Beginner Level - Foundation Track to Beginning Your Youth Mentor Journey
Overview: 13 Week Masterclasses - Perfect for new volunteers and aspiring Youth Mentors
Start your transformative journey into Youth Mentoring with our foundation-level program. Through weekly 30-minute video sessions and one special extended workshop, you'll develop essential skills and confidence to support young people effectively.
What You'll Learn:
- Core mentoring principles and best practices
- Essential communication and relationship-building skills
- Youth safeguarding and professional boundaries
- Goal-setting and progress tracking
- Cultural awareness and inclusive practices
- Practical tools for supporting youth development
- Strategies for overcoming common barriers to youth progression
Perfect For: New volunteer Youth Mentors, career changers entering youth work, professionals starting their mentoring journey, anyone passionate about supporting young people
Prerequisites: None
Intermediate Level - Development Track to Elevating Your Mentoring Practice
Overview: 13 Week Masterclasses - For experienced Youth Mentors ready to deepen their impact
Take your mentoring practice to the next level. This intermediate program builds on your experience with advanced techniques and strategies for creating deeper impact and handling complex mentoring situations.
What You'll Learn:
- Advanced relationship-building strategies
- Complex communication and emotional intelligence
- Youth-led mentoring approaches
- Mental health awareness and support
- Family and community engagement
- Digital mentoring excellence
- Strategic approaches to systemic barriers
- Integration with global development goals
Perfect For: Youth Mentors with 1+ years experience, youth workers transitioning to mentoring roles, educational professionals enhancing their skills, active youth mentors seeking professional development
Prerequisites: At Least 1 year experience working with young people
Advanced Level - Mastery Track to Leading Youth Mentoring Excellence
Overview: 13 Week Masterclasses - For experienced practitioners ready to shape the future of Youth Mentoring
Develop advanced expertise and leadership in Youth Mentoring. This comprehensive program prepares you to drive innovation, lead programs, and create systemic change in youth development.
What You'll Learn:
- Strategic program development and leadership
- Complex case management and supervision
- Research-based practice and evaluation
- Community engagement and partnership building
- Policy development and advocacy
- Innovation in mentoring practices
- Transformational change strategies
- Global impact and sustainable development
Perfect For: Experienced Youth Mentors (3+ years), Program managers and supervisors, Mentoring organisation leaders, Youth development professionals
Prerequisites: At Least 3 years experience working with young people
Youth Mentoring Organisation Founders Academy
Overview A comprehensive 3-month program guiding aspiring founders through establishing and scaling successful youth mentoring organisations. Receive direct mentoring and consultation from Elaine Thomas, founder of The Mentoring Lab, combining practical workshops with personalized support.
Program Structure
- Bi-weekly 1:1 consultation
- Monthly 3-hour masterclass
- 3-month structured development journey
- Free Youth Mentors Academy Membership
- Limited to 10 people/organisations per cohort
- 3 months follow on support
What You'll Learn:
- Develop sustainable youth mentoring programs
- Create robust safeguarding frameworks
- Design effective mentor training programs
- Implement quality standards and best practices
- Build evaluation and impact measurement systems
- Establish operational policies and procedures
- Create funding and sustainability strategies
- Develop partnership and growth plans
- Navigate youth mentoring regulations
- Lead mentor recruitment and development
- Design evidence-based mentoring models
- Manage risk and organisational compliance
Perfect For:
- Aspiring youth mentoring organisation founders
- Youth workers ready to launch their own organisation
- Professionals transitioning to youth mentoring leadership
- Community leaders developing mentoring programs
- Social entrepreneurs focused on youth development
- Existing organisations adding mentoring services
- Youth program managers seeking to establish independent services
- Education professionals starting mentoring initiatives
Enhancing Your Professional Development
As part of our commitment to your growth, Academy members receive exclusive access to additional qualifications at preferential rates. These qualifications and accredited courses complement your Academy learning and strengthen your youth mentoring practice.
Available Qualifications
- Study flexibly online or in-person
- Complete at your own pace alongside Academy sessions
- Choose courses that match your development goals
Exclusive Member Benefits
- Free access to selected courses
- Substantial discounts on qualifications
- Priority booking for in-person sessions
- Flexible study options to fit your schedule
How to Access Academy members can book these courses through their member portal or contact our training team for more information about available dates and delivery methods.
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONSÂ
- Coordinating Youth Mentoring Projects Training
- Youth Mentoring Tools and Techniques
- First Aid Certificate at Work
- Mental Health First Aider
- Safeguarding Children Training
- Designated Safeguarding Led Training
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Essentials in Youth Work
- Youth Violence and Sexual Exploitation Training
