The role of a mentor
As a volunteer mentor, you will:
Play a part in helping students to understand what positive changes they need to make to realise their aspirations and what qualities are required to be successful.
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Be supported by the Love Local Jobs Foundation to share your experiences and stories of your education and career journey with students.
Attend the inspirational deliveries with Jack the Lad in schools and participate in ice breakers/workshops/mentoring sessions to encourage students to work with others and share their day to day challenges, their views and their aspirations for the future.
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Not require any previous mentoring experience as the team will facilitate each session throughout the the programme and give you help, guidance and workbooks to help with mentoring sessions. You are not required to bring anything with you, other than a willingness to share your experiences.
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Be required to be enthusiastic, positive and an inspirational role model at each interaction.
The mentor handbook
Your role
As a mentor you will be required:
To listen
Young people will often be open about the barriers they face and it is important they feel heard.
To talk
To talk about your role/job and how you got to where you are today – it doesn’t matter if you haven’t had a straight forward career, it is incredibly valuable for young people to meet people with different careers and backgrounds.
Be Honest
​To be honest and open about the world of work and expectations of business - it will help young people understand what might be ahead of them and it will open their eyes to the possibilities.
To engage
To engage the young people in conversation, to help inspire and motivate them wherever possible.
Boost confidence
To talk about the importance of individual attributes & qualities as well as qualifications in the work place.
To help
To help students feel at ease and give them positive feedback and advice.
Commitment:
To participate in all interactions, which can be spread across 4 days during the academic year.
The Journey Event and Mentoring Sessions
It is important that you attend all interactions of the programme.
Delivered on site at school
The Skills Event and Mentoring Sessions
Delivered on site at school
Workplace Tour
Facilitated at your workplace where possible
The Ultimate Goal Event and Mentoring Sessions
Delivered on site at school
Important information
Safeguarding
It is extremely important to us that all participants in the programme are protected from any potential safeguarding issues. All mentors must read and understanding the safeguarding policy and we also encourage all business guides to apply for a DBS certification. We are very happy to assist with these applications. For more information please email contact@lovelocaljobsfoundation.org.uk
Online Safety
Dare to Dream aims to support students in an interactive and engaging experience bringing together students and business volunteers. When events are held online we recognise that measures need to be in place to ensure that participants are kept safe at all times. We all have a duty to ensure that all young people and adults involved in Dare to Dream are protected from potential harm online. To read how we aim to do this, please go to our Online Safeguarding policy which you can access below.
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
As the organisation that promotes the Dare to Dream programme, the Love Local Jobs Foundation takes the privacy of everyone involved extremely seriously. From the programme Sponsor organisations and their mentors to the students and their teachers, we have gone to great lengths to ensure the integrity and safety of the data we handle. To read more about this, please see the documents below.
Jack talks about programmes themes
Delivered on site at schools
Delivered on site at schools
The Skills Event and Mentoring Sessions
Delivered on site at schools
The Ultimate Goal Event and Mentoring Sessions
Delivered on site at schools
The Skills Event and Mentoring Sessions
Delivered on site at schools
The Ultimate Goal Event and Mentoring Sessions
Delivered on site at schools
Workplace Tour
Facilitated at the Mentor workplace where possible
Workplace Tour
Facilitated at the Mentor workplace where possible
Please note that all events will be planned within government guidelines around the pandemic. All programme interactions can be successfully delivered virtually or via a hybrid model.
Please note that all events will be planned within government guidelines around the pandemic. All programme interactions can be successfully delivered virtually or via a hybrid model.
