Job Description

About Us

The Sheffield College is a further and higher education institution dedicated to providing academic, vocational, and professional qualifications to approximately 13,000 young people and adults annually. Our mission is to transform lives through learning, advocating for inclusivity and diversity at every stage.

About The Role

Please note that this is a Term Time only role working 37 hours a week over 40 weeks.

The Sheffield College is a large, vibrant and diverse further education college and we are proud of how the college contributes to transforming lives through learning by meeting local skills needs.

As a Student Mentor you will be responsible for supporting our ambitions to provide all students with the best possible experience at the College through significant contribution to the delivery of the academies. This role is to ensure exemplary behaviour and attendance of allocated academy students, improve outcomes for academy students and improve appropriate liaison and communication with parents / carers.

Main Duties

• Increasing the breadth of SHAPE (Staying Safe, Health & Well-being, Active Citizenship, Progression & Careers and Equality Matters) enrichment activities and student participation in them.
• Supporting the delivery of the academy’s enrolment processes and key aspects of the induction programme, as directed by the Head of Student Experience.
• Ensuring that all high and medium risk allocated academy students are contacted for an ‘Early Insights’ intervention following enrolment and prior to induction, with all interventions recorded on agreed college electronic systems.
• Providing additional bespoke wrap-around support, specifically pertaining to attendance, punctuality, engagement, mental health, wellbeing and safeguarding, for allocated students identified as high or medium risk following enrolment or later via the allocated Personal Tutor.
• Planning targeted enrichment activities to meet student need, utilising cross-college resources.
• Completing 1:1 or 1: small group interventions with allocated high and medium risk academy students to improve student performance.
• Leading on Behavioural support for all allocated academy students by conducting and agreeing Positive Engagement Plans and Stage One contracts, monitoring them and de-escalating where appropriate.
• Acting as student advocate in any disciplinary action (stage two contract meetings and Disciplinary Hearings and Appeals).
• Organising re-integration meetings for students on return from Time Out and arranging Restorative Justice meetings where appropriate.
• Undertaking behaviour walks, engaging with students and escorting them to class as appropriate
• Undertaking daily welfare calls to absent students or their next of kin as appropriate, recording interventions on agreed college electronic systems.