1. Peer mentor training Session 1

2. Learning Objectives  
1. I know what a peer mentor is and how they can support other young people 2. I understand that building a relationship is central to peer support 3. I can begin to practice active listening

3. What is a peer mentor? What is their role?

4. A Peer Mentor is another young person who can act as a resource, a helping hand, a listener and someone who can support their peer with making positive changes. The job of a peer mentor is to provide support, encouragement, and information to their peers.

5. ? Talk to your mentee Show you are interested by asking questions
Listen to them carefully

6. Active Listening
What is active listening?

7. Active listening is paying deliberate attention to everything the other person is saying and doing and also focusing on their non-verbal communication.

8. Understanding open questions
What is an open question?
What is a closed question?

9. Closed questions can be answered by a simple “Yes" or “No”
Closed questions can be answered by a simple “Yes" or “No”. Open questions require more thought and more than a simple one-word answer. ? ? ? ? ?

10. Paraphrasing Paraphrasing is rewording what someone has said, usually making it clearer and showing the person who is speaking that you are listening carefully.

11. Paraphrasing Listen to what the mentee is saying
Paraphrasing Listen to what the mentee is saying. In pairs try to paraphrase what they have said. Use these sentence starters to help you: - In other words… - So you are saying that… - So you believe that…

12. What you wouldn’t do as an active listener Tell the speaker they are wrong to feel that way. Bad active listening body language. Be thinking about what you’re going to say next before the person has even finished speaking. Be judgemental/challenging. Put the speaker on the spot/make them feel uncomfortable. Interrupt them/finish their sentences.

13. Peer mentor training Session 2

14. Role of peer mentor Forming a positive relationship with your mentee
Open body language
Open questions
Paraphrasing what your mentee says

15. Supporting your mentee to make a change
Learning objectives
1. I understand the importance of seeing things from my mentee’s perspective.
2. I understand how change happens.
3. I have learnt skills which will help me to support my mentee to make positive changes
4. I understand that I should not tell my mentee what to do.

16. Supporting change in a mentee
Change will only happen once a trusting, positive relationship has been established between the mentor and the mentee.

17. You want the current situation to change, so what could you do
You want the current situation to change, so what could you do? What are your different options?

18. What is the situation like now?
Change sheet
What is the problem?
What is the situation like now?
How does it make you feel?
What could you do to make it better?
Circle the option that you think is best
I don’t want to go to maths class
I find maths really hard and don’t understand what the teacher is saying
It makes me feel angry and like I want to miss the classes .
Option 2
Go to maths after-school club
Option 3
Talk to the teacher
Option 1
Don’t go to the lessons

19. Steps to making a change
Understand the current situation.
Why you want to change it.
What the options are to make a change.
And what help you might need to make this change.

20. The role of a peer mentor is to support a mentee, not to tell them what to do.
Why do you think this is important?

21. Learning objectives review
Importance of understanding the viewpoint of a mentee.
The mentor’s role is to support their mentee to come up with their own ideas for what they would like to change and how they can do this.
The mentor should not tell the mentee what to do.

22. Peer mentor training Session 3

23. What did we discuss last session?

24. Importance of understanding the viewpoint of a mentee.
The mentor’s role is to support their mentee to come up with their own ideas for what they would like to change and how they can do this.
The mentor should not tell the mentee what to do.

25. To learn about my role and its limitations
Learning objectives
1. I understand when I need to keep something private and when I need to inform an adult.
2. I know how and when to report concerns.
3. I understand the importance of setting up an agreement between me and my peer mentor coordinator and me and my mentee.

26. What does confidentiality mean?

27. When you keep something confidential, you do not share it with anyone else Why can this be important in your relationship with your mentee?

28. If what your mentee has said or done something that makes you feel:
Anxious
Worried
Sad
Concerned
Stressed
Confused
Fearful
Or any other negative emotion
YOU MUST TELL A DESIGNATED ADULT

29. If you are concerned about a mentee you should speak to: ……………………………………………………………………………. Or: …………………………………………………………………………… Or: …………………………………………………………………………….

30. Sean
What might you say to your mentee at the time?
Would you promise to keep it confidential?
What would you do after the mentoring session?

31. Peer mentor/facilitator agreement
As a peer mentor I will…
As the peer mentor facilitator I will…
Treat my mentee with respect
Treat the peer mentors with respect
Form a positive, trusting relationship with my mentee
Form a positive, trusting relationship with the peer mentors
Use my active listening skills to listen carefully
Listen to the peer mentor’s views about the mentoring programme
Try to understand issues from my mentee’s perspective
Answer questions to the best of my ability
Ask my peer mentor facilitator if I have any questions
Provide training to help the mentors in their role
Keep information between me and my mentee confidential, unless any issues that are discussed worry me
Provide a safe place for peer mentors to discuss how their mentoring is going, usually during ‘supervision’
Report ANYTHING that worries me to a designated adult before the end of the day
Keep information between me and the peer mentors confidential, unless any issues that are discussed worry me
Take my role seriously
Deal with all safeguarding concerns seriously.

32. Do you have any questions about anything from these three training sessions?