Equipping Mentors for Youth Development
About This Course
This course focuses on empowering participants to become confident and effective mentors through knowledge, scenario-based practice and roleplays to apply facilitation and communication skills.
Mentoring can help youth as they go through challenging life transitions, including dealing with stressful changes at home or transitioning to adulthood. Close, healthy, supportive relationships between mentors and mentees are key to the success of mentoring. Without effective and committed mentors who are well-prepared and equipped with the right skills, mentoring programmes can risk harming young people who are paired with mentors ill-equipped to meet the mentees' needs. This course will focus on empowering participants to be confident and effective mentors through lots of scenario-based practice and roleplays where they will get to apply their facilitation and communication skills as mentors.
What You'll Learn
1. Analyse needs of youths to determine appropriate mentoring approaches and resources available to help Youths
2. Build trust and mentor relationships with the identified youth
3. Determine the interest of youths and assist youths to set personal goals
4. Provide guidance and information to youths in different areas
5. Apply techniques to help youths understand and clarify their views, learn how to reach self-determined goals and resolve emotional or interpersonal problems
6. Support youths in exploring opportunities for personal development.
7. Monitor progress of development and document according to organisational procedures
8. Identify external community resources for the youths
9. Review cases requiring referrals for further support
Entry Requirements
Basic English Proficiency. Individuals with experience in community, volunteer, or mentoring roles, or those keen to develop skills in youth mentorship and development