About Building Pathways
The program works with people involved in the criminal justice system. We aim to respectfully meet participants where they are at, with a strengths-based and positive, none-judgement approach to support. The program will lead to the following benefits.
Improved outcomes for participants
increased resilience
and increased sense of self-worth
Improved communication skills
healthier peer relationships
Improved outcomes for the justice system
reduced recividism leading to reduced costs
freeing up probation officer time
improved outcomes for communities
safer communities with reduced violence
costs of crime are reduced
Coaching and mentoring
Our coaching and mentoring activities are designed to:
facilitate the exploration of personal needs, goals, motivations, skills and thinking
use questioning techniques to help participants understand their own thinking and realise their own solutions
support participants in setting their own goals and assessing their own progress
encourage action and the development of lasting personal change and growth.
By encouraging individuals to see the ‘big picture’, coaching and mentoring helps to develop the participants own responses and strategies to achieve better outcomes for themselves.
“Through the coaching I received, I worked out some goals, and now have a job inline with the direction I want to go. ”
Joining the program
Participants in the program may be enrolled by relevant government or community sector agencies, or they may self refer. While there may be a direction for someone to attend the program, participants must be actively engaged in the project, with a desire to effect change in their own life.
Acceptance into the program will depend on the outcome of an initial intake meeting between the participant, coach and mentor to ensure that a strong and trusting relationship can be established.
Our coaches and mentors
Our coaches and mentors together have decades of experience in working with men in a variety of contexts. Our team has considerable experience in corporate coaching, mental health first aid training, suicide prevention training, developing and running men's events and activities, and developing and facilitating men's groups and men's group facilitator training, in Tasmania and nationally. For detailed profiles visit the program website.