Mentoring Schemes for Young People : Handbook and training guide.

✍ Scribed by Alexander, Alison

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 364
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Orignally published in 2000, this resource, consisting of a handbook and a training guide, offers a comprehensive guide to establishing, maintaining and evaluating a mentoring project. It:looks at the 'what' and 'why' of mentoringdescribes the process for establishing a project.addresses maintenance issues (including policies and procedures)deals with monitoring and evaluationcontains a selection of resources that projects can adopt or use to inform their own project paperwork.  Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Cover: Handbook
Contents
1: Establishing a mentoring scheme
Introduction
Mentoring
Mentoring for careleavers
Assessing the need for a mentoring project
Process of establishing a mentoring project
Aim and objectives of a mentoring project
Establishing a multi-agency advisory group
Individual roles in a mentoring project
Involving young people
Establishing policies and procedures
2: Recruitment, selection and training
Stage 1: Preparation for the recruitment and selection process
Stage 2: Producing recruitment packs
Stage 3: Advertising for mentors
Stage 4: Selection. Stage 5: TrainingStage 6: Supervision and ongoing support/ training
Stage 7: Recruitment of mentees
Stage 8: Matching mentees and mentors
Stage 9: Monitoring and evaluation criteria
3: Appendices
A1: Job specification for the project co-ordinator
A2: Person specification for volunteer mentors
A2a: Role specification for volunteer mentors
A3: Volunteer mentor application form
A3a: Equal opportunities monitoring form (confidential)
A4: Volunteer mentor agreement
A5: Sample advertisement
A6: Shortlisting procedure
A6a: Shortlisling recording form
A7: Guidance for interviews. A7a: Interview questionsA7b: Interview record sheet
A8: Guidance on group selection
A8a: Group selection: observers' guidance
A8b: Group selection: facilitators' guidance
A8c: Group selection: sample programme
A8d: Group selection: recording sheet
A8e: Group selection: lead facilitator's speech
A8f: Group selection: handouts
A9: Personal audit
A10: Mentor matching form
A10a: Mentee matching form
A11: Mentor recording sheet
A12: Sample information/ advertisement for mentees
A13: Mentor's quarterly evaluation form
A14: Mentee's basic baseline data form. A15: Mentee's quarterly evaluation formA16: Mentee's evaluation form
A17: Exit interviews
A18: Handbook evaluation
4: References
Cover: Training Guide
Contents
1: How to use this guide
Introduction
Rationale for training mentors
Aim and learning outcomes of training
Facilitators
Style of training
Venue
Learning styles
Training methods
NCB's recommended training syllabus
Equal opportunities in training
Involving young people
Mentors' attendance on training
2: Evaluation
Self, peer and facilitator or co-ordinator assessment
Monitoring and evaluation. Course evaluation form: participants' (mentors') end-of-course evaluationCourse evaluation form: facilitators' end-of-course evaluation
3: Training ideas
Useful training tips
Buddying and journals
4: Beginning a course
Purpose of introductions
Introduction on first session of the course
5: Training programme
Outline of training programme
Beginning a course
Mentoring
Policies and procedures
Theories of adolescence
Public care
Prejudice awareness
Beginning a mentoring relationship
Mentoring framework
Mentoring framework stage 1 skills
Mentoring framework stage 2 and skills.

✦ Subjects

Counselng;Mentoring