M4PRIS – Peer Mentoring Programme for Prison Staff

M4PRIS

PEER MENTORING PROGRAMME FOR PRISON STAFF

Description

The M4Pris: Peer mentoring programme for prison staff project is co-funded by the European Union and implemented by seven (7) organisations in five (5) European countries (Denmark, Portugal, Romania, Belgium, Greece).

M4Pris aims to provide prison staff with a state-of-the-art peer mentoring programme to tackle:

  • mental health issues;
  • job burnout, and
  • job-related stress.

The project presents an innovative and cost-effective way to prison staff training, driven by a green training methodology through the delivery of a blended format training, with ramifications and benefits to the Criminal Justice System as a whole, given the cornerstone importance of prison personnel for inmate’s rehabilitation and successful daily management of prisons.

Activities

– A state of the art review in the area of peer mentoring of prison staff.

– Creation and implementation of mentors’ training

– Create, pilot, and fine-tune a peer mentoring programme for prison staff and a training for Prison Staff Mentors.

– Enhance the capability of project partners to create new knowledge, and embody it in their products, services, and systems. 

– Stimulate initiatives for policy innovation and development among criminal justice stakeholders.

Results

  • Mapping the Needs of Prison Staff
  • Training of Mentors
  • Peer – Mentoring Programme for Prison Staff

Partners

BrainLog (Denmark)

Aproximar-Cooperativa de Solidariedade Social, CRL (Portugal)

Fængselsforbundet – Danish Prison Federation (Denmark)

Sindicatul National al Politistilor de Penitenciare (Romania)

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)

Asociatia Vis Juventum (Romania)

Athens Lifelong Learning Institute (Greece)

More Information

Date of the Project:

2022 - 2025

Funding programme:

Erasmus +, Key Action 02

Tags:

Prison Staff, Prison Education, Peer Mentoring, Erasmus+

Contact:

ctheodorou@athenslifelonglearning.gr

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