Community Services Mentoring Program – Information Session | The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare

Learn more about the program, what to expect as a mentor or mentee, and how to apply. This is your chance to ask questions and hear from past participants.

Unlock Your Leadership Potential with the Community Services Mentoring Program

Would you like to:
✅ Support an emerging leader by sharing your experience and insights?
✅ Explore workplace challenges and sector trends in a confidential and supportive mentoring relationship?
✅ Give back to the sector and contribute to the professional growth of future leaders?
✅ Enrich your own leadership and interpersonal skills through mentoring?

The Community Services Mentoring Program, delivered by the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, brings together experienced leaders and professionals to mentor emerging leaders in the community services sector across Victoria and Tasmania.

Why Mentor?

By becoming a mentor, you will:
✔ Shape the next generation of community services leaders.
✔ Enhance your own leadership through coaching and reflective practice.
✔ Expand your professional network and gain fresh sector insights.
✔ Be part of a sector-wide initiative to strengthen leadership, advocacy, best practices, and workforce wellbeing.
✔ Choose a flexible mentoring format—virtual or in-person options available.
✔ Join free! The first 20 mentor-mentee pairs participate at no cost.

Why Join as a Mentee?

As an emerging leader, you will:
🔹 Gain guidance on career and leadership development from an experienced sector leader.
🔹 Explore workplace challenges and sector trends in a confidential and supportive relationship.
🔹 Receive valuable insights to help navigate leadership pathways and sector complexities.
🔹 Develop skills in leadership, advocacy, best practices, workforce resilience, and wellbeing.
🔹 Build connections within the community services sector across Victoria and Tasmania.

Who Can Apply?

Mentors:
✔ Have at least 10 years of experience in the community services sector.
✔ Are eager to support an emerging leader’s career and leadership journey.
✔ No formal qualifications are required—just practice wisdom and a commitment to mentoring.

Mentees:
✔ Are aspiring leaders looking to grow their career and leadership skills.
✔ Can be at any level of an organisation in the sector.
✔ Have 5-10 years of experience in the community services sector.

This program is your opportunity to develop, learn, and contribute to the future of leadership in the sector.

Ready to mentor or be mentored?