Mentoring Programme

The Youth Connexions Volunteer Mentoring Programme

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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.