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L2P
How can I become an L2P mentor?
Becoming an L2P driver mentor is a great way to contribute to the
community and directly help a young person.
There are no costs to mentors. We supply the vehicle, which is
equipped with fuel cards and insurance. The costs of all checks is also
reimbursed.
Our selection process
The mentor application and selection process involves:
• completing an application form
• attending an interview
• taking a Working with Children’s Check, Police Check, Vic Roads
Driver History Report and reference checks (facilitated by staff).
Mentor training
Mentors are required to complete two sets of training:
• Three x 3 hour Vic Roads training sessions, which help you
manage the learner driver and understand what’s required of a
supervising driver on the road
• Four x 3 hour mentoring training sessions run by us, which cover
how to work with high risk young people, how to engage them
and how to put boundaries into place.
“Our mentors are teachers, builders, process workers – all kinds, really.
The one thing they share is they have really big hearts.”
Jennefer Hally, Mentoring Project Officer
155 Lonsdale St
Dandenong VIC 3175
PO Box 393
Dandenong Plaza VIC 3175
Tel (03) 9791 6596
Fax (03) 9791 6524
www.jss.org.au
Contact Us
Jesuit Social Services is a social change organisation working to build a just society where all people can live to their full potential. This program is funded through VicRoads by the Victorian Government Department of Health and Human Services.
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Learner Driver Mentor Program
The role of an L2P mentor
L2P mentors support a young person to attain 120 hours of
supervised and certified driving practice.
Supervision is conducted in a supportive, trusting and purposeful
relationship with the young person.
Supervised driving sessions can be held at any time of the day, seven
days a week, with sessions lasting between 1-2 hours at a time.
How we support L2P mentors
We appreciate the time volunteered by L2P mentors.
We offer L2P mentors ongoing support, as well as regular mentor
training sessions. This training is in addition to the initial L2P training
provided by VicRoads.
L2P mentors are covered for liability by becoming registered
volunteers with us, and we supply a vehicle, fuel cards and insurance.
Who is L2P for?
L2P is for young people who:
• are aged 16-20 years
• already have their learners
permit
• face a significant
barrier or disadvantage
that prohibits them
from obtaining their
probationary driver’s
licence without
community support.
In providing L2P, we focus on
assiting young people in the
Child Protection and Youth
Justice systems.
The need for driving practice
The mandatory 120 hours
driving practice requirement
became effective on July 1st
2008.
The requirement is based
on research that found that
120 hours of driving practice,
undertaken in a variety of
driving conditions, significantly
reduces the likelihood of
accidents for young drivers.
What is L2P?
The L2P program assists young
learner drivers who are facing
significant barriers to getting 120
mandatory hours of on-the-road
driving experience.
L2P matches young people
living in Melbourne’ s southern
metropolitan region with a driving
mentor, so they can gain the
skills and practice necessary to
obtain their probationary licence.
Many disadvantaged young
people do not have access to
someone to practise driving with
them, nor the resources to obtain
the hours themselves.
How does L2P work?
All learner drivers aged under 21
years must achieve a minimum
of 120 hours of driving practice.
This driving practice must be
certified and recorded by a
supervising driver.
Many young people in the Child
Protection and Youth Justice
systems do not have access to
a vehicle, parents and friends to
practice with, or money to pay for
professional lessons.
VicRoads fund seven
professional lessons for young
people in the L2P program to
develop their driving skills and
knowledge. Young people then
move onto mentor sessions in an
L2P car.
We pair learner drivers with a
volunteer supervising driver from
the community, who works with
them to reach their 120 hours.