Organisation

Wigan Council (TYSS)

1 Library Street

Wigan

WN1 9SE

 

Role and Opportunity Details 

Think Family Mentor

What does the role involve?

Being a mentor requires you to take an interest in the young person you’re working with and ensure they have the extra support and guidance they need.

This involves:

• Having regular meetings with a young person.
• Providing a young person with support to move towards employment, education or training.
• Supporting a young person to identify goals and targets to work towards.
• Empowering them to make their own decisions about their development.
• Signposting them to other organisations for support.

 

Specific Skills Required

Mentors should be 18 or over and commit to spending one or two hours a week for up to a year with a young person.  Full training and regular support / supervision is provided.

 

Benefits of Volunteering with this organisation

• Think family mentoring allows you to make a real difference to the lives of young people.
• Acting as a positive adult role model to young people and providing a one-to-one personal relationship that encourages them to keep building the protective factors.
• Full training and regular support / supervision is provided.

 

Level of commitment required 

Ongoing opportunity.

 

Date(s) / Time(s) Required

Flexible.

 

Volunteer Opportunity Number

VO10207 (please make a note of this ‘VO’ number if applying for this role).