Leadership skills

 You are a leader, not a boss, no one should be a boss or citizen. No one should tell anyone what to do.

It is fine for a leader to give advice.

Suggesting ideas to support Volunteers.

 What are core skills?

Core skills are everyday skills we may use without realizing they are core skills, but all have different strengths and weaknesses. No one knows everything but some have more to learn than others. Such as thinking, writing, reading, education, IT, Internet, research, creating, learning, and more. 

Rapport building. Build up a supporting relationship between Mentor and Mentee. 

Setting direction, and agreement between Mentor and Mentee.

Progress, research, refer, references, and more. Help the Mentee set goals, for e.g., supporting the Mentee in learning new skills they want to learn or further supporting them in finding volunteer training or courses related to what they may be learning. 

Winding down, preparing to end the Mentor and Mentee relationship on positive notice by giving the mentee something to look forward to what they enjoy. 

Moving on. Still being there for the Mentee, if they need you. For e.g.; it should be the Mentee’s right to report to you if they face problems with people in any workplace, college, university, etc. you may have placed them in. Be there for further support if needs be. Skills, Qualifications, and more Volunteers and even what we need to try and help volunteers. Education, special education, and more. 

Active listening skills, let the Mentee do most of the talking.

Go along with what the Mentee wants.

What are their goals?

Where are they now?

How, where, etc. do they want to move forward, and if so how?

What is happening now?

Is there any progress, if so what is the progress?

If not what needs to improve?

Research, for example: If someone wants to volunteer to work with animals, how do we need to help make this happen for them? For example, volunteer work placements, courses, etc. 

Short or, and long-term goals may be involved.

Think about how we can research besides the internet. 

How we find volunteers.

Where needs volunteers.

For eg; advertise shops, cafes and more if we can design posters to put up.

Skills for us to learn.

Leadership skills.

Active listening skills.

Teamwork.

Problem solving.

Research skills.

Learning to help Volunteers/ mentees set goals.

Coaching, Advocacy, Counselling, and learning disability and mental health awareness skills.

Internet and IT skills.

Coping skills. 

Core skills 

Comprehension/ remembering

Understanding

Teamwork

Math skills

Decision making, coming up with ideas. 

Core skills can be used for creating resumes / CVs etc. 

Health and safety skills.

For eg; Data protection, laws and more. 

Employment training services. 

Mental Health Awareness.

          This is a made-up story to try and help students and trained  Mental health workers understand Mental health. Maybe try to add more the story and think about how you 

Not everyone can read each other’s mind. 

Those of us who face Mental health problems will agree we think too much or not at all.

Sure, I am not alone but I ask myself a lot of questions where you may think I ask others instead of me but the complete opposite. 

The answers may vary or not at all.

Am I doing, saying something wrong?

Is there something I should be doing or saying?

What do people think of me?

What do I think of myself?

Am I hated more than I am liked or the other way around?

What would the reaction be if I said what I am thinking? 

Who can I talk to? 

John said he’s been bullied by Jack. Jack tells John he’s dead if he doesn’t bring his computer to school. John worries in case he really is dead. John said the teachers told him they would tell his parents, but John doesn’t know if they have or not. John’s parents have no awareness of the situation John said he finds when he talks to them. 

Joh said he gives up on his life, it seems no one is understanding him. He tells himself not to talk rubbish, it is probably a fear of what people will say to him. He said who can talk to about this?

What is up with you/ me? 

Life is great in other ways.

Why am I feeling this way?

The only trauma I’m facing is getting bullied but that is bad enough if I open up, people may think I’m ungrateful in life. 

I can’t forever fight this feeling.

I must do something, I am not sure what, but others may think I am crazy or mad. 

This can’t go on forever. I need to make good choices.

I cannot focus because of my Depression; I just need to give myself time.

Once I feel myself again, I need to ask myself what I’m interested in. Hobbies, interests, art and crafts, and more. 

I need to stop feeling guilty and ashamed of the way I feel and think, and not get cross with myself or others. 

You tend to think differently when you’re sad compared to when you are happy.

Before I get to the stage of being happy, the bullying needs to stop. How do I go about doing that, Jack cannot keep on getting away with this, but I am not going to get myself in trouble either? Someone needs to do something not me; Maybe an adult. I think he should be expelled so he doesn’t hurt other children. What makes Jack behave this way? What is going on in his life to take it out on others? Surely I am not alone, is there anyone else facing this behavior from Jack? 

Maybe I need to train my mind to think about the positive.