• Sign up to become a mentor with The Kids Network! You'll gain new skills and enhance your employability prospects whilst positively impacting children in your local community.
• The Kids Network is looking for committed, fun and experienced volunteers to make a difference to the children of London.
• Our structured mentoring programme supports 8-11 year olds with their social and emotional development before they transition into secondary school.
• As a mentor, you will hold weekly one on one sessions of 1-3 hours. You will help to build confidence, resilience and help your mentee to manage feelings through a series of fun and positive experiences and activities.
• The weekly sessions can be flexible between weekdays and weekends.
• Volunteers have a budget of £30 per month to spend in sessions with their mentee. We are also able to cover travel expenses.
• A DBS check is required but paid for by us.
Training & Support:
• All volunteers will attend 2 days of training, including safeguarding, understanding what mentoring is and skills to bring to the role.
• We also offer additional training throughout the year, with up to 30 hours of free training and development available.
• Upon completion of the mentoring programme, Mentors will recieve a Badge of Excellence Certificate in ChildLed Mentoring.
• Mentors will have a direct contact at the organisation, their Programme Manager (PM). PM's provide support, encouragement and advice throughout the whole year of your mentoring.
• We also have quarterly mentor meet ups to allow you to meet and socialise with other mentors, in addition to group mentoring sessions where pairs come together and get to do something fun for free. Previous group mentoring sessions have been to the football, theatre & zoo, as well as arts and craft sessions.
Our mentoring programme is centered around having fun! You will be working with your mentee to plan what activities you will be doing each week within sessions. Our pairs have done so many of the fun things London has to offer, from football to bubble tea, arts and craft to museums, you will take 1-3 hours out of your busy week to do something fun and fufilling and get to see the world from a childs eyes!
We also run quarterly mentor meet ups to allow you to meet and socialise with other mentors, in addition to group mentoring sessions where pairs come together and get to do something fun for free. Previous group mentoring sessions have been to the football, theatre & zoo, as well as arts and craft sessions.
• All volunteers will attend 2 days of training, including safeguarding, understanding what mentoring is and skills to bring to the role.
• We also offer additional training throughout the year, with up to 30 hours of free training and development available.
• Upon completion of the mentoring programme, Mentors will recieve a Badge of Excellence Certificate in ChildLed Mentoring.
Positivity: Embraces fun and positive thinking
Commitment: Attends all mentoring sessions and demonstrates patience and understanding in the face of challenges
Communication: Communicates well with young people and The Kids Network team using compassion
Resilience: Meets challenges with optimism, seeing them as an opportunity to learn
Professionalism: Complies with all TKN policies and procedures particularly regarding safeguarding
Non-judgemental: Demonstrates kindness and openness and does not impose personal values
Solution-focused: Offers guidance and constructive feedback with compassion and understanding
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