Youth Mentor Volunteer

Broadmeadows, Victoria
Non-Employees – Volunteers /
Volunteer /
On-site

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Application form - Foyer Mentor Volunteer

  • Why are you interested in volunteering at Launch Housing✱
  • Briefly, why does mentoring at the Foyer appeal to you?✱
  • Launch Housing is commited to Australian First Peoples' employment opportunities. Please let us know if you identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.✱
  • Please specify any current commitments (including occupation, study and volunteering). Also, include the current status i.e. part time, full time, casual or retired basis.✱
  • Do you have any lived experience of homelessness? If so, tell us more if you are comfortable sharing.
  • Volunteers at Launch Housing are subject to Victorian Child Safety and DFFH safety screening and assessments. This includes satisfactory completion of reference checks, police checks (including international police checks if required) and Victorian Working with Children Checks. Safety screening costs are covered by Launch Housing and undertaken by shortlisted candidates during recruitment. If you are successful in your application, do you consent to Launch Housing undertaking these checks as a condition of placement?✱
  • For continuity to our client communities and staff support, this volunteer role must commit to up to 12 months of volunteering. How many months of volunteering are you able to commit?✱
  • What is your main mode of transport?✱
  • Launch Housing is a child safe organisation and has a zero-tolerance approach to child abuse. What is your understanding of a child-safe organisation?✱
  • Can you be contacted during work hours?✱
  • What is the best time to contact you?
  • Please tick other relevant reasons for your interest in the Foyer Mentor role.✱
  • Have you volunteered or been employed at Brotherhood of St Laurence/ Launch Housing previously?✱
  • If you answered "yes" to the previous question, please share what role you had.
  • Have you been involved in any mentoring program previously or are you currently engaged in other mentoring programs?✱
  • If you have been a mentor before, what program did you participate in and for how long were you engaged in the program?
  • What did you value the most from the program?
  • Have you had any previous involvement with a program that has a focus on youth? Or you have much knowledge of / exposure to youth issues or with working cross culturally?✱
  • What expectations do you have mentoring at Foyer?✱
  • What type of support do you think you may require as a mentor?✱
  • What do see as possible the challenges for you?✱
  • What are your hobbies or recreations activities, pastimes, and interests?✱
  • Our program is focused on the young person’s aspirations yet it is also about opening up experiences, to this end, what activities do you see yourself doing through this initiative? What would it look like to you?✱
  • Are you a member of any clubs or associations? Are you involved in any community groups?✱
  • Any other comments about your lifestyle or interests that you think could add value to the mentoring experience (If you can’t think of anything now, there is an opportunity to explore this at interview stage)✱
  • Are you able to undertake evening training sessions either face to face or on-line and be available for e contact with a young person over a 12-month period? If your answer is "No", what time commitment do you think you can make?✱
  • If you are on a temporary visa, please indicate what type of visa you have including the visa expiry date.
  • Is there anything else you would like to share that you think our Foyer team will need to know regarding your application?

Voluntary Demographic Survey for Launch Housing

We invite you to complete this optional survey to help us evaluate our diversity and inclusion efforts. Submission of the information on this form is strictly voluntary and refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment or affect your job application. Information obtained will be kept separate from your name or job application, and will not be used to evaluate your suitability for any position at Launch Housing. This information will be kept secure and confidential and will be used solely to evaluate our diversity and inclusion efforts.

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