The Wise Group

Relational mentoring helps people identify and overcome multiple challenges through the relationship built with a professional mentor. Progression is evidenced so that their journey might help inform and inspire the journey of others.

To do so, mentors invest their time, resource, knowledge and experience into building a compassionate, voluntary relationship whereby they can professionally support a person to support themselves. Mentors have the belief in the potential, ability and wholeness of that individual so that they may guide them towards sustainable change.

This broad, flexible and consistent approach to mentoring is valuable as addressing multiple challenges at once compounds the positive social, cultural and financial impact of mentoring.

Each journey is unique, but examples of support can include:

Wellbeing

• Up to 12 counselling sessions with our partner organisation Lighthouse Therapy Group
• Support with Finance, Benefits and Debt.
• Help to improve physical health, mental health and wellbeing.
• Group wellbeing activities supported through National Lottery Funding: ranging from yoga, dance, wellbeing walks to improve confidence and engagement. These can be tailored to customers’ wants and needs.

Life’s Admin

 Advocacy and support with finance, benefits and debt

Specialist energy advice and advocacy, as billing issues, metering issues and fuel debt as well as access to external funding options to support with energy debts or crises

 Housing support and guidance

 Signposting to other suitable services in the community

Learning and Upskilling

Basic and life skills and training, including accredited courses taught 1:1 (Maths, English and Employability) qualifications and non-accredited courses such as the Connect online teaching platform.

Funding to access to digital devices and training courses

CV writing, job search, volunteering and work experience, opportunity to access 1:1 support and guidance from Employment Pathways advisor

Digital Skills tutoring for all levels of ability.

ESOL (English as a second language) in small, tailored sessions delivered by our specialist partner, JET.

Potential referrals must:

Be aged 16+

Be ‘economically inactive’, cannot be a jobseeker
“not in employment, have not been seeking work within the last four weeks and/or are unable to start work within the next two weeks”

Can include groups such as the below:

               “supported by a parent/guardian/spouse, private pension, student, asylum seeker with the right      to work”             

Be eligible to work in the UK

They should:

Want to engage!