Volunteer Mentor Review
by City Year UK
Rating
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Skills
2.3
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Responsibilities
4.0
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Support & Guidance
3.0
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Culture
2.0
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Your Impressions
2.7
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at City Year UK
- 7. Would you recommend City Year UK to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to City Year UK
Overview
Start at 8am, supporting in breakfast club then onto in class support, break/lunch duty, more in class support followed by clubs at the end of the day. Despite having timetabled breaks often these are in practical to take
Skills
Yes, CY prides itself in giving you opportunities to develop skills however this is done under a lot of pressure with little time given to do this
Responsibilities
Yes, I was working in a secondary school and you are hugely responsible for the children on your focus list. Teachers will come to you for help/support/ideas and often you are supporting the whole (180 student) year group as apposed to just your 10
Support & Guidance
The support is available however the time to access this isn’t given and you struggle to be able to talk to your line manager without the whole company finding out what you have going on
Culture
Toxic positivity atmosphere, forced to share a joy every day even on the days that have been horrendous and you don’t have any. Micromanaged
Your Impressions
I enjoyed the school aspect of the placement, feeling a real purpose, however when CY get involved it makes the whole experience drag/painful as you are questioned every step you take. No trust
No
Look around, schools hire mentors themselves as apposed to through CY and this is a route I wish I took
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Education/Teaching
North West
August 2023
