YOUTH MENTORING
Ability to provide support and guidance in order to empower youngsters involved in gang cultures/contexts to make good decisions, maintaining a prosocial approach involving young people in their communities in a
productive and constructive manner (adapted from: Winton, 2014).
productive and constructive manner (adapted from: Winton, 2014).
PROFICIENCY LEVELS
* Proficiency Level – the level of competency proficiency one must command to successfully perform job functions in a gang related context
Interacts empathically with youth involved in gang culture and understands their needs and problems;
Knows the local context and environment where the gangs are embedded (cultural background); Transfers previous experiences and acquired knowledge (either in other correlated fields) achieved in gang’s context;
Influences attitudes and behaviours of youth embedded in gang contexts, empowering their actions; Influences attitudes and behaviours of youth embedded in gang contexts, empowering their actions;
Plans and manages the needed activities with the available resources within gang contexts; Adapts the intervention to gang contexts according to the available resources; Networks with other relevant stakeholders/institutions/local communities, in order to increase youth mentoring feasibility, in gang contexts.
Organises specific activities, in gang environments, appealing to young people; Promotes youngsters’ pro-social approaches in gang context/culture; Plans and implements different and useful mentoring activities for youngsters in gang contexts;
Manages different tools for measurement of achieved results in communities afflicted with gangs. |
SAMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
KNOWLEDGE OF
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