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Mentor a Young Woman

Mentor a Young Woman

Our flagship program, the 6-month Young Warrior Woman Program combines life-skills education, mental health support and connection to a safe and nurturing group of female mentors who we call Wise Warriors. These are caring, positive, and stable female role models from the local community who provide support, guidance and impart the wisdom of life experience.

Our ideal mentors are:

  • Women 25 years of age and over
  • Stable role models with a passion for advancing young vulnerable women in the Australian community
  • Willing to be matched one to one with a mentee (Young Warrior) and attending the program together
  • Willing to embrace our mentoring philosophy and strategy, share our values, and work in line with our policies and procedures
  • Willing to undergo our training program and embrace ongoing training as provided
  • Willing to ask for help from the Warrior Woman team when needed
  • A good listener
  • Non-judgemental
  • Committed to attend all sessions of the program

Time commitment

  • Six-month commitment
  • Interview process
  • Compulsory 14 hours mentor training over two Saturdays
  • Weekly online educational and therapeutic workshops incorporating group mentoring and one to one mentoring (twelve Tuesday evenings 6.00pm-8.00pm)
  • Beginning, mid and end program workshop days (three Saturdays 10am-4pm)
  • Program graduation day (Saturday 10am-3pm) 

Screening process

  • Application form
  • Working with Children Check
  • National Police check
  • Referee check
  • Interview process
  • Compulsory training
 

Download the Young Warrior Woman Program 2022 Calendar

Applications are now closed for 2022. If you would like to be added to the 2023 waiting list please simply email us.

We provide a safe and welcoming space for young women to share, learn, heal and grow. Each young woman is connected with a mentor as well as a network of diverse community-minded women who provide ongoing support and share their life experiences, resources and opportunities:

  • Connection to a safe, stable, and socially inclusive network of female role models to turn to for advice and ongoing support for the duration of the six-month program.
  • Connection to a non-judgmental group of young women who are facing similar challenges.
  • Connection to Kindred Warrior Peers, young women who have experienced challenges in life and have gone on to achieve life success.
  • Weekly one-to-one mentoring sessions with a safe mentor.

We teach young women the life skills they need to succeed in everyday life. Our “teach a young woman to fish” approach gives them support and guidance at every step, knowing that true empowerment comes from them learning to do things for themselves. In particular, we focus on financial literacy and job readiness:

  • Life-skills workshops to build self-reliance.
  • A six-week Financial Literacy program (in partnership with MoneyGirl).
  • A four-week Job Readiness program.
  • Assistance in gaining and retaining meaningful employment.
  • Access to a range of vocational skills scholarships (e.g., Code Like a Girl) and internships.

Many young women experience trauma which negatively impacts their confidence, self-esteem and self-worth. We support and nurture the trauma healing process in safe psycho-educational workshops facilitated by experts. In these sessions, young women learn to engage with self-compassion, and to soften and contain threat-based emotions, such as fear and anxiety, anger, shame and self-criticism.