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Job description

We are Forward, the social enterprise that empowers people to break the cycle of crime or addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

The Forward Enterprise Team is part of Forward’s employability service. The team supports enterprises and charities that create self employment opportunities for ex-offenders and people in recovery from addiction. Eligible applicants can benefit from a tailored mix of support to help grow their business and access investment.

As an Enterprise Mentor, you will be supporting clients of Forward’s Enterprise Support team to reach their full potential to start and build a successful business. Acting as a role model, you will use your personal experience and expertise to guide them with their personal goals and challenges. You will be matched to a mentee according to their aspirations and your personal expertise. You will meet with your mentees once to twice a month and will need to be able to commit to 4 to 6 hours a month to support your mentee . This is a just a recommendation and is flexible based on the Mentee's needs. Training is provided to all volunteers to support them with their volunteering duties and enable them to further their skills and experience with our client group.

We recommend that the Mentor commits to volunteering to 4-6 hours a month for a period of 6 months. This is just a recommendation and can be flexible according to the needs of the Mentee.


Task description:

  • Build a trusting and supportive relationship with your mentee
  • Be a consistent ear to listen
  • Support your mentee to formulate realistic and achievable goals
  • Support your mentee with the barriers they encounter and provide guidance on how to overcome these
  • Support your mentee by using your professional expertise and knowledge of the sector to guide them
  • Listen to the mentees’ concerns and work with them to overcome these
  • Listen to your mentee’s ideas and give honest feedback on them
  • Be a positive role model to your mentee


Specific duties:

  • Arrange and attend monthly meetings with your mentees
  • Set targets at the meetings and encourage your mentee to work towards those
  • Provide practical support to help your mentee with their concerns and barriers to enable them to overcome them
  • Keep a record of your meetings by completing the relevant paperwork after each meeting
  • Ensure that notes of meetings are sent to your placement supervisor
  • Attend monthly mentor meetings to hear group feedback, raise any concerns and learn from other mentors’ experiences

Perks and Benefits:

Induction training will be provided to the volunteer and will include the following E-Learning:


o Induction to the Forward Trust
o Safeguarding
o Data Protection & GDPR
o Health and Safety
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Additional internal training will be discussed and offered according to the need of the volunteer in placement to support you with your personal development goals. This may include: group facilitation skills, 12 Steps awareness. External training requests will need to be agreed with placement supervisor and submitted to Head Office for approval prior to completing a course.
 

Skills You'll Need

Below is a list of the qualities that we are looking from volunteer:

  • If in Recovery from Addiction, to be 12 months abstinent from all mood altering substances. 
  • To have the ability to engage effectively with the client group.
  • To have a clear understanding of confidentiality.
  • To have a clear understanding of how to set and maintain boundaries.
  • To be able to communicate and actively listen to client’s concerns.
  • To be able to treat clients in a positive and non-judgemental manner.
  • To be committed to own learning and development
  • To have experience of setting and managing your own business
Posted by
The Forward Trust View profile Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 501 - 1000
Posted on: 01 December 2025
Closing date: 01 March 2026 at 23:30
Tags: Advice / Information, Advocacy, Business Development, Mentoring / Coaching, Prison

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