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MEENNTTORRI IINNG Quueesst tti iioonnnnaai iir ree AAnnaal llyyssi iiss Introduction The European Mentor project has the following aims: to develop mentoring tools, methodologies and training for those working (paid or unpaid) in mentoring roles to support people who wish to enter or return to the open labour market. The project is run by a European partnership, involving Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Spain and United Kingdom. It is funded by the European Commission’s Gruntvig programme. The first stage of the project was to develop and use a common questionnaire across the 6 partner countries that would allow trans-national evaluation relating to the needs, competences of mentors. The questionnaire was also designed so that it would enable respondents to identify currently available best practice and resources within each country. The subsequent stages of the project are to take the findings from each country and for partners to develop, build and test a European training programme. The project activity will also involve the creation of a European mentoring resource centre and the establishment of a European Mentor Network. In Scotland a small resource groups has been formulated and includes membership from the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA), the Scottish Mentoring Network (SMN) and Glasgow Mentoring Network (GMN). The questionnaire was electronically distributed to members on SMN mailing list as it was felt that this would give the greatest geographical spread for respondents. In addition WEA also electronically mailed the questionnaire to key stakeholders/partners whose remit includes the provision of mentoring activity to the target groups as identified in the European application. A total of 39 completed questionnaires were returned to WEA for analysis by the final completion deadline. This analysis, together with the answers, is presented here and will be distributed to respondents and members of the European Partnership for consideration. WEA propose that additional focus group activity will be carried out to expand and explore some of the various aspects of the questionnaire and its findings so ensure a robust approach to the research methodologies undertaken. Scotland Final Report 4/23
MEENNTTORRI IINNG Quueesst tti iioonnnnaai iir ree AAnnaal llyyssi iiss Chapter I : Analysis of the answers from 39 Scottish practitioners who directly or indirectly support and mentor people wishing to enter or re-enter the open labour market Who has answered A total of 39 individuals from 24 different organisations across Scotland supplied information on their mentoring practices and views via completed questionnaires. Most of the respondents completing the questionnaire came from the west coast of Scotland but at this initial stage in the project it has been concluded that the overall geographical spread of respondents gives a fair reflection on the Scottish view as a whole. 10% of respondents also working in mentoring roles which included Business Start- Up advice, however, their target groups reflects the primary target group within the application so their responses have been included in the analysis. 57% of respondents were from the Voluntary Sector, 20% were from Private Companies or other types of organisations not given in the category choices within the questionnaire, 15% were from Local Authorities, 5% were from Job Centre Plus and only 3% of respondents worked within a training organisation. 13% of the answers come from managers of mentors and their results are included as part of the overall analysis within this report. The report will identify if their results significantly differ from the responses given by mentors. Respondents worked with a variety of groups most of whom were on welfare benefits, long term unemployed and faced barriers to accessing employment. Some identified other specific groups such as those with literacy and numeracy difficulties, homelessness and disability. 31/39 worked with adults and 28/39 worked with young people. 1. Objectives, tasks, roles 1.1 Objectives The initial question asked respondents to list in order of importance what they felt their main objective was when working as a mentor. Respondents were given a pre-determined list to choose from as the questionnaire was in a word document rather than an electronic survey respondents could have added to the list if they wished, however none did so. The most popular objective rated by 38% of the sample was "to enhance the ability of the mentee to take a job and more generally, to improve his/her situation (personal development, social integration). The list below gives the ranking of the remaining objectives in order of importance: Enable the mentee to get a sustainable job (22%) Allow the mentee to overcome the barriers which prevent him / her from securing employment (21%) Motivate the mentee (21%) Scotland Final Report 5/23
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