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Children's Mentor - Change a Little Londoner's Life

The Kids Network

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The Kids Network is looking for committed, fun and passionate volunteers who live in or around Islington to make a difference to the children of London.

Our structured mentoring programme supports 8-11 year old's, based in Islington, to support 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. You'll have a monthly budget to spend exploring London with your mentee.

Whether you’re playing games or discussing goals, you’ll be making a difference to a child’s life by building their confidence, resilience and developing the tools for a positive future. You’ll get to learn new things about yourself and develop your skills and connections through our peer mentoring network.

All volunteers will go through two compulsory days of in-person training, where you'll gain skills and knowledge to support you as a mentor.

Art & Design,Befriending, Buddying & Mentoring,Caring,Community Work,Youth Work,Support Work

• 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-judgement: Demonstrates kindness and openness and does not impose personal values • Solution focused: Offers guidance and constructive feedback with compassion and understanding

• A peer network of mentors based in your local community • In depth training to develop your listening, mentoring and leadership skills • Reference at the end of the programme • Skills in child support if you are looking to enter this sector

Weekly session for the duration of a year. Sessions will be minimum 1 hour, and maximum 3 hours.

Further location details may be provided below.

Niamh Lynch

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https://www.thekidsnetwork.org.uk/become-a-mentor/

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This programme takes place in a location that is accessible for you. Apart from when you meet your mentee in the school, you and your mentee decide where to meet and how to get there.

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18 and over

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 We welcome and/or have the resources to support:

We welcome applications from adults who are from the global majority, adults with a second language, adults who are LGBTQIA+. Men are underrepresented in our mentor community and we particularly welcome applications from this group.

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