Service: Training & Consultancy

SOVA has been working with the community for over 30 years, training and deploying volunteers and mentors, encouraging community involvement from all sorts of disadvantaged and socially excluded people. Our training, research and consultancy services are designed to let you share in our expertise.

Who Have We Worked With?

• Probation; Prisons; Youth Offending Teams
• Schools; Education Business Partnerships
• ConneXions; Jobcentreplus; Private Companies
• National Voluntary Organisations
• Local Voluntary Organisations
• Community Groups
• International Agencies and Organisations

Training and Consultancy

In the past SOVA has delivered contracts which include:-

• Volunteer and Mentor recruitment and selection
• Volunteer and Mentor training
• Volunteer and Mentor Management
• Equal Opportunities and Diversity issues in mentoring, Peer mentoring,
  Production of manuals, proformas and good practice guidelines

Contracts focussing on:-

• Employment, training and education of offenders
• Mentoring in Schools
• Resettlement of prisoners
• Management and training of community groups
• Working in partnership
• Prostitution and Women Sex Workers
• Care Leavers
• Substance Misuse
• Homelessness
• New Deal Mentoring

SOVA's own Volunteer Mentor Training Courses are Open College Network Accredited at level 2 and 3 (2/3 credits). We can assist agencies in developing their own accredited training course. In consultation with NACRO, SOVA has written a good practice guide on "Volunteers in Community Justice' available at £3.00 plus £1.00 postage and package.

If your company wishes to become involved with SOVA's work, please contact Louise Castello on 0207 793 5880 or via email address [email protected].