Our Guide
TO EFFECTIVE & SAFE PRACTICE IN YOUTH MENTORING
The second edition of the Guide has been refreshed and updated with the latest research into mentoring practice, as well as safe workforce regulations and voluntary worker safety guidance documents . The revised Guide also incorporates essential information from the Safe Practice Guidelines published by the Children's Action Plan and NZYMN in 2013.
We hope the Guide will benefit programmes of all sizes and will help ensure the services provided are of high quality, and the mentoring relationships established are safe, effective and well-managed to produce positive outcomes for the young people involved.
In producing the Guide we have consulted with a broad cross-section of mentoring providers, government agencies involved in mentoring, academic researchers and NZYMN trustees. Our aim is to have a continuous dialogue of learning, feedback and reflection on what it takes to provide successful youth mentoring in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Further Resources
Please feel free to explore our fact sheets for youth mentors, other useful organisations, research into youth mentoring and if in doubt, then please feel free to contact us and we'll do our best to answer your questions.
Developing your own programme
We offer consulting services to any organisation that is looking to establish their own youth mentoring programme, based on the principles outlined in our guide. Get in touch so that we can explore what it is you need, and put in place a programme suited to you and your community.
