Trailblazer Youth Mentor (York and North Yorkshire) - Part Time positions, 18.75 hours per week.

Job Role: Trailblazer Youth Mentor

Hours: 18.75 hours per week

Salary: £28,460 per annum pro rata

The Trailblazer initiative is aimed at addressing economic inactivity and supporting NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) young people aged 18-21years. Launched in the Get Britain Working white paper, the initiative received £240 million in funding to reform Jobcentre Plus and introduce 16 Trailblazers across the UK. Trailblazer focuses on enhancing local support systems, integrating existing work, health, and skills programmes into a holistic offer, and developing evidence-based strategies to support economically inactive individuals into work or learning.

NYY’s Role

The proposed programme will support 4 cohorts of 15 academically under achieving Year 10 students at four different secondary schools across York and North Yorkshire – 1 in the City of York and 3 in North Yorkshire.

The Youth Mentor role is to co-develop the programme with individual schools to:

•         Provide a mentoring programme and signpost to extra-curricular activities

•         Support young people to engage with the next stage of life to prevent them becoming NEET

•         Support the cohort to broaden their horizons and demonstrate the employment opportunities that different sectors can provide.

Overall, the aim of the programme is to provide youth mentoring and enrichment activities to build confidence, skills, and progression into work or training.

Deadline for applications - Friday 5th September at 5pm.

Interviews will take place the week commencing 15th September 2025.