The Salvation Army’s Build Mentoring Programme

Do you love to support and empower people? We are looking for compassionate champions to join our volunteer mentoring programme.

Help mentees build confidence, get established in community and develop independence.

The Build mentoring programme supports survivors of modern slavery.

2 volunteer mentors meet with a mentee for a year- being a friendly support, setting goals, exploring opportunities and life skills.

ROLE DESCRIPTION: What you will do

  • To create a safe, compassionate, and healthy mentoring relationship
  • Provide the mentee with tools and techniques to navigate a pathway to achieve things that are important to them
  • Provide practical support to the mentee where appropriate (eg signposting)
  • Support a mentee to identify and establish goals and life skills that are important to them
  • Liaise with the mentee and fellow mentor to arrange safe and suitable meeting places including date and time
  • Debrief with your co-mentor after each meeting and provide a brief written record of the discussion for the Mentoring Coordinator
  • Work with your co-mentor to model ‘healthy community’
  • Manage the trio’s refreshment expenses for reimbursement

Skills

  • Compassion, empathy and active listening skills
  • Ability to be able to help people feel at ease and build confidence
  • To help people draw out personal goals and things that are important to them
  • Have a passion and desire for wanting to transform and support the lives of people
  • Be sensitive to someone who has experienced trauma
  • Ability to keep confidence and professional boundaries
  • Reliability and good time keeping
  • Commitment to safeguarding and a willingness to raise concerns where necessary
  • Experience of supporting others navigate and integrate into community
  • Access to car/public transport and flexibility around location

Details

  • Age restrictions
    Over 18's
  • DBS check required
  • Expenses reimbursed
  • Ongoing support
  • Training provided
    Online or face to face training prior to working with mentees: • Volunteer Induction and specialised programme training • e-learning courses relating to Safeguarding, Data Protection and Equality & Diversity, IT and Data Induction • Ongoing support sessions from the Build team • Ongoing training with an emphasis on trauma informed practice
  • Volunteer induction
  • Volunteer Policy
  • Volunteers covered by insurance
  • Written role description

When can I volunteer?

Start Date: 15/02/2024

End Date: 26/12/2025

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