FLERE SKAL STÅ STÆRKERE I HVERDAGEN – DU KAN VÆRE MED TIL AT BANE VEJEN.

Er du psykisk sårbar, eller har du oplevet psykiske kriser, kan du være med til at skabe ny viden og nye muligheder for mange andre psykisk sårbare, ved at deltage i lodtrækningsforsøget ‘Vejen til hverdagslivet,’ samtidig med, at du bliver klogere på dig selv.

Forskningen har til formål at skabe ny viden om, hvordan man kan stå stærkere i hverdagen, når man har oplevet alvorlige kriser eller lever med psykisk sårbarhed. Læs videre “FLERE SKAL STÅ STÆRKERE I HVERDAGEN – DU KAN VÆRE MED TIL AT BANE VEJEN.”

Frivillige organisationers resocialiserende arbejde

En kortlægning af frivillighedssektoren i den danske Kriminalforsorg er ikke kun interessant, fordi det er første gang, vi får et reelt overblik over disse bidragsydere og deres samarbejder. Det er også interessant, fordi forholdene ide danske fængsler og arresthuse er alarmerende og vidner om, at resocialiserende initiativer bliver nedprioriteret på bekostning af sikkerhed og kontrol. Læs videre “Frivillige organisationers resocialiserende arbejde”

A Mentorship Manual for Countering Violent Extremism in Kenya |

Tina Wilchen Christensen
Tina Wilchen Christensen• 1.Senior Mentorship Advisor for Royal United Service Institute and Assistant Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. 
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It is with great pleasure that I can finally share this mentorship manual borne out of five years’ experience of supporting more than 300 at-risk mentees in Kenya under the STRIVE Horn of Africa and STRIVE II programmes, funded by the EU. Læs videre “A Mentorship Manual for Countering Violent Extremism in Kenya |”

Three years after the launching of the European Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring: Where do we stand and what are the next steps?

In the spring of 2016, the European Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring was launched in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, in the presence of 150 mentoring professionals from all over Europe. A mainly grass-root initiative of strong mentoring practitioners and researchers, with the mission of increasing the quality, reach and visibility of the mentoring field in Europe. We do this in strong collaboration with the UMass MENTOR Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring and the National Mentoring Partnership to learn from their large amount of existing know-how.

By Szilvia Simon, European Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring Læs videre “Three years after the launching of the European Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring: Where do we stand and what are the next steps?”

Mismatched expectations and lost opportunities to help

In 2010, mentoring researchers Michael Karcher, Carla Herrera, and Keoki Hansen observed that, “Mentors are often given little guidance in what to talk about or do with their mentees, though many argue that what they do together matters. Like the friendly vultures in the classic Disney movie, The Jungle Book, mentors often find themselves responding to their mentee’s requests for activity ideas with something like, ‘I dunno, what do you wanna do?’”

by Jean Rhodes Læs videre “Mismatched expectations and lost opportunities to help”

Improving Mentoring Relationships – The Role of the Coordinator – mentoringsummit.eu

The quality of the relationship between the mentee and the mentor is of central importance to the success of this type of support. Whether the relationship is a means of supporting the mentee to achieve certain goals, or whether the confidence and self-esteem conferred by the relationship itself is the primary focus, the coordinator has an important part to play in ensuring that mentoring relationships achieve what they set out to achieve. – This interactive workshop will explore the many practical ways in which the input of mentoring coordinators can improve the quality of relationships between mentors and mentees, ensuring that they are as effective and as beneficial as possible. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on their own practice within the framework of good practice for coordinators established by Befriending Networks (BNs) in the UK.

Læs videre “Improving Mentoring Relationships – The Role of the Coordinator – mentoringsummit.eu”

Mentorordning skal få mennesker tilbage på arbejdsmarkedet i Fredericia

I Korskærparkens medborgerhus var i går rammen om et møde mellem repræsentanter af det fredericianske erhvervslivs mentorer og Jobcentret. – Den boligsociale helhedsplan har opsat rammen og Anni Lindum er i gang med at undervise de fremmødte, som udgør en mentorordning for borgere, der skal tilbage på arbejdsmarkedet, da Fredericia Avisen ankommer. Mentorordningen har kørt siden 2014. Læs videre “Mentorordning skal få mennesker tilbage på arbejdsmarkedet i Fredericia”

Peer-netværket Danmark: Dynamisk projektkonsulent søges

Vil du være med til at videreudvikle et netværk og fagligt fællesskab for peer-støttemedarbejdere? Vil du opbygge og facilitere lokale og regionale netværk for medarbejdere med erfaringskompetencer? Er du personen, der kan være med til at understøtte en recovery-orienteret udvikling i Danmark?

Læs videre “Peer-netværket Danmark: Dynamisk projektkonsulent søges”