Training

Become a Certified Mental Health Empowerment Mentor

Train to support children and young people through trauma-informed, confidence-building mentorship — and build a meaningful career that changes lives.

Next Gen MEM equips purpose-driven individuals with the structure, tools, and confidence to support young people in a way that creates real, lasting transformation.

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The problem

Children Need More Than Advice — They Need Empowerment Mentors

Across schools and communities, more young people are struggling with anxiety, behavioural challenges, trauma, and low self-belief. Teachers are stretched. Families feel overwhelmed. And many children are silently battling emotions they don’t yet know how to understand or regulate.

Behaviour is often communication. What looks like defiance can be fear. What looks like withdrawal can be shame.

Next Gen MEM was created to bridge the gap between education and emotional wellbeing — by training adults to step in with skill, compassion, and clarity.

“Behaviour is communication. When we change how we see a child, we change how they see themselves.”

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What Is the Next Gen MEM Training?

The Next Gen MEM training is a CPD-accredited programme designed to train individuals as Mental Health Empowerment Mentors.

Rooted in trauma-informed practice and empowerment-based mentoring, this training specialises in one-to-one and small-group support for children and young people.

It combines psychology-informed understanding with practical mentoring tools — so graduates leave not just inspired, but equipped.

Delivered through an online learning platform with live elements, reflective practice, and ongoing community support, the programme balances flexibility with accountability.

This is not theory alone. It is structured, applicable, and designed for real-world impact from day one.

The training

What You’ll Gain as a Certified MEM

This training gives you more than knowledge — it gives you a complete mentoring framework you can use immediately.

CPD-Accredited Certification
Recognised professional development that validates your skills and commitment.

A Proven 6-Week Mentoring Framework
A structured roadmap to guide sessions with clarity and confidence.

Practical Tools & Worksheets
Session plans, exercises, and structured resources ready to implementional development that validate your skills and commitment.

Emotional Regulation & Behaviour Tools
Learn how to support identity development, confidence building, and behaviour navigation.

Safeguarding & Ethical Boundaries
Operate safely, professionally, and confidently within schools and community settings.

Ongoing Mentor Community
Access continued support, updates, and a growing national network.

What the Training Covers

The Next Gen MEM curriculum is carefully designed to build both understanding and practical skill.

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You will explore:

  • Child brain development & trauma-informed practice
  • Understanding behaviour as communication
  • Emotional regulation and subconscious identity work
  • Confidence and self-belief development strategies
  • Safe, ethical mentoring boundaries
  • Safeguarding best practice
  • Real-world mentoring session structures
  • Working within schools, CICs, and private practice

Each module builds progressively — moving from understanding to application.

Where This Qualification Can Take You

Graduates work in:

  • Schools & alternative provision
  • SEN and behavioural support settings
  • Charities, CICs & community projects
  • Youth services
  • One-to-one private mentoring
  • Inspired Mental Health Empowerment CIC placements

The Next Gen MEM qualification is designed to integrate alongside existing professional roles — or to become a full career pathway in youth mental health and empowerment.

Whether you are expanding your current work or starting something new, this training provides the structure and credibility to step forward with confidence.

You’re Not Training Alone
How to Join the Next Cohort

Clear, simple steps:

  1. Complete the online application
  2. Alignment review
  3. Enrolment confirmation