Project Categories:
This page describes the categories of work carried out by
SOVA projects.
Note that projects will often work within more than one of
the categories described, as well as outside of them.
ETE - Employment, Training and Education
These projects work in the area of Employment, Training and Education
with participants who may be offenders, young people, young offenders
or other. The participant may or may not be matched with
a volunteer mentor.
Young People's mentoring (YPM)
These projects work with young people matching them with a volunteer
mentor. The young person may be an offender or at risk
of offending. Young people may be referred by Social Services,
Leaving Care Teams, YOTs, or self-referring or other. The
young person and mentor will work on a variety of issues
depending on the need of the young person.
Youth Offenders (YO)
These projects work with Young Offenders. The work may be in
partnership with Youth Offending Teams delivering services around
Reparation and Mediation and Restorative Justice, providing the
young offender with a mentor, providing the young offender with
a volunteer Appropriate Adult and other services. The young
person may or may not chose to have a volunteer mentor.
Offender Resettlement
These projects usually work together with Probation and Prisons
to meet the multiple needs of offenders leaving custody and resettling
into the community. The offender may or may not chose to
work with a volunteer mentor from the same community into which
they are resettling. The offender and volunteer mentor
work on task specific issues depending on the needs of the individual
participant.
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