Progression / Attendance Mentor in Southwark, London
UK working eligibility only.
Are you passionate about making a lasting difference in a Young Person's life.
Fleet Education Services is seeking dedicated and compassionate Mentors to support learners across Southwark. Working on a one-to-one basis, you'll help young people develop confidence, resilience, independence, and engagement with education while supporting them to achieve their personal goals and aspirations.
What You'll Need
- Experience working with young people in schools, colleges, alternative provision, specialist settings, or PRUs.
- Experience supporting learners with SEND and/or SEMH needs.
- Confidence delivering personalised one-to-one mentoring and building positive relationships with learners and families.
- An understanding of strategies that support engagement, emotional regulation, wellbeing, and resilience.
- The ability to motivate young people and help them work towards personal, educational, or future goals.
- Knowledge of local services, community resources, and opportunities is desirable.
- Eligibility to work in the UK without restrictions.
- An Enhanced DBS registered to the DBS Update Service and cleared against the Children's Barred List.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver tailored one-to-one mentoring sessions in learners' homes.
- Build trusted relationships with learners and their families.
- Identify barriers affecting attendance, engagement, confidence, wellbeing, or progression.
- Create and deliver personalised support plans and learner-led activities.
- Support learners to build confidence, resilience, independence, and positive routines.
- Encourage engagement with education, community opportunities, and future pathways.
- Complete assessments, Individual Learning Plans (ILPs), and session reports.
- Work collaboratively with parents/carers to support positive outcomes for learners.
Areas of Focus
Depending on the learner and mentoring pathway, support may include:
Attendance & Engagement
- Re-engagement with education and learning.
- Building confidence around attendance and participation.
- Emotional regulation and anxiety management.
- Developing positive routines and readiness for learning.
- Strengthening resilience and self-esteem.
Progression & Independence
- Study skills and preparation for further education.
- Life skills, including time management, organisation, budgeting, and healthy living.
- Social skills and community engagement.
- Career exploration, CV development, and employability skills.
- Planning future pathways into education, training, volunteering, or employment
Important Information
Mentors do not provide academic tuition, personal care, or medical support.
Following application and screening, successful candidates may be matched to either Attendance Mentoring or Progression Mentoring, depending on their skills, experience, and the needs of learners.
Any visits to community amenities or local activities must be accompanied by a parent or carer.
Why Mentor With Fleet Education Services?
- Flexible working hours to suit your availability, with opportunities ranging from 5 to 25+ hours per week.
- Weekly PAYE pay.
- Comprehensive mentor induction covering safeguarding, expectations, engagement strategies, and best practice.
- Ongoing support from a dedicated Education Adviser.
- Regular Mentor Forums to share experience, learning, and good practice with peers.
- CPD Academy access with training including:
- SEND Support
- Safeguarding
- Childhood Trauma
- Thrive Approach
- Assessment for Learning
- Specialist mentoring resources and tools, including:
- Thrive assessments and resources
- Emotional regulation and wellbeing toolkits
- Individual assessment frameworks
- Learner engagement resources
- Comprehensive safeguarding, lone working, and wellbeing guidance.
About Fleet Education Services
Fleet Education Services delivers high-quality alternative and supplementary education support to children and young people nationwide. Our mentors play a vital role in helping learners overcome barriers, increase engagement, develop independence, and achieve positive outcomes.
If you have the passion, empathy, and commitment to help young people thrive, we'd love to hear from you.
Voceer presents this job opportunity for Fleet Education Services, a 50 person sized company who are categorized as a Direct Employer.
As one of the longest established tutoring providers in the UK, Fleet Education Services offers a range of learning experiences geared to help students of all ages and backgrounds succeed. A founder member of the Tutors Association, we are proud to have supported over 100,000 students achieve against the odds and have made it our mission to help students reach their potential, regardless of background, ability or age. We collaborate with schools and local authorities in the public sector to help to put struggling pupils back on track with supplementary and alternative provision programmes that are designed to instil classroom confidence or re-engage pupils with learning. Not all children will learn at the same pace. That’s why our tailored approach is at the heart of everything we do. Our tutors are in demand as the requirement for our services continues to expand, and we are always looking to grow our network of professional educators. Tutors with Fleet Education Services Ltd are subject specialists, with many holding QTS and all holding an honours degree in the subject in which they teach. Could you be a Fleet Education Services tutor? With opportunities to suit all hours and skills, we’re sure to have an assignment for you. We receive new referrals each day and welcome applications from tutors, qualified teaching staff, social workers and carers alike.
Every learner thriving.