Provision of a Mentoring Service for Children and Young People Open to St Helens Council Youth Offending Service

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Request for Quotation St Helens Council has a requirement for the provision of a Mentoring Service for children and young people open to the St Helens Youth Offending Service. <b> </b> The overarching aim for the mentoring project is to engage with children and young people working with the YOS to prevent offending and reoffending by: · Developing positive mentoring relationships · Assisting children and young people to identify and achieve individual goals and targets · Improving their engagement in positive activities within the community. · Reinforcing the consequences of offending/repeat offending. · Raising self-esteem and improving emotional well-being. · Improving the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. · Reducing the risk of harm to individuals and wider communities. · Promoting the development of positive, pro-social, relationships, within a safeguarding framework. · Working in partnership with children and young people and their families, carers and other professionals involved. · Supporting resettlement from custody and transition to adult services. The YOS Mentoring Service is required to work with 60 children and young people (boys and girls) per year. These children will be aged between 8 and 18 years. The service will target those most at risk of further offending and will receive referrals and relevant information from the YOS Case Manager. A minimum of 6 sessions per referral will be delivered, unless agreed otherwise between the Mentoring Service and YOS. ; The Mentoring Service is required to deliver individualised interventions, based on presenting need, as part of the overall YOS Plan. Interventions delivered by the mentoring service will be done so with the aim of preventing/reducing reoffending, protecting the public and reducing the young person's vulnerability. <b></b> The mentoring service will have existing, appropriately trained and experienced mentors already available. There will be an agreed set of performance measures that will be monitored on a quarterly basis and an expectation that there is regular communication between the YOS and the Mentoring Service.<b></b>