OSAT is designed to assist programs identify how they are meeting the benchmarks and help understand where the program’s strengths and weaknesses lie.

By completing this tool you will be able to see:

• How healthy your program is and what makes a program healthy
• Areas that are tracking well or need improvement
• How your program rates against the average of all programs
• Useful links and contacts for continuous improvement

This is an anonymous process and only the program staff completing the tool will be able to see their individual results. The Youth Mentoring Network does not have access to individual results nor do they want to. By keeping the tool anonymous it is hoped that program staff will answer the questions truthfully in order to obtain a true indication of their program’s strengths and areas for further development. The Youth Mentoring Network will only access the total average statistics where no programs can be identified. The total averages will be used to determine what services need to be developed by the Youth Mentoring Network in order to better assist programs to meet the National Youth Mentoring Benchmarks.

This tool is offered by the Youth Mentoring Network as further contribution of a collaborative youth mentoring community in Australia.

The Online Self Assessment Tool is available for use by youth mentoring programs who are registered with the Youth Mentoring Network website.

If you are already a registered program:

Login to the website and click on Do the Assessment in the menu above or click here.

If your program is not yet registered:

• Apply to add your program to the website here: http://youthmentoring.org.au/add_program.php
• Fill out the Add Your Program form. Your program details will be submitted to the site administrator.
• When you receive your login details, follow the steps detailed above for registered programs.