Job Title
Targeted Youth Mentor (Full time/Part time vacancy)
Salary
£ 26,000 - £28,000 FTE
Hours of Work
Monday – Friday, between the hours 9 am-8 pm, flexibility will be required, dependent on the needs of the project (flexible hours and working location considered)
Full time vacancy - You will be expected to work a minimum of 37.5 hours per week, excluding lunch breaks. The role may include evening and weekend hours.
Part time vacancy - You will be expected to work a minimum of 18.75 hours per week, excluding lunch breaks. The role may include evening and weekend hours.
Location
Blackburn Rovers Football Club, Ewood Park, Blackburn, BB2 4JF.
Responsible To
Head of Wellbeing and Targeted Services
Contractual Status
Full Time / Part time – permanent
Closing Date
Monday 1st June 2026 @ 12pm (noon)
Interview Date
w/c 1st June 2026
Overall purpose of the Job
Blackburn Rovers Community Trust (BRCT) is the award-winning independent charitable arm of founding member of the EFL and the Premier League - Blackburn Rovers FC.
Using the brand of Blackburn Rovers FC and the power of football and sport for positive social change, we are seeking to appoint a Targeted Youth Mentor.
Through the delivery of sessions, workshops and targeted 1-2-1 interventions, this crucial role will work in partnership to collaborate closely with the local authority teams, secondary schools and multi-agency partners to enhance engagement and outcomes for care experienced young people in Blackburn with Darwen and surrounding areas, as needed.
The Targeted Youth Mentor will play a vital role in supporting care experienced young people under the age of 19 who need targeted intervention to work towards reaching their full potential by using a person cantered approach. The Targeted Youth Mentor will work to increase social connectedness, increase physical activity, improve mental health and financial stability, improve personal safety and support the development of social networks.
Supporting young people to build confidence, resilience and pathways into positive futures. Building independent living skills such as money management and budgeting, cooking, alongside guidance to build resilience and to reduce the risk of exploitation. Raising aspirations by offering pathways into further education, training, and employment. Providing wellbeing activities, helping young people to develop resilience, strengthen self-belief, and enhance their overall wellbeing.
This position involves delivering informal education, PHSE, physical activity sessions, workshops, and focused one-on-one interventions. Providing guidance to young people facing specific challenges including emotional health and wellbeing, physical, social and academic difficulties. The role involves building trusting relationships with young people, facilitating personal development and promoting positive life choices.
All staff members are expected to support other Trust areas when and where business need requires to do so.
At Blackburn Rovers Community Trust, we actively welcome applications from candidates who are from a care experienced background. We encourage candidates to apply and share their journey.
Duties and Responsibilities
This is not a comprehensive list of all the tasks which may be required of the post holder. It is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the work to be undertaken:
- Develop an in-depth knowledge base of support, community activities, and personal development opportunities for young people in and around the Blackburn with Darwen area.
- Develop a good knowledge of local services to support young people’s mental and physical health needs.
- Develop a strong awareness and understanding of when it is appropriate or necessary to refer people back to other professionals/agencies, when what the person needs is beyond the scope of the Targeted Youth Mentor role – e.g. when there is a mental health need requiring a qualified practitioner.
- Maintain/strengthen existing or new professional relationships with stakeholders such as local authority teams responsible for support care experienced young people. Children’s Social service, local secondary schools, Lancashire Constabulary, Blackburn with Darwen Youth Offending Team and others to identify and work with young people at risk, , developing strong referral pathways.
- Attend relevant meetings, becoming part of the wider network, giving information and feedback on social prescribing.
- Recommend and review referrals from referral partners and support them to make appropriate referral into BRCT or external programmes.
- Build trusted relationships with young people to promote personal development, wellbeing gains and reduce their experience of offending and antisocial behaviour.
- Ensure all necessary participant details are recorded and used to inform risk management.
- Mentor to provide wrap around support, including signposting to other agencies/services where required.
- Plan and deliver a range of activities to engage clients and support a positive change in behaviour.
- Help young people identify and understand the wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, loneliness, and caring responsibilities.
- Work with individuals to co-produce a simple personalised action plan – based on the person’s priorities, interests, values and motivations – including what they can expect from the groups, activities and services they will be connected to and what the person can do for themselves to improve their health and wellbeing.
- Where appropriate, accompany clients to community groups, activities, and statutory services, ensuring they are comfortable. Once they have settled in, follow up to ensure they are happy, able to engage, included and receiving good support.
- Where young people may be eligible for a personal health, housing budget/benefits, help them to explore this option as a way of providing funded, personalised support to be independent, including helping people to gain skills for meaningful activity, where appropriate.
- Share best practice/developments with stakeholders when required to shape and benefit programme delivery.
- Coordinate the monitoring and evaluation of the project and compile evidence on the progress of individuals to report back to key funders. Using impact measuring tools provided, to track the young person’s progress.
- Record relevant qualitative data for relevant young people in terms of case studies. Encourage young people, their families, and carers to provide feedback and to share their stories about the impact of the project on their lives.
- Keep young person’s records updated using identified case management system.
- Provide appropriate and timely feedback to referral agencies about the young people they referred.
- Provide progress reports where relevant (e.g. internally to senior management and/or Board and externally to funders).
- Support the delivery of other projects and work with the Trust’s Management Team to identify other opportunities and projects where duties may overlap.
- Be a flexible member of the Blackburn Rovers Community Trust team and when requested, assist in the delivery of other projects and activities including evenings and weekends.
- Undertake relevant training as required.
- Continually update own knowledge and skills within the job role and contribute to setting own work objectives.
- Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety.
General
- To always be approachable and represent Blackburn Rovers Community Trust in a professional manner regarding dress, presentation, personal hygiene, attitude, conduct and professionalism.
- To be able to work flexible and unsociable hours where the role of the job requires including some evenings, weekends and overnight stays.
- To contribute to a positive working and learning environment.
Person Specification
Essential
- Experience of working in partnership with other departments and agencies.
- Mentoring/ teaching/ youth work qualification.
- A willingness to complete training.
- Experience of working with hard-to-reach young people.
- Sound understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic, and environmental factors and their impact on young people and communities
- Experience of managing a client caseload
- Experience of planning engaging activities, e.g. workshops.
- Experience of working effectively as part of a team and working with minimal supervision.
- Experience of dealing with difficult situations or conflict.
- Experience of maintaining strict confidentiality using tact and diplomacy where appropriate.
- Experience of writing reports.
- Extensive knowledge on safeguarding and how to ensure the safety of a young person on programme as well as an understanding of risks they may face.
- Excellent IT skills - ability to use word processing skills, emails, spreadsheets, the internet and must be willing to learn case management system.
- A valid UK driving licence.
- Willingness to work flexibly, including some evening and weekends, to meet the demands of the project
Desirable
- Experience of using online monitoring and evaluation tools to manage projects/ programmes.
- Proven track record of effectively implementing new projects.
- An understanding of Blackburn with Darwen and the issues facing young people in the surrounding geographical areas.
- Knowledge of local referral agencies, and the ability to engage them in the programme.
- An awareness and understanding of wider issues such as exploitation, gangs, domestic violence, community violence.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Actively demonstrates the promotion of equality and valuing of diversity and helps others to do so.
- Shows initiative, personal resilience and motivation to deliver a quality service.
- Upholds legislation, regulations and policy, acting with integrity and is willing to challenge those who may not.
Desirable
- Ability to effectively plan and prioritise workload.
- Effective partnership working.
Values
The successful candidate’s values must align with those of Blackburn Rovers Community Trust:
- Innovation
- Creativity
- Individuality
- Inclusivity
- Diversification
- Proactivity
- Ambition
- Determination
- Principles
- Family
Meets DBS reference standards and has a clear criminal record, in line with the law on spent convictions
Excellent IT skills - ability to use word processing skills, emails, spreadsheets, the internet and must be willing to learn case management system.
DBS check required:
Yes (Enhanced)
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £26,000.00-£28,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
