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Mentoring offenders

Our volunteer mentors give practical help and encouragement to offenders to help them stabilise their lives. They help them with finding a job or signing up for suitable courses and training that could make them more employable.

Mentors will also give support and advice about basic things like registering with a GP and dentist, seeking medical treatment, finding somewhere to live, sorting out finances, improving literacy or getting fit.

They will also signpost to more specialist sources of advice and he,p when that is needed.

The offender will not be breeched if he fails to attend a mentoring session but this will be reported back to his offender manager.

Mentors meet with offenders on a regular basis for up to six months in a suitable, friendly public place, often a local cafe.

Contact

If you are interested in mentoring offenders, contact Cathy Leamon

07919 213904

cathy.leamon@surreycaretrust.org.uk

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Interested in becoming a volunteer mentor?

We will give you training

The Surrey Care Trust provides free training run by our own staff over several sessions. Taking part in the training does not commit you to anything should you decide that mentoring is not for you after all.

Training is based on modules designed by the National Mentoring and Befriending Network (www.mandbf.org.uk). The three sessions each last three hours.

Mentors will be trained to challenge appropriately and will be supported in their work with regular supervision, peer group sessions, training support, advice and guidance .

The commitment

Typically mentors would see a mentee for an hour once a week until the mentee has achieved the goals he or she has set for themselves.

Setting the boundaries

Meetings may take place at a café, library or other convenient public place.

Supporting the mentors

Mentors are supported by the mentor co-ordinator Cathy Leamon, who will ensure there is the support, guidance and resources to make a success of the mentoring project. Mentors have regular one-to-one meetings with one of the programme managers as well as group meetings with other mentors to provide mutual support.

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