iTrack Mentor
- Location: Online
- Position Type: iTrack Mentor
- Time Commitment: 1 hour per week
Without general encouragement, advice and guidance about workplace, study and career opportunities many young people disengage from their education. Growing up in poverty can create hurdles making it much harder to recognise the value of completing Year 12. Leaving school early also affects the work choices available to young people. Students from challenging backgrounds sometimes have a more limited network of people to talk to about career opportunities.
iTrack is an online mentoring program for high school students in Years 9 to 11. Students are matched with a supportive adult (other than a teacher or parent) who volunteers as a mentor and provides the student with general encouragement and advice and guidance about workplace, study and career opportunities. Students and mentors communicate over an 18 week period.
- iTrack runs during Term times across the school year – if you are going on extended holidays you may need to consider registering for another volunteering opportunity.
- Weekly online chat sessions are conducted at the same time and day each week, during business hours, for approximately 60 minutes per week. Once matched with a student, your chat time will remain the same for the duration of your mentoring experience.
- Mentor training is provided
- The cost of volunteer Child Protection Checks is fully subsided by state governments in ACT, NSW, SA, QLD and VIC. In other states, there is a cost involved in applying for this volunteer check ranging from $11-$20. Volunteer mentors matched to students in those states are asked to cover this cost, as the check is valid for 3 years and is transferrable, meaning it can be used wherever you might be volunteering in child-related activities (e.g. your children’s sporting club, or with other organisations).