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You will be mentoring a Black or Brown person aged between 10 -25.
Being a mentor who can relate to their experience as Black or Brown person you will support your mentee to help them to achieve and identify goals, helping to navigate the barriers to inclusion and assist them in achieving their goals.
With the additional qualities of relatability and understanding, you will develop a trusting, supportive and non-judgemental relationship, by providing emotional, social and practical support to boost confidence and independence. You will support your mentee to make social connections with their local community, services or groups.
We’ve seen the positive impact on young Black and Brown people when they have a mentor who they can relate to, who shares and understands their experience, not only that but you will be contributing to making the voices of our Black and Brown Youth Advisory Council members, to not only be heard, but to be a reality.
They told us that diversity in mentoring matters, and they want to see more of it. They felt that having mentors who look like them brings a different approach, relatability and understanding to their mentoring experience.
What is the application process?
Informal discussion
Online application
References
Criminal Record Check
Please provide any further info about when you require volunteers:
We ask volunteers to commit to delivering mentoring for 1–2-hours a week, over a period of 24 in person sessions.
Information on what we provide:
Through our comprehensive training and ongoing support, you will develop skills in positive psychology and coaching style techniques, cover topics including safeguarding, confidentiality, the person-centred approach and the growth mindset all of which will help you to effectively support someone to making steps towards positive change.
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