Care Leaver Ambassador Recruitment 2024-2025

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Widening Participation

£12.00 hourly pay + £1.44 per hour holiday pay

Annual recruitment

On Campus

12 Mar 2025

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Care Leaver Ambassador Recruitment 2024-2025

Job Description

The role of a Care Leaver Ambassador is as follows:

1) To Inspire the Care Experienced young people and to be role models on specifically targeted events. These may include the following:

Small Campus Visits
Collaborative Network Visits
Conferences
Awards ceremonies
Mentoring projects
Network meeting

2) To engage in some of the following tasks:

Speaking confidentially on their experience in the Education system,
Promoting Higher Education as a viable option for all Care Leavers who have the aptitude and desire to go on to University

3) To speak to adults who support Looked After Children on events and help identify some issue faced by Care Leavers. These may include:

Social Workers
Leaving Care Teams – Personal Advisers
Foster Carers
Care Leavers

4) To speak to Looked After Children and inspire and engage them in Education and to better their future

5) To take part in discussions at conferences with small groups of people.

6. To support the Widening Participation Team in activities that are specifically focused on Care Experienced people

It’s not essential that you are able to DO ALL of these tasks straight away or feel comfortable with these tasks, however you would be expected to be able to DO MOST of these tasks.

Hours and dates of work: The pay and the hours will vary with each project.

Recruited Care Leaver Ambassadors do not need to reapply for this role.

Person Specification

This role is only available to those students whom are in RECEIPT OF THE CARE LEAVER BURSARY.

Applicants should be/have:

Passionate about encouraging and working with young people whom are Care Experienced.

How to Apply

Please apply via the Apply button, completing the form on the next page.

Successful applicant will be invited to an interview (probably phone or MS Teams intrerview).

The deadline for applications is 11:59pm on 12 March 2025

Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to supporting the rights, responsibilities, dignity, health and wellbeing of staff and students through our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.

We are committed to providing accessible and inclusive recruitment. If you require or would benefit from support or reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in work, please contact us by e-mailing [email protected]. This information will only be used and shared with those who require it to implement any change(s) and only at the point this is required.

If you have any queries, or need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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