Volunteer Mentor
Change Grow Live
Would you like to help people to make positive changes in their lives? While developing new skills and experiences of your own? If so, we would love to have you join us here at CGL as a London-based CFO3 Community Volunteer Mentor.
Our Volunteer CF03 Programme, in partnership with Shaw Trust, helps people who are in contact with Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) move towards social inclusion and desist from re-offending. What does a Volunteer Mentor do? We want you to spend time with our service users and offer emotional & practical support. Listen to concerns and help to overcome them. This includes: • Build trusting, supportive professional relationships. • Helping to develop life skills and inspire those who lack motivation and self-belief. • Encourage engagement with professional and community services: including accompanying them to their appointments where necessary. • Give guidance on education/ employment, financial awareness, housing issues, and personal wellbeing. • Empower to access activities to aid social integration. Identify likes/ dislikes and match to prosocial activities. How will I benefit by becoming a Volunteer Mentor? • We offer Mentor Training to all successful applicants. • Experience in working with hard-to-reach and at-risk adults. • Networking opportunities and insight into the work of Probation and its staff • Connect to your community and make it a better place. Am I eligible? You do not need to have formal qualifications or previous experience. Although, we ask for a few hours a week of commitment, reliability, and good communication. Being non-judgmental and open-minded is also important. You must be age 18+ to apply and undergo DBS checks. How do I apply? Please visit our website: https://bit.ly/3KV9Tur You will find a Community Volunteer Mentor Role Description and Application form. Get in touch with us at: adina.bennett@cgl.org.uk / 07552551196 to discuss this opportunity with our London CFO3 Volunteer Coordinator. Thank you for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you soon.
Support Work,Advice, Information & Support,Befriending, Buddying & Mentoring,Community Work,General & Helping
Admin, Basic IT skills - internet & email
You do not need to have formal qualifications or previous experience. Although, we ask for a few hours a week of commitment, reliability, and good communication. Being non-judgmental and open-minded is also important.
How will I benefit by becoming a Volunteer Mentor? • We offer Mentor Training to all successful applicants. • Experience in working with hard-to-reach and at-risk adults. • Networking opportunities and insight into the work of Probation and its staff • Connect to your community and make it a better place.
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Greenwich and surrounding areas -Woolwich -Blackheath - Charlton - Plumstead - Thamesmead - Bexley - Eltham -Lewisham - Deptford
Volunteers meet with service users in public spaces across Greenwich and surrounding areas.
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