E-Mentoring Programme Officer

Foróige Mentoring connects a vulnerable young person with an adult volunteer mentor to facilitate a positive transition from adolescence into adulthood. Foróige Mentoring’s programmes have undergone numerous evaluation studies to assess outcomes for young people. Results show that the mentoring intervention is effective in improving emotional wellbeing and social support and is a model of best practice in youth work provision in Ireland.

Foróige’s E-Mentoring programme matches an adult volunteer to a young person in need of support. Its core assumption is that a caring and supportive friendship will develop and reinforce the positive development of the young person. Typically the matches meet once a week, either online or in person, for one to two hours, and the initial commitment is for one year. The underlying assumption is that the adult volunteer will become a role model, a mentor, but perhaps most of all, a friend. This post is responsible for the provision of youth mentoring services for young people involved in Child & Adult Mental Health Services (CAMHS). In this mentoring initiative, young people will be referred through the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services(CAMHS) or by other referral services, where the young person is known to be on the waiting list, attending or exiting CAMHS, for a range of needs including: poor social skills; low self-esteem and confidence, lack of positive peer relationships; emotional issues, lack of engagement or underachievement at school; engagement in risk behaviours and/or rural isolation.