Setting up a peer mentoring/buddying programme for children and young people
Posted by MentoringBefriendingFoundation
Are you planning to set up a peer mentoring or buddy scheme for young people? How do you know it meets the requirements of safe and effective practice?
| When | Nov 30, 2010 from 09:30 am to 04:00 pm |
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| Where | Birmingham |
| About | founding, mentoring, young people, minors, children, starter, basics, introductory, peer mentoring, mentor, basic, starting up, setting up |
| Type | training |
| Who |
Practitioners working with children and young people in education; health and social care; youth and community work and in the youth justice sector. |
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MentoringBefriendingFoundation
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last modified
Nov 04, 2010 11:46 AM
The aim of this course is:
To introduce you to peer mentoring and provide you with practical guidance on how to set up and manage a safe and effective peer mentoring project. It has been developed to help you meet the requirements of our ‘Approved Provider Standard’.
This course will help you to:
- Define the aims and outcomes of your project
- Identify key roles and responsibilities for effective management of your project
- Put into place selection and recruitment procedures
- Determine what is required to prepare participants for their roles
- Establish a process for the matching of mentees with mentors or buddies
- Identify the appropriate policies and procedures to safeguard participants
- Establish a system to support and supervise the relationships
- Set in place effective systems for monitoring and evaluation
For more details contact tel 0161 787 8600 or at ntp@mandbf.org.uk
More details are available at the event website
