In the following section you will find a collection of resources gathered from around the world. The idea is to provide practitioners with one central place of finding mentoring resources rather than hunting around the web. If you know of a resource that is not listed here and you are willing to share it with others please email info@youthmentoring.org.au.
Recruiting Mentors: A Guide to Finding Volunteers by Linda Muscovy February 2001, Philadelphia, PA: Public/Private Ventures
This document helps the user to develop a recruitment plan. It includes sample forms, resources and a checklist to assist with the different stages required to complete your comprehensive recruitment plan.
Volunteering Australia has released three fabulous documents for organisations, managers and trainers who would like to learn more about involving Volunteers from diverse cultural and language backgrounds and Indigenous Australians.
Follow the links below to visit Volunteering Australia’s website and download the documents.
Indigenous Australians and Volunteering – Take a Closer Look
Aimed primarily at managers of volunteers and not-for-profit organisations, Indigenous Australians and Volunteering - Take a Closer Look provides some key issues to consider to successfully involve Indigenous Australians in their volunteer programs.
Practical Guide to Involving Volunteers from Diverse Cultural and Language (CALD) Backgrounds in Your Organisation
The Practical Guide offers not-for-profit organisations strategies to help with recruiting and involving volunteers from a wide range of cultural backgrounds. It is made up of five modules, two of which deal with specific demographics: women from CALD backgrounds, and young Muslim Australians.
Beyond Police Checks: The Definitive Volunteer & Employee Screening Guidebook By Linda L. Graff Graff & Associates, 1999 paperback, 150 pages, ISBN 0-9684760-1-5, electronic version only
Child Abuse Prevention Primer for your Organisation (1995) By John Patterson, with Charles Tremper and Pam Rypkema. The Nonprofit Risk Management Centre, Washington D.C.
More Than a Matter of Trust : Managing the Risks of Mentoring (1998) By Leslie T. White, John Patterson, and Melanie L. Herman. The Nonprofit Risk Management Centre, Washing ton D.C.
No Surprises: Controlling Risks in Volunteer Programs (1993) By Charles Tremper and Gwynne Kostin. The Nonprofit Risk Management Centre, Washing ton D.C.
Whether you are providing the training in-house or out sourcing it to an external trainer, you will still need to consider what type of issues you would like to be covered in the training sessions. How long will you run your sessions for? Will your mentors complete training before meeting their mentee? Is training compulsory?
by Amy Cannata, Michael Garringer, Christian Rummell, Elsy Arevalo and Linda Jucovy. Revised September 2007
**Updated**
This document provides the user with tips and advice for training new mentors and provides sample activities that can take place during the training sessions.
Be-a-Mentor Mentoring program This site contains sample training manuals for training mentors. This site also includes instructions for trainers running the training and a workbook for mentors. Click here to download the document
Mentoring in the Community- TAFE training Course TAFE provides an 8 week mentor training program which is an accredited course. This course is used by programs which include the Plan-it Youth mentoring programs and Millers Point mentoring program. Click here to view the course content.
Designing an Effective Training Program for Your Mentors
Produced by the EMT Group for the California Mentoring Initiative Office, Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
Training New Mentees: a manual for preparing youth in mentoring programs By Judy Strother Taylor 2003-National Mentor Centre
Not only should a program train their mentors for mentoring but the mentees should also be taught what will be expected of them. This document looks at how best to prepare your mentees for mentoring.
Books for Trainers Basic Training for Trainers: A handbook for new trainers (1995) by Gary Kroenhnert. New York. McGraw Hill 101 Ways to Make Training Active (1995) by Melvin L. Silberman and Karen Lawson. San Francisco: Jossey - Bass, Inc. The Trainer's Tool Kit (1997) by Cyril Charney and Kathy Conway. New York: Amacon Books The Winning Trainer: Winning Ways to Involve People in Learning (1996) 3rd Edition. By Julius E. Eitington. Houston: Gulf Publishing Company.
