Female Youth Mentor & Group Facilitator (Contract for Services / Freelance)

Organisation: FootyFun4Kids
Salary: £20 per hour
Location: South West London
Contract type: (Part time)
Closing date: 20 November 2026
Interview date: 23 November 2026
Job Description: Role: Female Youth Mentor & Group Facilitator (Contract for Services / Freelance)
Locations: Secondary schools across South-West London
Working Pattern: Term-time only | 3 days per week (Tuesday to Thursday)
Day Rate / Hourly Rate: £20 per hour
Engagement Type: Self-Employed / Independent Contractor

About the Role:
We are seeking an engaging, empathetic, and resilient Female Youth Mentor to deliver targeted support for secondary school-aged girls across partner schools in South West London.
This unique intervention blends focused pastoral guidance with creative group engagement across alternating weeks:
Week A (1-to-1 Mentoring): Delivering tailored, individual sessions with students who may experience low self-esteem, social anxiety, disengagement, or low-level behavioural challenges.
Week B (Group Hair & Beauty Workshops): Facilitating small-group, hands-on hair and beauty sessions used as an engaging vehicle to explore broader topics such as self-worth, peer relationships, body image, and personal boundaries.

Key Responsibilities
Deliver impactful 1-to-1 mentoring sessions that build trust, emotional resilience, and practical coping strategies for adolescent girls.
Facilitate small-group hair and beauty workshops, using practical activities to foster peer connection, cooperation, and open discussions.
Manage low-level behavioural challenges and attention issues with patience, firm boundaries, and positive reinforcement.
Adhere strictly to each school’s safeguarding policies and procedures, making timely disclosures to designated safeguarding leads (DSLs) when appropriate.
Liaise effectively with school pastoral staff to align mentoring goals with existing school-level support.

About You
Proven Youth Experience: Experience mentoring, coaching, or working with teenage girls (ages 11–16), particularly those with low-level behavioural issues, emotional barriers, or reluctance to engage.
Practical Group Facilitation: Confident leading informal, hands-on group sessions (practical skills or experience in basic hair, styling, skincare, or beauty is essential).
Boundaries & Safeguarding: Robust understanding of school safeguarding legislation, confidentiality limits, and professional boundaries.

Interpersonal Skills: Natural ability to build rapport without judgment, navigate cliques, and create an inclusive environment for girls from diverse backgrounds.

Status: Must be registered as self-employed (or willing to register) and able to travel across South-West London sites during school hours.

Requirements:
An Enhanced Child Workforce DBS check on the Update Service (or willingness to obtain one prior to start).
Relevant qualifications or demonstrable track record in youth work, mentoring, education, pastoral support, or community engagement.
How to apply: To register your interest, please send your CV and a brief cover note outlining your relevant experience with secondary school girls and group facilitation to lara@footyfun4kids.com with the subject line "Female Youth Mentor – South West London". Please note: Due to the targeted nature of this service delivering specific female-focused pastoral interventions, this post is open to female applicants only, covered under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1 (Occupational Requirement).

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Female Youth Mentor & Group Facilitator (Contract for Services / Freelance)