Development of volunteer mentor program manual
Date
2010
Authors
Miller Moyse, Gwen
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Publisher
Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina
Abstract
A volunteer mentor program manual was developed for the use of Vanier Collegiate, targeting high school students as volunteers to work with elementary aged children. Research on mentor programming indicated that organized and structured programming, similar to Big Brothers/Big Sisters’ model, is more likely to achieve successful outcomes. The manual closely followed the recommendations in order to emulate this success and to minimize any potential harm to youth receiving services.
Description
A Practicum Report Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Social Work, University of Regina. iii, 42 p.
Keywords
Volunteers, Mentor programming, Positive role models, Mentoring