Mentor Scheme
The Student Mentor Scheme
Welfare in most of the student residences at the University of Birmingham is covered by the Student Mentor Scheme (SMS): Mentors are students, both undergraduates and postgraduates, from the UK and abroad, who live amongst their fellow students providing welfare support.
All students in these residences are assigned a mentor, who is there to support and listen to you if you have any welfare-related problems, such as academic or financial concerns. They will visit you every week or two to see how you are getting on and to offer help if you need it. They also distribute regular information campaigns about a variety of student issues, including stress, flatmates and personal safety.
Although they are given comprehensive training, mentors are not trained counsellors, and so are not there to give you advice or tell you what to do. They will, however, listen to whatever you want to talk about and give you details of where you can go for more expert help, if necessary. Your mentor will respect your privacy and confidentiality.
In addition to your own mentor there is also a mentor 'on-call' every night and all weekend, throughout the academic year, including vacations (except University closed days). This means that if you, or someone you know, are having a problem or crisis late at night, there will be a Mentor available on site to offer support.
If you would like to become a mentor or team leader you can obtain more information and an application pack from the Jobzone in the Guild. Email mentors@guild.bham.ac.uk or download a copy from our website: www.guildofstudents.com/studentmentors
Welfare in most of the student residences at the University of Birmingham is covered by the Student Mentor Scheme (SMS): Mentors are students, both undergraduates and postgraduates, from the UK and abroad, who live amongst their fellow students providing welfare support.
All students in these residences are assigned a mentor, who is there to support and listen to you if you have any welfare-related problems, such as academic or financial concerns. They will visit you every week or two to see how you are getting on and to offer help if you need it. They also distribute regular information campaigns about a variety of student issues, including stress, flatmates and personal safety.
Although they are given comprehensive training, mentors are not trained counsellors, and so are not there to give you advice or tell you what to do. They will, however, listen to whatever you want to talk about and give you details of where you can go for more expert help, if necessary. Your mentor will respect your privacy and confidentiality.
In addition to your own mentor there is also a mentor 'on-call' every night and all weekend, throughout the academic year, including vacations (except University closed days). This means that if you, or someone you know, are having a problem or crisis late at night, there will be a Mentor available on site to offer support.
If you would like to become a mentor or team leader you can obtain more information and an application pack from the Jobzone in the Guild. Email mentors@guild.bham.ac.uk or download a copy from our website: www.guildofstudents.com/studentmentors
