Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur

Kurzfristig (< 1 Jahr)
Mikro (Individuum)
Sozial

improved sense of hope for participants

psychosoziales Befinden

Co-ordinators and mentors assigned low scores of 1-3 for just over half of mentees with only two percent assigned top scores of 8-10. In contrast, at the end of mentoring, only seven percent of mentees fell into the lower bracket and almost two-fifths were in the highest bracket. The evidence from mentees confirmed the low initial levels of hopefulness, averaging 1.7 on the 10-point scale. While negative change was indicated in three responses, almost four out of five cases recorded at least some improvement over the mentoring period and over a quarter (28%) were adjudged to have improved by four or more scale points, indicating significant shifts for some individual mentees. According to co-ordinators and mentors, the improvement during mentoring as regards hopefulness amounted averaged 25 percent and the attribution to mentoring was 52 percent. Mentees were much more positive in their assessment, reporting significantly higher levels of improvement (61 percent) and attribution to mentoring (79 percent).

Beschreibung der Aktivität

La Chéile mentoring services
One-to-one relationship-based support which provides a positive role model to a young person; Mentors help young people improve their self-esteem, working on relationships and communication skills, and addressing anti-social behaviour.
Großbritannien
young people aged 12-18 years
survey questionnaire and focus group questions/themes are in the appendix
teilnehmende Kinder und Jugendliche

Evaluierung der Aktivität

A range of stakeholders took part in the evaluation, including young people and parents who were mentored, volunteer mentors, Probation and Le Chéile staff and other significant professionals. The research methodology comprised both qualitative and quantitative methods, including face-to-face or phone interviews, focus groups, surveys and case file analysis. Le Chéile also commissioned an assessment of the social return on investment.
196 mentees (2015)
Großbritannien
Forschungsbericht