Youth Mentor

South Gloucestershire and Bath & North East Somerset
Closing date:
Sunday 1 November pm

Whether your background is in sport, the arts, youth work or something else entirely, what matters most is a real interest in young people. If young people trust you, and you have the patience to earn that trust slowly, we’d like to hear fromyou.

Switch Mentoring is the mentoring arm of Switch Rugby Ltd, a small Bristol company of about eight people. Schools refer young people to us for one-to-one mentoring, and sometimes for work in pairs or small groups. Sessions take place on the school site or off site at sports, outdoor and cultural venues. Some of the young people we work with are not currently attending school.

Our mentors come from all walks of life. Sport and physical activity are a big part of how we connect with young people, alongside music, art, the outdoors, conversation and turning up consistently. We are building a team with a wide mix of skills, so we can match each young person with what works for them. What unites the team is the belief that every young person deserves an adult who seesthem.

We are recruiting one full-time and several part-time Youth Mentors to work with young people aged roughly 8 to 18 in schools across South Gloucestershire and Bath & North East Somerset (B&NES).

Many of the young people we support have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), are neurodivergent, or have social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs. Some have had difficult experiences that make it hard for them to trust adults. Your job is to be a consistent, safe and positive adult in their week, and to help them build confidence, resilience and direction.

Posts 1 × full-time: 30 hours a week, Monday to Friday
Part‑time: 18 hours a week, spread across the week to suit you and our schools

Working pattern Term time only (39 weeks a year), during the school day, Monday to Friday. We are flexible about which days youwork.

Pay £14.00 – £15.00 per hour, depending on experience (the top of the range is for SEND, SEMH or specialist experience)
Full-time (30 hours a week, term time only): £18,360 – £19,670 a year, including holiday pay
Part‑time (18 hours a week, term time only): £11,010 – £11,800 a year, including holiday pay
Plus employer contributions to the Nestworkplacepension

Contract Permanent, directly employed (PAYE), with a six-month probation period

Where Schools and venues across South Gloucestershire and B&NES. You will need to live within easy reach of the area, for example Kingswood, Yate, Keynsham, Bath or Midsomer Norton.

Travel Full UK driving licence and your own car, insured for business use. You will drive young people to and from off-site sessions.
We pay mileage at 50p a mile for work journeys, and we cover the extra cost of adding business use to your car insurance.

Reports to Matt Sheppard, Director and Designated Safeguarding Lead

Start date From Monday 30 November 2026 if you are available, with induction and shadowing before Christmas; otherwise January 2027. Every start is subject to completed pre‑employment checks.

• Plan and deliver one‑to‑one and small‑group mentoring sessions in school and off site, using activities that suit each young person: sport, creative work, music, the outdoors or simply talking.
• Build trusting relationships with clear professional boundaries with young people, their families and school staff.
• Collect and return young people safely for off‑site sessions, following our check‑in and transport procedures.
• Adapt your approach for young people with SEND, neurodivergence, or social, emotional and mental health needs, working with the school’s SENCo and pastoral staff.
• Write a short Session Log…