Youth Mentoring Services for Secondary Schools (SAFE Birmingham Track 2)

The SAFE (Support, Attend, Fulfil, Exceed) Birmingham Taskforce is seeking mentoring service providers to deliver early intervention programmes in mainstream secondary schools, addressing serious youth violence prevention. This is a schools-led initiative aligned with the Working Together to Improve School Attendance guidance and delivered in partnership with schools, academy trusts, governing bodies, and local authorities. Contractors will be required to: - Provide mentoring services to 36 secondary schools - Support a minimum of 620 young people through referral - Deliver weekly mentoring during school terms for a minimum of 6 months per referral (covering two school terms) - Provide complementary afterschool and holiday activity programmes The programme aims to improve socio-emotional regulation and wellbeing, reduce behavioural issues, improve school attendance, and reduce vulnerability to serious violence among young people. Expected outcomes include measurable improvements in student behaviour, socio-emotional wellbeing, and school attendance stabilisation across participating schools.