Young Mentor role
The aim of the Young Mentor role is to add some responsibility and development for the young person. They will help the adult volunteers to support the young volunteers in the garden. It isn’t a role that’s appropriate for everyone and we make this judgement on a case-by-case basis.
Duties
- Induction of new teens with the Garden Leader
- Assist with setting up any craft activities either on the picnic tables or in the shelter
- Buddy up with any teens the AVs think might be anxious or need a little bit of companionship e.g. if they haven’t finished a craft project/gardening task and other teens have moved on
- Assist the teens with gardening tasks that the teen is already familiar with
- Assist and encourage the teens to tidy up at the end of the session
- Tick off the task list the jobs completed (especially in the morning session to let the afternoon session team know what’s left to do)
- Collect in the lanyards at the end of the session
Time Frame
The role renews every half term.
