🚀 Freelance Creative Mentors

Location: East Midlands, West Midlands and South Yorkshire

Deadline: 27 October 2025

Interview Date: Mon 10th, Wed 12th or Mon 17th November.

Our pool of Creative Mentors have a range of arts and/or media skills, experience of leading creative learning and a positive, child‑centred approach to working with children and young people on a one‑to‑one basis.

Creative Mentors work with children from age 5‑25 to build a trusting relationship, introduce creative activities according to the child’s interest and facilitate inspiring experiences to support personal, social and emotional development and educational achievement.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of a diverse range of backgrounds, and particularly welcome applications from those with lived experience of the care system. We are passionate about forming a diverse pool of mentors that represents the Children and Young People that we work with, therefore we welcome applications from under‑represented communities.

What is Creative Mentoring?

The Mighty Creatives will commission suitably qualified Creative Mentors for the provision of a Creative Mentor Support service to identified children and young people who are in need, care experienced, struggling to engage in education or who are at risk of exclusion.

You can find our Service Specification and Supporting Information documents on our website for you to download and support your application.

Who are our Creative Mentors?

Our pool of Creative Mentors have a range of arts and/or media skills, experience of leading creative learning and a positive, child‑centred approach to working with children and young people on a one‑to‑one basis.

Creative Mentors work with children from age 5‑25 to build a trusting relationship, introduce creative activities according to the child’s interest and facilitate inspiring experiences to support personal, social and emotional development and educational achievement.

We will be commissioning Creative Mentoring to take place on a case‑by‑case basis and in joining our pool, there is no guarantee for immediate work.

How to Apply

If you are interested in becoming one of our Creative Mentors at The Mighty Creatives, please submit a completed application form, outlining your experience against the provider specification listed in the Service Specification.

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