Sammy D Foundation

Mentor Roles

We are seeking Youth Mentors living in the Southern area who are passionate about making a positive impact to the lives of young people in their community.

THE ROLE OF THE YOUTH MENTOR

• To provide three hour, weekly, 1:1 mentoring after school hours to a young person referred to the service for a 9 -12-month duration.
• To plan and organise outcome-focused activities to engage young people during sessions, underpinned by methods of supporting young people to overcome individual social, educational and emotional barriers and to create personal development plans for the future.
• To establish and develop a positive and engaging relationship with each young person.
• To support young people to develop or begin to develop life skills and to accomplish goals as identified by them and their support network.
• To provide awareness of community, educational and economic resources available to young people and their families, and how to access these resources.
• To monitor the progress of each mentee and record a short report after each mentoring session.

MENTORS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE OR BE WILLING TO OBTAIN:

• Current driver’s license
• Access to a roadworthy vehicle
• Child Safe Environment training
• Current First Aid Certificate
• DHS working with children’s clearance
• SMART training
• An understanding of a broad range of current and social issues relevant to ‘at risk’, in care and marginalised young people
• Demonstrated commitment to social justice and the needs of young people

We aim provide young people referred for mentoring with matches based on a range of factors including culture, gender, interests, location and age.

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply, or get in touch with sally@sammyd.org.au OR melissa@sammyd.org.au

For more information on Mentoring click here

Please check out this clip on YouTube to see what the program is all about.