Understanding social support and its role in youth mentoring -- Assessing social support for youth within a mentoring context -- Good practice in mentoring programmes -- School-based mentoring -- Providing social support through mentoring for specific groups of young people.
Summary
Youth mentoring can be an effective way of supporting troubled youth, helping them sustain positive mental health, cope with stress, and lead successful lives through adolescence and into adulthood. This is a guide to youth mentoring programmes, illustrating how, if managed well, they can increase the social support available to young people.