Relational Mentoring
1:1, 2:1 and small group targeted mentoring for young people facing complex barriers to engagement and education.
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Youth mentoring · Alternative provision
EMASS
EMASS
Elevate Mentoring And Support Services
Relational, trauma-informed, and theory-led specialist Alternative Provision and mentoring services across BCP and surrounding areas.
Founded on social work values and research-led practice, EMASS provides a safe, warm, high-quality, and culturally fluent Alternative Provision and Mentoring Service, where young people feel seen, heard, and uplifted. We combine professional practitioner oversight with a person-centred and strengths-based approach to help every individual thrive by re-engaging with their world; dismantling barriers to education, improving attendance, reducing risk, improving life skills and resilience and achieving meaningful outcomes.
Safe, warm, uplifting support
Relational practice with professional oversight
Trauma-informed, strengths-based, theory-led
Dismantling barriers and building resilience
Elevate the child. Elevate their future.
What We Do
Specialist support built around the whole child — trauma-informed, theory-led and delivered with genuine relational care.
Part-Time Alternative Provision
Structured AP under 15 hours per week for students at risk of exclusion — complementing not replacing core study.
Learn more →Family Support & Advocacy
Strength-based advocacy extending into the home, ensuring the voice of the child and family is central to every plan.
Learn more →Safeguarding & Governance
Qualified Social Worker oversight, professional supervision and full alignment with Working Together and KCSIE.
Learn more →A Professional Partnership with Lived Experience
EMASS is led by Kevin Marshall — seasoned Mentor, Youth Practitioner and Designated Safeguarding Lead — and Shelley Lyon-Marshall, a qualified Social Worker with over 13 years of statutory practice. Together they bring a rare blend of professional rigour and genuine relational warmth to every young person they support.
Founded to fill a vital gap in BCP provision, EMASS balances high-level safeguarding expertise with theory-informed mentoring and deep community roots.
Our story
Ready to elevate a young person's future?
Whether you're a school, local authority, social worker or a parent — we welcome your enquiry.