Peer Mentoring
Peer mentoring is:
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For people with mental health issues
· One to one
· Supportive
· Listening
· Sharing experiences
· Non-judgemental
· Achieving goals
· Time-limited
Mind2Mind is a peer mentoring project which aims to help create a stronger and more involved community network for mental health service users in the London Borough of Bexley, with the specific purpose of encouraging participation and facilitating healthier and more active and involved mental health service users thus strengthening the community of Bexley as a whole. The mentoring relationship will offer support, advice and encouragement to isolated and vulnerable individuals with persistent and enduring problems, specifically mental health issues.
Mentors will be recruited from current service users in order to provide 1 to 1 mentoring support, help new users of Mind in Bexley's services who are suffering from mental ill health to make positive choices about their lives and particularly to support them during important transition points to enable them to rebuild their lives.
The mentees identified as in need may also suffer from multiple disadvantages in terms of mental illness and barriers in terms of economic, social exclusion and discrimination. The mentoring relationship will therefore work within this context and incorporate strategies to tackle these realities for the mentees.
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Criteria for Mentors and Mentees
