As a Creative Mentor with Future Foundations, you will be responsible for mentoring a child between 9 - 13 years old to help bring their creative vision to light, whether it be a painting, animation, poetry or a short film. All creative skills are highly valued. However, it is more important to be a positive role model.

The role of the Creative Mentor is to:

• offer support, encouragement and guidance

• to help with goal setting and supporting the young person in making choices and to develop skills

• to help your Mentee identify their strengths and promote self-esteem, resilience and well-being

• be a sounding board for ideas and problems

Your duties will include attendance at our initial mentor and mentee inductions, Cultural Tour (art excursion) in Melbourne's CBD. This will be followed by creative workshops every Saturday morning from 10AM - 1:00PM at Lalor East Primary School, where your duties will be to work with your assigned Mentee. At the workshops, you should share your artistic/creative knowledge and experience, help the children with their creative concept and how to reach their artistic outcome (what is the best way, introduce them to new skills, media, resources etc.).

You will also be required to attend and assist with the final Exhibition of the Mentees' artworks in November. Training will be provided at a Training and Induction Session to be held in July.

Future Foundations will be partnering with RMIT and Australia Council for the Arts, over a 3 year research project called Vital Arts. You will have the opportunity to earn micro-creds that can lead towards employment and uni accreditation by volunteering as a mentor in our program.

Future Foundations is a recognised charity founded in early 2011. We are committed to empowering the lives of young people through community arts programs and creative mentoring. Participants complete the program with new and enhanced creative and life skills, and the confidence to achieve their goals. Being a Creative Mentor in the Future Foundations Program gives you the opportunity to learn from young people from culturally diverse backgrounds, as well as the satisfaction of making a real difference in the life of young people.