Youth Initiated Mentors: Do They Offer an Alternative for Out-of-Home Placement in Youth Care?

Dam, Levi van; Neels, Sara; Winter, Micha de; Branje, Susan; Wijsbroek, Saskia A.M.; Hutschemaekers, G.J.M.; Dekker, Anthony H.; Sekreve, Andree; Zwaanswijk, Marieke; Wissink, Inge B.; Stams, Geert-Jan

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“…How is social support mobilised, to which populations and in which context? Sixteen studies [49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64] focused on providing or mobilising social support to improve adolescents' mental health (S5 Table ). Interventions mobilised social support by: modelling healthy PLOS ONE relationships and social skills; offering safe spaces or opportunities for young people to practice their social skills; encouraging youth to seek help for social support; or changing perceptions of the benefits of social support.…”

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“…One study [57] described in detail the types of social support provided by different sources of support and hypothesised that peers were more appropriate for providing emotional support, and mentors more appropriate for providing advice and guidance (which was also supported by their findings). Mechanisms for interventions that targeted parents' (rather than youth's) social support included changes in parenting attitudes, behaviours, knowledge and skills, as well as an increased perceived benefit of social support and ability to navigate services for the young person One study [60] hypothesised that the intervention stimulated positive effects of social support on mental health, because of an increased social stimulation to care for one self.…”

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Mobilising social support to improve mental health for children and adolescents: A systematic review using principles of realist synthesis

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Social support is a well-recognised protective factor for children’s mental health. Whilst many interventions exist that seek to mobilise social support to improve children’s mental health, not much is known about how to best do this. We sought to generate knowledge about the ways in which social support can be mobilised to improve children’s mental health. We conducted a systematic review, which followed the principles of a realist synthesis. The following databases were searched: PubMed, CINAHL, Ovid MEDLINE, PsychINFO, EMBASE, Child and Adolescent Studies, EconLit and SocINDEX. Studies were included if the age of participants was between 0 and 18 years and they evaluated or described programme theories of interventions that sought to improve children’s mental health by mobilising social support. Relevance and quality of studies were assessed, and data were extracted and analysed narratively. Thirty-three articles were included. Studies varied substantially with regard to the detail in which they described the processes of mobilising social support and expected mechanisms to improve children’s mental health. Those that provided this detail showed the following: Intervention components included explaining the benefits of social support and relationships to families and modelling friendly relationships to improve social skills. Pathways to improved outcomes reflected bi-directional and dynamic relationships between social support and mental health, and complex and long-term processes of establishing relationship qualities such as trust and reciprocity. Parents’ ability to mobilise social support for themselves and on behalf of children was assumed to impact on their children’s mental health, and (future) ability to mobilise social support. Although interventions were considered affordable, some required substantial human and financial resources from existing systems. Mobilising social support for vulnerable children can be a complex process that requires careful planning, and theory-informed evaluations can have an important role in increasing knowledge about how to best address social support and loneliness in children.

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Mobilising social support to improve mental health for children and adolescents: A systematic review using principles of realist synthesis

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“…Durante algo más de medio año, el personal trabaja codo con codo con los participantes y sus familias para escoger aquella persona de su propia red social que les ofrecerá ayuda práctica, consejo y soporte. Para identificar la naturaleza y la gravedad de los problemas de los participantes, Van Dam et al (2017) se incluía indicaciones de tratamiento, plan familiar y evaluación de diagnóstico. Los autores observaron que el 83% de los jóvenes estaba preparado para nominar a un mentor informal en tan sólo un mes.…”

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Revisión sistemática de la evaluación de la mentoría social dirigida a jóvenes vulnerables

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Este artículo ofrece una revisión sistemática de las distintas metodologías, técnicas y estrategias en la investigación evaluativa de la mentoría social dirigida a jóvenes vulnerables. Se analizan treinta y cinco evaluaciones de programas durante la década 2010-2020. Los resultados obtenidos muestran el uso mayoritario de una metodología experimental con ensayos controlados y aleatorizados. Este tratamiento metodológico se está viendo progresivamente complementado por la incorporación de investigaciones cualitativas centradas en entender la experiencia de los jóvenes dentro de ella. En base a estos resultados, se plantea la pluralidad de métodos como alternativa en el campo de la mentoría y se destaca la necesidad de contar con estudios que informen sobre la calidad del proceso.

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“…Yet, as multi-problem families have (strong) social ties with six people on average (Sousa, 2005), these youth also have the potential to find mentors. In fact, 83% of youth of multi-problem families found a mentor within 33 days (van Dam et al, 2017), confirming that most youth do indeed know adults who they want to involve in their treatment. However, this also shows that 17% of youth were not able to position mentors (van Dam et al, 2017).…”

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“…In fact, 83% of youth of multi-problem families found a mentor within 33 days (van Dam et al, 2017), confirming that most youth do indeed know adults who they want to involve in their treatment. However, this also shows that 17% of youth were not able to position mentors (van Dam et al, 2017). Positioning mentors is a precondition for involving them in the treatment process, and thus, for making optimal use of YIM.…”

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Needs of Youth and Parents From Multi-Problem Families in the Search for Youth-Initiated Mentors

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Youth-initiated mentoring is an innovative youth care approach in which youth recruit supportive adults from their social networks as a mentor for youth and a partner for parents and professionals. This qualitative interview study documents what youth ( n = 15) and parents ( n = 13) from multi-problem families look for in a mentor, what mentors ( n = 8) believe they have to offer, and whether what mentors believe to offer matches youth’s and parents’ needs. Youth and parents indicated that a strong connection and trust were most important, or even prerequisites, as youth who were unable to find mentors did not have strong relationships of trust. Youth and parents also voiced preferences for an understanding, sensitive mentor who offered youth perspective by providing support and advice and (according to some) setting rules. What mentors believed to offer matched youth’s and parents’ needs, suggesting that most youth successfully recruited suitable mentors.

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Youth Initiated Mentors: Do They Offer an Alternative for Out-of-Home Placement in Youth Care?

Cited by 24 publications

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Mobilising social support to improve mental health for children and adolescents: A systematic review using principles of realist synthesis

Mobilising social support to improve mental health for children and adolescents: A systematic review using principles of realist synthesis

Revisión sistemática de la evaluación de la mentoría social dirigida a jóvenes vulnerables

Needs of Youth and Parents From Multi-Problem Families in the Search for Youth-Initiated Mentors

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