Structured Social Skills Intervention Mentor

Informal discussion regarding the post and a visit to the college are welcome. Please contact the People Services department to arrange.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the interest you have shown in our vacancy at Shooters Hill Sixth Form College and wish you well in the application process.
At Shooters Hill Sixth Form College, we celebrate the diversity of all our staff, students, and visitors. We provide a safe and supportive environment in which everyone can study and work to the best of their abilities. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity & inclusion for all.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. As part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates, we may carry out online searches in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2025.
As part of our recruitment process, Shooters Hill Sixth Form College collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. We are committed to being transparent about how we collect and use that data and to meet its data protection obligations.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and inspiring individual to deliver meaningful social skills intervention to students with EHCPs, SEMH and/or ACEs., The successful candidate will be an inspiring and student focused individual with excellent subject knowledge and experience working with learners with EHCP, SEMH and ACEs. They must be able to develop and deliver a dynamic and bespoke programme created around a caseload of learners from a range of academic levels. They will be required to work with staff across the college, in particular staff from the Student Experience, Learning Support and Foundation Learning departments, in order to ensure learners have access to the best opportunities to expand their social skills and try them in practice in settings they may not usually be able to access. The candidate should either hold or be willing to work towards a Forest School qualification as this is a vital part of the interventions programme.
Excellent organisation and communications skills whilst working with students, college staff, parents and carers are essential, and you must have commitment and dedication to teamwork, and a desire to transform the lives of our young people. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate experience of working with young people and provide evidence of this through assessments and progress monitoring. They will need to review learners' EHCPs and ensure that provision is tailored to individual needs. Delivery will be across the college, including Foundation Learning. The social skills programme will need to be linked to EHCP targets (Section F).

At Shooters Hill Sixth Form College, we value our employees, as they are vital to our continued success. We are a diverse, open and inclusive environment that provides the motivation for everyone to pursue their career goals and flourish.
Some of the attractive benefits we offer our employees:
Supportive and friendly colleagues
Generous annual leave entitlement
Competitive pension scheme LGPS
High quality professional development
Flexible working opportunities
Free on-site parking and breakfast
Various health & wellbeing benefits including, private healthcare - Benenden Health, free flu voucher, free onsite gym, access to funded Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) available 24/7, 365 days a year including confidential staff counselling service, health cash plans (Credit Union)
Dedicated staff wellbeing days throughout the year, including a long wellbeing weekend
Rewards and recognition for employee outstanding service
And much more.