Building young men : a dynamic group mentoring program at the intersection of group work, mentoring, adolescence, and sport

The Building Young Men group mentoring program is a new and innovative youth intervention program located in the outer suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Funded and facilitated by a professional sporting organization, the program incorporates the practices of group work, youth work, and mentoring to support adolescent males in exploring safe and healthy transitions into adulthood. The authors have offered the term “Dynamic Group Mentoring,” to describe the experience at the intersection of the interventions of group work, youth work, and mentoring as practiced in the Building Young Men program. This model of group mentoring offers significant positive outcomes for adolescent male participants, particularly in supporting the development of confidence, trust, agency, and social capital in their lives.