%0 Journal Article
%T Taking the stone from my heart: An exploration of the benefits of a mentoring programme (PROMISE) for children at risk of significant harm
%A Hassina Carder-Gilbert
%A Rudi Dallos
%J Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
%@ 1461-7021
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1359104518805227
%X This article reports on a multi¨Cmethods longitudinal evaluation of the PROMISE mentoring scheme which was developed in Somerset UK to offer a continuing relationship for vulnerable young people with a volunteer mentor. The overall findings indicate that mentoring was experienced very positively and contributed to both fostering a sense of trust and to reducing the insecure attachments of the young people. The findings are considered within a relational and attachment framework to offer a model of how mentoring achieves positive change. Implications for development of the service and encouragement for others to develop similar services are discussed
%K Mentoring
%K children at risk
%K attachment security
%K evaluation
%K research
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1359104518805227