HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE TO THRIVE AND GROW
SUCCESS
ABOUT
SMART
MINDS
​Smart Minds is a youth mentoring service that supports young people in both primary and secondary schools. We currently support more than 100 children across a dozen schools in Essex.
We provide a safe space for young people to talk about the challenges in their daily lives while equipping them with the tools that they need to thrive and grow.
Our youth mentors have provided vital support to many young people over the past decade, who face issues such as bullying, low self-esteem, online concerns, loss of family and close friends, living in care, and challenges at school, to name a few.
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Using a combination of traditional youth work, therapeutic listening, and reflective diary work, we aim to help our young people become more resilient and confident in their daily lives. Our service is confidential and non-judgemental whilst having safeguarding at the forefront of all the work that we do.
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Crucially to us, the feedback from our young people has been fantastic, while our partner schools have reported better attendance, educational attainment, and more confident pupils as a result of our mentorship programmes.
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Smart Minds are an integral part of the support that we give to our students. I would recommend their service to any school, in any setting.
Headteacher, partner school
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We provide both 1-to-1 and Group mentoring services to our partner schools. Our youth workers have a unique mix of youth work, fostering and educational experience. They have a thorough knowledge of attachment theory, are trauma informed, and have completed first aid and child protection training. All of our staff have been DBS checked.
