How does the future look for learning mentors?
Learning mentors are one of many roles identified as contributing to the support of our children and young people. The DCSF Every Child Matters (ECM) agenda includes commitments to integrate and support children’s support provision across the country and at local authority level, and the role of learning mentors is recognised as being a key element of school and college based support, addressing all five of the ECM Outcomes. CWDC is specifically responsible for children and young people’s workforce development, as part of the overall Sector Skills Council, Skills for Care & Development. As such, CWDC is directly responsible for practice standards and training provision for learning mentors. In short, the work has a clearly defined occupational home, it has National Occupational Standards to define levels of practice and appropriate training and qualifications, and it is recognised as being a successful and popular pupil / student support role. Learning mentors are an established elemen
