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.
We welcome applications from across the East Midlands, West Midlands and South Yorkshire. We are specifically welcoming applications from those living in and/or willing to work in the following areas:
We are looking for Creative Practitioners from a variety of creative disciplines, including but not limited to:
Visual Arts
Performing Arts
Digital Arts
Practical Arts and Creativity
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 below for you to download and support your application.
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.
Alongside developing your creative practice, there are many benefits in joining the Creative Mentoring pool at The Mighty Creatives, including:
As part of the application process, we also have two Applicant Briefing sessions for prospective applicants. You can find this date, book on and further information here:
Thursday 22nd October 2026 – 5pm – 7pm
Wednesday 4th November 2026 – 5pm – 7pm
These sessions will take place on Zoom, and are optional for applicants to attend and you only have to attend one if you do, however it will aid in your understanding of the role and its responsibilities as part of the application process.
If you are interested in becoming one of our Creative Mentors at The Mighty Creatives, please submit a completed application form as a WORD document, outlining your experience against the provider specification listed in the Service Specification. Please note we don’t accept CV’s.
This should be sent to recruitment@themightycreatives.com by no later than 9am on 13th November 2026.
If you have any questions about the opportunity, please email creativementoring@themightycreatives.com.