New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network Guide to Effective and Safe Practice in Youth Mentoring

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Guide to Effective and Safe Practice in Youth Mentoring

This comprehensive guide, created by the New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network for New Zealand’s mentoring programs, provides benchmarks for programs of all sizes to help them deliver quality services and establish safe mentoring relationships for youth.

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Guide to Effective and Safe Practice in Youth Mentoring

This comprehensive guide, created by the New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network for New Zealand’s mentoring programs, provides benchmarks for programs of all sizes to help them deliver quality services and establish safe mentoring relationships for youth.

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Description of Resource:

This comprehensive guide, created by the New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network for New Zealand’s mentoring programs, provides benchmarks for programs of all sizes to help them deliver quality services and establish safe mentoring relationships for youth. It is written for all mentoring practitioners, including those in school-settings and those managing mentoring programs embedded within other services. The guide includes information about program practices and protocols that can be put in place to support mentors and mentees and promote safety as well as recommendations in the areas of program design, planning, management, and evaluation. It also includes information specific to serving Māori and Pasifika youth in cultural context.

 

Goals:

To support mentoring programs in delivering safe and effective mentoring services for youth.

 

Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

All mentoring practitioners, including those managing school-based programs and programs embedded within other services.

 

Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

All

 

Key Personnel:

None

 

Additional Information:

As part of the Children’s Action Plan (CAP) released in October 2012, the New Zealand Government announced a set of actions to improve the identification, support and protection of vulnerable children and young people. This included the promotion of youth mentoring and in 2013 the Ministry of Health, Children’s Action Plan, New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network (NZYMN) and the Ministry of Youth Development partnered together to develop Safe Practice Guidelines for Youth Mentoring Programmes. In June 2016, the New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network (NZYMN) launched this resource, the second edition of the Guide to Effective and Safe Practice in Youth Mentoring, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Resource Name:

New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network Guide to Effective and Safe Practice in Youth Mentoring

 

Publisher/Source:

New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network

 

Author:

New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network

 

Date of Publication:

2016

 

Resource Type:

Program Management Resources

Evaluation Methodology:

Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

Evaluation Outcomes:

Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

Evaluation Validity:

Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

Accessing and Using this Resource:

This resource is available for free download in PDF form at: http://bit.ly/2eXBwrO

References:

Evidence Base: N/A

Additional References: N/A

  • Description of Resource:

    This comprehensive guide, created by the New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network for New Zealand’s mentoring programs, provides benchmarks for programs of all sizes to help them deliver quality services and establish safe mentoring relationships for youth. It is written for all mentoring practitioners, including those in school-settings and those managing mentoring programs embedded within other services. The guide includes information about program practices and protocols that can be put in place to support mentors and mentees and promote safety as well as recommendations in the areas of program design, planning, management, and evaluation. It also includes information specific to serving Māori and Pasifika youth in cultural context.

     

    Goals:

    To support mentoring programs in delivering safe and effective mentoring services for youth.

     

    Target Population/Eligibility of Target Sites:

    All mentoring practitioners, including those managing school-based programs and programs embedded within other services.

     

    Corresponding Elements of Effective Practice:

    All

     

    Key Personnel:

    None

     

    Additional Information:

    As part of the Children’s Action Plan (CAP) released in October 2012, the New Zealand Government announced a set of actions to improve the identification, support and protection of vulnerable children and young people. This included the promotion of youth mentoring and in 2013 the Ministry of Health, Children’s Action Plan, New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network (NZYMN) and the Ministry of Youth Development partnered together to develop Safe Practice Guidelines for Youth Mentoring Programmes. In June 2016, the New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network (NZYMN) launched this resource, the second edition of the Guide to Effective and Safe Practice in Youth Mentoring, Aotearoa New Zealand.

  • Resource Name:

    New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network Guide to Effective and Safe Practice in Youth Mentoring

     

    Publisher/Source:

    New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network

     

    Author:

    New Zealand Youth Mentoring Network

     

    Date of Publication:

    2016

     

    Resource Type:

    Program Management Resources

  • Evaluation Methodology:

    Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

    Evaluation Outcomes:

    Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

    Evaluation Validity:

    Resource has not been evaluated for effectiveness

  • Accessing and Using this Resource:

    This resource is available for free download in PDF form at: http://bit.ly/2eXBwrO

  • References:

    Evidence Base: N/A

    Additional References: N/A