Learner Support Mentor
| Posting date: | 16 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £26,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 August 2025 |
| Location: | Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Central YMCA |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
About Us
Central YMCA is transforming. This is an exciting time to join us as we look forward toward growth and progression and focus on our purpose to advance the education, health and wellbeing of our communities. We want to create improved access to life-changing opportunities and enable everyone to achieve their potential, live a fulfilled life and contribute positively to society.
What we offer
27 days annual leave, plus 3 additional days over the Christmas period and bank holidays
Extra paid leave for your birthday, a mental health day, and up to 5 volunteering days
4% Contributory Pension Scheme
Life Insurance cover
Cycle to Work Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – confidential support for you and your family, including counselling
Employee Discount Scheme
A real opportunity to impact change in the community through your work.
About You
You will have excellent communication skills and great rapport building ability. You will be highly organised, with demonstrated planning and time-management skills supported by good IT skills. You will also have:
Proven experience working with young people.
Advice and Guidance Level 4 and/or a relevant learning support qualification.
Maths and English qualifications at level 2 or above.
Ability to resolve conflict positively and make objective judgements.
Experience of managing challenging behaviour.
Experience of mentoring/coaching young people and/or adults to achieve education and training success.
About the Role
The Learner Support Mentor role would perfectly suit someone who has experience of working with young people or who is looking to share their knowledge and experiences with the next generation in order to support them to achieve their life goals. This position is offered on a full-time basis (40 hours per week) and is based in our Leeds centre.
In this role you will work by supporting teaching staff and YMCA learners. You will work both independently and as part of a wider team and will be able to:
Create a range of effective mechanisms to build relationships with referral agencies, schools, local authorities & external partners to support with recruitment.
Develop and maintain an extensive network and source opportunities in order to attract learners and provide progression routes into further education or apprenticeships.
Provide pastoral and tutorial support within the framework of support designed by the organisation to support individual learner support, progress and achievement.
Provide timely interventions which direct and support learners to improve their attendance, behaviour, success, and progression.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join our team and do something great for yourself and others. If this sounds right for you, click apply now and register your details.
Safeguarding responsibilities: This role will involve daily contact with learners, and you will be engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All staff have a responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, and/or vulnerable adults for whom you are responsible and with whom you come into contact. The Charity’s Safeguarding Policy is available from Central YMCA website.
Any offer of employment will be subject to successfully completing pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure, teacher prohibition check, the receipt of satisfactory references, overseas check (if applicable), relevant original ID documentation and examination certificates.
Regulated activity: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Charity is therefore permitted to ask shortlisted applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) to assess their suitability to work with children. Should you be shortlisted, you will be required to complete a disclosure form prior to interview.
Please note: Candidates with overseas experience exceeding three months within the past ten years will be required to provide criminal background checks or certificates of good conduct from the relevant jurisdictions, in English or with certified translations.
Central YMCA is transforming. This is an exciting time to join us as we look forward toward growth and progression and focus on our purpose to advance the education, health and wellbeing of our communities. We want to create improved access to life-changing opportunities and enable everyone to achieve their potential, live a fulfilled life and contribute positively to society.
What we offer
27 days annual leave, plus 3 additional days over the Christmas period and bank holidays
Extra paid leave for your birthday, a mental health day, and up to 5 volunteering days
4% Contributory Pension Scheme
Life Insurance cover
Cycle to Work Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – confidential support for you and your family, including counselling
Employee Discount Scheme
A real opportunity to impact change in the community through your work.
About You
You will have excellent communication skills and great rapport building ability. You will be highly organised, with demonstrated planning and time-management skills supported by good IT skills. You will also have:
Proven experience working with young people.
Advice and Guidance Level 4 and/or a relevant learning support qualification.
Maths and English qualifications at level 2 or above.
Ability to resolve conflict positively and make objective judgements.
Experience of managing challenging behaviour.
Experience of mentoring/coaching young people and/or adults to achieve education and training success.
About the Role
The Learner Support Mentor role would perfectly suit someone who has experience of working with young people or who is looking to share their knowledge and experiences with the next generation in order to support them to achieve their life goals. This position is offered on a full-time basis (40 hours per week) and is based in our Leeds centre.
In this role you will work by supporting teaching staff and YMCA learners. You will work both independently and as part of a wider team and will be able to:
Create a range of effective mechanisms to build relationships with referral agencies, schools, local authorities & external partners to support with recruitment.
Develop and maintain an extensive network and source opportunities in order to attract learners and provide progression routes into further education or apprenticeships.
Provide pastoral and tutorial support within the framework of support designed by the organisation to support individual learner support, progress and achievement.
Provide timely interventions which direct and support learners to improve their attendance, behaviour, success, and progression.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join our team and do something great for yourself and others. If this sounds right for you, click apply now and register your details.
Safeguarding responsibilities: This role will involve daily contact with learners, and you will be engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All staff have a responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, and/or vulnerable adults for whom you are responsible and with whom you come into contact. The Charity’s Safeguarding Policy is available from Central YMCA website.
Any offer of employment will be subject to successfully completing pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure, teacher prohibition check, the receipt of satisfactory references, overseas check (if applicable), relevant original ID documentation and examination certificates.
Regulated activity: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Charity is therefore permitted to ask shortlisted applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) to assess their suitability to work with children. Should you be shortlisted, you will be required to complete a disclosure form prior to interview.
Please note: Candidates with overseas experience exceeding three months within the past ten years will be required to provide criminal background checks or certificates of good conduct from the relevant jurisdictions, in English or with certified translations.