Young People Mentor Volunteer

About this role

If you are looking for ways to gain experience of working with children and young people, deepen your mentoring knowledge and develop new valuable skills, this Children and Young People Mentor Volunteer will be an amazing opportunity for you.

The role is primarily to:

• Provide mentoring support to a young person involved with the Children and Family Wellbeing Service (aged 8-18 years)
• Create a positive mentoring relationship between yourself and the young person. To meet a young person in a one-to-one situation on a weekly basis for up to one year.
• Advise, assist, support and motivate the young person in developing skills and appropriate attitudes, which will assist in them achieving and sustaining their personal goals. Work with young people will be individually tailored according to each given situation.
• Training and ongoing support will be provided

When you can volunteer

Requirements

• References needed
• Willing to take a DBS Check

Location

Location Squirrel Way, Loughborough LE11 3GE, UK