Mentoring/Befriending

Home Visiting Service

Project No: 564
Location: Sunderland
Commitment Required: Flexible working hours, agreed with client & org. minimum commitment of 1 year. Must attend if visit arranged.

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Project No: 406
Location: Sunderland
Commitment Required: 10am-4pm, Monday-Friday.

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Based in Sunderland volunteers are required to make regular telephone calls to lonely, house bound and isolated older people in the local community. The aim of the service is to give advice, information and friendship. Volunteers must have a clear and cheerful telephone manner and be aware of the issues faced by older people.

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Project No: 586
Location: Sunderland
Commitment Required: Evenings & holidays, once every 6 weeks for min 6 months

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Project No: 1382
Location: Newcastle
Commitment Required: Evenings & holidays, once every 6 weeks for min 6 months

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Based in Newcastle, volunteers are required to be one to one mentors where their aim is to support the young offenders during and after their release from custody. The main tasks of a volunteer are to make regular visits with the young person, to provide committed listening and support regarding the young person’s goals. Volunteers can expect to gain experience of working with disadvantaged youth, support, guidance and training on a range of topics relating to their role. Volunteers must be over 21 years old or over

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Project No: 1383
Location: Newcastle
Commitment Required: As much as they feel they can depending on personal circumstances

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Based in Newcastle volunteers are required on this project which aims to provide practical support, advice and personal life skills development that young people require, to move towards independence. The main role of the volunteers is to help plan and facilitate activities and encourage the young people to participate in those activities and to provide support and guidance on independent living to the young people.

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Project No: 1384
Location: Newcastle
Commitment Required: As much as they feel they can depending on personal circumstances

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Based in Newcastle, Inline is a floating support project; supporting over 70 (previously homeless) young people make the transition to independent living. The aim of this project is to offer practical support to the young people in making a tenancy a home and to encourage and support the transition into independent living. The main role of the volunteers is to; with the young person, completing decorating/DIY tasks prior to or after their taking up their tenancy, to offer support to young mother’s, to accompany and support the young people spending their grant, enable young people to acquire the skills to maintain their own household.

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Project No: 1063
Location: Sunderland
Commitment Required: 1 Year Minimum

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Based in Sunderland the aims of this organisation are to prevent young people becoming involved in offending behaviour. The role of the volunteer is to meet with a young person at least once a week at an agreed time, to share skills, advice and to offer support and guidance. Together the young person and the mentor identify, set and work towards achieving goals. These goals are specific to each young person and will hopefully help towards reducing the risk factors associated with the young person’s offending behaviour.

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Project No: 1455
Location: Sunderland
Commitment Required:1 year minimum

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This organisation supports people with a learning disability. A ‘friendship’ volunteer could make a significant impact on improving the quality of life of a person who has a learning disability. The role of the volunteers is to help reduce isolation often experienced by someone with a learning disability by creating opportunities for building social networks and community links. Volunteers can expect to gain the fulfilment of having a significant impact on a person’s quality of life and gain excellent work experience.

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Project No: 2207
Location: Sunderland
Commitment Required: 2-3 days per week (open to discussion) for a minimum of 3 months

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The role:

* To build relationships between (mentees) asylum seekers, refugees age of 16-25 so they can share cultural understanding, helping refugees to develop their confidence, communication skills and employability

* The volunteer (Mentor) of age 16- 25 will be able to commit to help and support the mentee at least five hours a week for a minimum period of three months

* Provide support, structure, ideas and inspiration as the mentee works towards their own individual goals

* Help to build self-confidence and assist with communication, the gaining of knowledge and cultural awareness

* Help the mentee to focus and identify the actions they need to take in order to achieve what they want

* Offer friendship and a non-judgmental attitude towards the mentee's problems

* Guide the mentee by referring them to others when their own experience is insufficient

* Have an awareness of the importance of confidentiality and of the expectation of the mentee

* Be aware of their own limitations and boundaries and of where to go for support and information

* Understand the principles of equal opportunities and non-discrimination

* Be non-judgmental and able to accept other people's values and beliefs as well as rights and choices, as having equal value to their own

A MENTOR IS NOT EXPECTED TO OFFER:

SPONSORSHIP, PROTECTION, HANDS-ON COACHING, THERAPY OR SOCIAL WORK.

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