Military to Mentors

Delivered by SkillForce in partnership with Endeavour & Knowsley Skills Academy.

SkillForce, Endeavour and Knowsley Skills Academy are educational charities working with 14-19 year olds in partnership with schools. Our respective instructors already make a positive and permanent change to young peoples’ lives, for example, 93% of SkillForce graduates gain a recognised qualification. There are some young people who require even more intensive support and mentoring can help them to re-engage with education. Working one-to-one, mentors will challenge the mentees behaviour and attitudes and assist them to take responsibility for others and their environment for the greater good of the community.

British Service Personnel are trained to achieve success in the most adverse of circumstances. Under pinning this are the Service Standards and Values of; selfless commitment, courage, both physical and moral, integrity, loyalty and respect for others. It is these virtues that we seek to harness and, supplemented by appropriate training, offer into schools in support of the Governments "Military to Mentors" strategy. We are welcoming applications from ex-services personnel, who have recently left, are about to leave, or have left for some time including those who are wounded, injured or sick.

The Programme

The Military to Mentors training will be delivered in seven programmes from September 2011 to July 2012. It is funded by central government and designed to provide one hundred ex-service personnel in England & Wales with a career opportunity to progress within the education sector.

The first programme ran from Sep-Dec 2011. There are three programmes running from Jan-Mar 2012 and the final three programmes will run from Apr-Jul 2012. These programmes will be ten weeks duration. Please note that due to high demand for places the last programmes are nearly full. Please note that the closing date for applications for the 2011/12 programme has now passed.  There are no more courses running at present. For information and  updates on future progammes please keep visiting this page. 

For those applicants who are enrolled on to the programme SkillForce, Endeavour and Knowley Skills Academy will:

• Deliver four weeks of training courses at our offices in Nottinghamshire that include ILM Mentoring for Young Learners (level 2), C&G PTLLS (Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector - level 4), Adult Numeracy and Literacy (level 2), civillian First Aid and Health and Safety qualifcations (level 2) plus Child Protection and Equality & Diversity training.
• Support candidates with work experience placements of six weeks duration as close to your preferred location as possible. During this period you will be attached to a team and be assigned a Supervising Officer. You will also be allocated study time for completion of coursework and distance learning.
• Assist you in sourcing and applying for job opportunities either within SkillForce, its partners or schools.
• Signpost you to grant assistance providers where applicable for accommodation and travel during the training programme.

How To Apply

In line with safer recruitment we do not accept CV's in place of a SkillForce aplication form.

Please complete a Military to Mentor application form and email it to mentors@skillforce.org together with a covering letter explaining why you are interested in a place on the Military to Mentors programme and your geographical preference for where you are placed.

For more information on the Military to Mentor role please see the Mentor job profile and person specifaction.

SkillForce is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
SkillForce Child Protection Policy

SkillForce are extremely grateful for the support of The Royal British Legion who are providing a bursary scheme for the Military to Mentors programme and supporting the employment of a number of Mentors who successfully complete the programme and secure a role with SkillForce.

SkillForce are also extremely grateful for the support of Walking with the Wounded.

 For more information about our partners please see their websites; Endeavour and Knowsley Skills Academy

Military to Mentors Application Form.doc

Mentor.doc