The Youth Connexions Volunteer Mentoring Programme
Role Purpose:
To help young people aged 13-19 years old to fulfil their potential, improving their skills and providing new opportunities.
Mentoring:
Mentoring is part of the Connexions Service. Voluntary mentors are recruited from a wide variety of backgrounds and are willing to devote regular time to supporting young people.
They:
- Work on a one-to-one basis with young people aged 13-19 who may be facing a variety of problems
- They offer appropriate help and support
- They arrange meetings on a regular basis to develop a purposeful, open and trusting relationship
Qualities of a mentor:
- Ability to develop sound and trusting relationships with young people
- Ability to communicate with young people in a flexible and non-judgmental way
- To be genuine open and honest, and understand the importance of confidentiality
- To be able to give regular time to the project
- Experience of working with young people would be an advantage.
All mentors will be given training before being matched with a young person.
Support will be available from the Mentoring Co-ordinator.
The Selection procedure:
Due to the nature of the work, there has to be some formality to recruitment and selection of mentors even though it is a voluntary activity. All volunteers will be asked to complete an application form, provide references and attend interviews.
Interested in becoming a Mentor?
Contact Emma Greenwood, Mentoring Coordinator at Youth Connexions Hertfordshire,Cambridge House, 6 Bluecoats Avenue, Hertford. SG14 1PB.
Tel: 01992 901535 or 07880 903206
For Personal Advisers arranging mentorships
A leaflet for young people who might be interested in having a mentor can be downloaded and printed here
Please see more information on the page accessed via the tab on the left of this page.