As a volunteer Mentor you will be matched to a young person through a process that carefully considers your personal attributes and interests. The main focus will be to meet with the young person for 3 hours each fortnight out in the community.

Depending on the age of the young person, this may involve supporting them to access opportunities and create connections within their community, explore work experience or education, learn new skills or participate in social and recreational activities.

The guidance you provide will help to increase their social confidence, reduce feelings of isolation and develop the young person's capacity to develop diverse, positive and sustainable community connections.

About you:

• You are open to learning from young people or have previous knowledge about young people at risk.

• You are friendly, patient, engaging, able to understand young people at risk, and a good communicator with a non-judgmental manner to establish relationships with young people.

• You understand or have experience in setting and maintaining professional boundaries.

• Your schedule is flexible, allowing you to commit to a fortnightly catch-up with your young person, lasting between 2-3 hours. The timing is negotiable, with the young person taking an active role in the discussion.

• You are willing to travel to meet with your mentee, although we will strive to match you with young people in your home area as a priority

• You hold a current Victorian driver’s license and can transport a young person as part of your role (highly desirable)