MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME
The Open Doors Initiative is a group of over 100 companies and NGOs, that work with government departments to create pathways to education and employment for marginalised people, nationwide.
🔸 They work with:
- Refugees, asylum seekers and migrants
- Young people under 25 with educational barriers
- People with a disability
- Those from a Traveller background
- People with a criminal history
- And any intersectionality between the groups!
🔸 This training session will cover what mentorship is, how the ODI programme works and what types of support you can receive from your mentor.
🔸 This training is mandatory for all mentees joining the programme. If you have any questions about our mentorship programme or Open Doors in general, please get in touch at
[email protected]🔸 If you require any additional accommodations for this session, please do let know at
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MENTORSHIP PROGRAMMEThe purpose of the Open Doors / Pathways to Progress mentorship programme is to support job seekers from marginalised groups to meet their full potential and achieve their professional goals.
🔸 These might include:
Identifying your learning needs and development goals
Building “job readiness” skills
Identifying up-skilling and training opportunities
Receiving guidance and insight from professionals with experience in your sector of interest
Building skills for future goals and milestones
🔸 Through this free programme, you will be matched with an experienced professional from an Open Doors member company (see all members here). The programme will last three to six months and will consist of six individual sessions of one hour each.
🔸 Your mentor will help you define goals for your career and come up with an action plan to achieve them. They will give you professional advice and guidance to help you define the next steps in your career.
🔸 Before beginning the Mentorship Programme, all mentors and mentees need to undertake our training session in advance to understand the full scope of what is involved, the format of the mentorship relationship and their commitment required to have a successful result. The training session will last approximately 45 minutes and is mandatory for all participants.
🔸 Once this training is complete, you will be asked to fill out a registration form, where you’ll provide details that will help match you with the best mentor to support you. You will then be assigned a mentor and begin your mentoring journey.
➡️ Training sessions for mentees are offered monthly. Please register using one of the links below:
20th September 2023 (11am): click here to register.
11th October 2023 (11am): click here to register.
8th November 2023 (11am): click here to register.
13th December 2023 (11am): click here to register.
🔸 If you have any questions about the mentorship programme, please email
[email protected]https://pathwaystoprogress.ie/Our-Supports-for-Migrants?lang&fbclid=IwAR08m6db1kajfZPmFohpGbCaXbvyDDVHPD65Zl98NBV4_NJEYF5jGJOK6X0