Volunteer Children's Mentor

•             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.