Mentoring for Refugee Women

Delivering mentoring sessions lasting 1–2-hours a week, over a period of up to 24 weekly sessions, Mentors for Refugees will:

• Empower women to overcome challenging circumstances and help them find ways to connect and integrate with their local community.
• Support women to make social connections with the local community and groups, refer and signpost them to other organisations providing more specialist support if needed.
• Provide a safe space to discuss the challenges women face and support their mentees’ mental wellbeing, through encouragement and active listening.

What impact will this have?

• Mentors will help women break cycles of social isolation, improve family cohesion and wellbeing.
• By becoming a mentor on this programme, you will be supporting one of the most vulnerable groups in our communities, helping our aim to break the barriers that keep refugee women excluded from mainstream services.

Training: Through our comprehensive training and ongoing support, you will develop skills in positive psychology and coaching style techniques, cover topics including safeguarding, confidentiality, the person-centred approach and the growth mindset, all of which will help you to effectively support someone to making steps towards positive change.

Commitment: In addition to delivery your mentoring sessionsns, we ask you attend monthly online group supervisions held weekday evenings or luchtimes, supervision sessions provide a great opportunity for all the mentors to come together discuss challenges, successes and further develop mentoring skills.  

What else do I need to know?

• A DBS check is required
•  Due to the nature of our users of this programme, we are only accepting female volunteers for this role.
• In person session will take place near to where your mentee lives, within Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea boroughs.
• We especially welcome mentors over the age of 50, for our Women2Women: Sharing Wisdom, Sharing Lives sub programme. This is a great opportunity if you are looking to bridge a gap in your CV and get back into work. We provide references and development opportunities through training.