MENTORING QUESTIONNAIRE EVALUATION REPORT Answers ...

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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
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