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Erschienen in: AI & SOCIETY 4/2009

01.07.2009 | Open Forum

On mentoring, social mentoring and befriending

verfasst von: Bill McGowan, Patrick Saintas, Karamjit S. Gill

Erschienen in: AI & SOCIETY | Ausgabe 4/2009

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Abstract

This is an account of the origins of the concept of social mentoring and development of a social mentoring project in a local community in the city of Brighton and Hove in the UK. The account highlights the potential of social intervention for investigating the gaps and opportunities for mentoring services for people living with Asperger Syndrome. This initiative provides a model for supporting a parallel dialogue alongside and beyond the practice initiative so as to create a space for reflection on the impact and the broader application of the intervention. This project was made possible by the commitment and tenacity of a number of local community activists and welfare entrepreneur’s on the ground who were able to set in train a number of events. These events are mapped out starting with community concerns, campaign initiatives, survey of the area of need and the use of evidence to secure funding and establish a client specific city-wide initiative. The role and importance of establishing alliances between the community and the local university academic community through a participatory research approach is highlighted and the benefits of creating space for the sharing of evidence from the literature and squaring this with evidence from practice through the development of a wider community of practice network is discussed. The resulting knowledge synthesis regarding the differentiation between mentoring, social mentoring and befriending is presented.

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Metadaten
Titel
On mentoring, social mentoring and befriending
verfasst von
Bill McGowan
Patrick Saintas
Karamjit S. Gill
Publikationsdatum
01.07.2009
Verlag
Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in
AI & SOCIETY / Ausgabe 4/2009
Print ISSN: 0951-5666
Elektronische ISSN: 1435-5655
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-008-0184-z

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