Get Up Stand Up Conference
Confirmed Speaker - Kathleen Vella
Why Mentoring?
Explore different types of mentoring & discover what is involved with running a mentoring program.
Kathleen Vella is the Executive Officer of the National Youth Mentoring Network, - a national support service for youth mentoring programs and an initiative of the National Youth Mentoring Partnership. Prior to working at the Network she managed over 800 community welfare volunteers at the University of Sydney Union, ran holiday camps for at-risk youth and group homes for adults with intellectual disabilities. When Kathleen isn’t reading the latest mentoring research she enjoys catching up with friends and working her way through The Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Food Guide.
This session will introduce you to mentoring; explain what it is; examine whether mentoring really makes a difference, what factors can affect that difference and an overview of the tips and challenges involved in implementing a mentoring program.
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