There are many benefits to helping children and young people in education mentoring their peers for both the mentors and the mentees, including:

• being mentored by someone of a similar age who understands what you are going through;

• talking to someone independent from the situation;

• developing confidence and communication skills;

• developing listening skills;

• develops problem solving skills;

• encourages reflection;

• teaches skills for the workplace.

 

The Root Of It offers a half-day course to organisations, schools and settings to train them to deliver the 8 module Peer Mentoring Course.  There are variants of the course for primary and secondary schools, and for young adults.

 

Young people attending the course will need to complete a section of the course workbook after each module and return this to the organisation delivering the course for marking and award of the certificate.

 

The course covers:

 

• What is peer mentoring

• Introducing the course

• Special considerations

• Different models

 

The framework allows you to deliver a high quality peer mentoring programme, but tailor it for your setting. covers:

 

Self-certification route

The training for each member of staff costs £300 + VAT and includes the Peer Mentoring Scheme of Work and there is an annual fee of £350 + VAT.

 

Further workbooks can be ordered when you need them from info@rootofit.com for £20 each. Schools, colleges, universities or organisations issue their own certificates.

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Level 2 Award in Peer Mentoring

If you really want to give your students the best, then we can provider a Level 2 qualification from Open Awards. The qualification costs comprise of centre registration at £150, Trainer training £400, annual fee £425. The learner fees are then £64 and £30 for the assessment.

 

If you are interested in delivering this course in your setting email us at info@rootofit.com.