Skills and Qualifications
Learning mentors need good listening skills and an understanding of health and social issues that affect children and young people’s development. They will need to understand the school curriculum and the needs of learners.
The main requirements for learning mentors are:
- experience of working with children and young people
- an ability to form positive relationships with a wide range of young people and their families/carers and with a variety of organisations
- an ability to gain the confidence of children, schools, agencies and people in the community and business
- a knowledge of the education system and of the wide variety of agencies that work with children and young people
- skills in negotiating, planning and managing activities.
Learning mentors need competence in literacy and numeracy and GCSE/S grade (A-C/1-3) or equivalent.
Once in post a CWDC 6 day national training programme is undertaken by all learning mentors. We also provide a comprehensive programme of professional development, which is complemented by training arranged by individual schools.
Further information is available in the attached files section below and on the Prospects website (see the external links section below).
Attached Files
| Filename | Filetype | Size |
|---|---|---|
how to become a learning mentor.pdf  | 68 KB | |
| learning mentor guidance.pdf | 2268 KB | |
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