experience serving the local community.
- The Real Challenge: Teams work to design and organise activities that will bring the local community together. The Real Challenge Design takes part during the last part of the summer programme and the Real Challenge Action takes place over four weekends in September.
About the Opportunity
The Senior Mentor will:
- Lead, inspire and pastorally care for a team of twelve participants, ensuring their safety and assisting their personal development through three weeks of intense activities.
- Work with the support of the Assistant Programme Leader to deal with challenging behaviour from young people.
Requirements
Essential:
· Experience working directly with groups of young people
· Ability to motivate and command respect of a group of twelve young people
· Belief in young people and in helping them take more active roles in their communities
· Experience of working in a fast paced and demanding environment
Beneficial:
· Experience of working on a residential youth environment
· Experience working in partnership with schools, youth or community organisations
We also look for all employees to show The Challenge characteristics. These are:
Trust-building: Works hard to build trust with people. Brings people together in the community
Responsibility-taking: Takes responsibility for actions and attitudes. Claims and solves problems in the community
Understanding and Empathy: Works to understand others – their strengths, fears and needs.
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