Child Mentor

Become a Volunteer Mentor with The Kids Network! What will I be doing?The Kids Network is looking for committed, fun and passionate volunteers who live in London, to make a difference to the children of London. Our structured mentoring programme supports 8 -11 year old's, based in London, 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 will also get to meet fellow mentors through our peer network!.What impact will this have?Help build resilience and confidence in a child!.Learn from fellow mentors with our amazing peer network.Help a child as they transition from primary to secondary school.CommitmentThis is a year long mentoring programme. We ask that you are ideally able to volunteer once a week for 1-3 hours.There is flexibility between weekend and weekday mentoring sessions.ExpensesVolunteers have a budget of £30 per month. We are also able to cover travel expenses.Background checksA DBS check is requiredTrainingAll volunteers will go through training. This is currently virtual.The training includes safety inductions, understanding what mentoring is and skills to bring to the role.We also have monthly mentor meet ups which provide continual support for the mentors.Mentors will have a direct contact at the organisation, their Volunteer Coordinator (VC). VC's provide support, encouragement and advice throughout the whole year of your mentoring.We particularly encourage applications from Men and PoC candidates as we continue to build our culture of diversity and representation in the organisation.