Paid Vacancy: Lead Mentor – Sickle Cell Children & Young Person’s Peer Mentoring Programme (London Region)
The Sickle Cell Society is looking for mentors to join the team and support in delivering the Sickle Cell Children & Young Person’s Peer Mentoring Programme. It aims to improve the health and wellbeing of young people with SCD across North East London.
Post: Lead Mentor – Sickle Cell Children’s and Young Person’s Peer Mentoring Programme
Base: Flexible home working, and other locations to meet the needs of the young person.
| Positions Available: | North East London: 1 Lead Mentor |
| Base: | Flexible home working, with other locations to meet the needs of the young people. |
| Accountable to: | London Programme Manager |
| Manages: | NEL Mentors: 4 Mentors
Welfare and Benefits Manager: 1 |
| Salary: | £17.49 per hour (sessional basis) |
| Length of contract: | Fixed term, 12 months (subject to the outcome of negotiations with funders). |
Job Purpose
The Lead Mentor will be managing the mentor team as well as working in partnership with the local NHS local patient/family Support Groups in their region. They will deliver mentoring sessions to young people on a sessional basis.
About the Sickle Cell Society:
The Sickle Cell Society (SCS) is the only national charity in the UK that supports and represents people affected by a sickle cell disorder. We provide information, advice, and support to enable and empower individuals and families to improve their overall quality of life. Approximately 15,000 people in the UK have sickle cell disorder. These inherited conditionals predominantly affect people of Black African and Black Caribbean heritage and to a lesser extent people of Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Central/South American heritage. We assist and enable people living with SCD to realise their full potential whilst successfully managing the challenges they face in living with this potentially life-limiting condition. We are a small, friendly, and close-knit team of 14 skilled and highly committed staff (9 part-time / 5 full-time) and approximately 30 active volunteers.
The aim of the Sickle Cell Children and Young Persons’ Peer Mentoring Programme is to:
- improve the health and wellbeing of young people (aged 10-24) with SCD through training, emotional support from mentors and peer-support
- improve young people’s understanding and management of the condition
- improve young people’s ability to negotiate transition from paediatric to adult services
- encourage young people’s involvement in volunteering to support others with the condition and engage more with their local community.
For full role details, please see the Job Description
To Apply:
Please complete the Application Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form send it to mentors@sicklecellsociety.org before the closing date.
Please note all applicants must reside in the UK.
Closing date for applications: 5pm on 29th January 2025
Interview date via Zoom or Microsoft Teams : w/c 3rd February
Please note this role is required to have an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The successful candidate will be required to comply with the Sickle Cell Society’s safeguarding policies and any appointment will be subject to satisfactory references as well as DBS.
Additional Notes:
- Please make sure that you demonstrate how you are suitable for this role in your application by referring to the person specification.
- We do not accept CVs and all applicants must reside in the UK.
- This post will require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at Enhanced Level.
- Please note that we reserve the right to close the application period earlier than the stated deadline
if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications
Job Description and Person Specification: Lead Mentor NE London
Application Form: Download the Application Form here
Equal Opportunities Form: Download the equal opportunities form here
