Mentor Agreement and Code of Conduct

ATTP mentors are professionals and practitioners who volunteer their time and expertise to support young people in ATTP's programmes, including TIA, the Fellowship, and individual mentorship through the Launchpad. Mentors play a significant role in the development of young people, and ATTP holds this role to a high standard of professional conduct, ethics, and care. This agreement and code of conduct applies to all individuals who formally accept a mentor role within any ATTP programme.

By accepting a mentor role, you agree to the expectations set out below. These reflect standards consistent with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Code of Ethics, the ILO Guidelines on Decent Work, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

ATTP mentors commit to:

(a) Showing up consistently to all agreed sessions and giving adequate notice (minimum 48 hours) if a session must be rescheduled. (b) Preparing sufficiently for each mentee interaction to make the time meaningful. (c) Being honest about the limits of your knowledge or experience, and directing mentees to other resources where appropriate. (d) Maintaining a professional demeanour in all interactions with mentees, staff, and volunteers. (e) Not providing advice outside your area of competence, including legal, medical, or financial advice.

All mentors must observe the following boundaries:

(a) Mentor and mentee relationships are professional in nature. Romantic, sexual, or financial relationships with mentees are prohibited at all times, including after the mentorship engagement ends. (b) Mentors must not solicit business, investment, sales, or employment from mentees or their families. (c) Mentors must not use their mentee relationship to recruit participants to external programmes, organisations, or networks without ATTP's express approval. (d) Mentors working with mentees under 18 years of age must ensure all sessions take place in a visible or group setting, or via video call on an ATTP-managed platform. One-to-one in-person sessions with under-18 mentees are not permitted unless a parent, guardian, or ATTP team member is present.

(a) All communication between mentors and mentees must take place via the ATTP platform or official channels unless otherwise agreed in writing with the ATTP team. (b) Mentors must not exchange personal phone numbers or personal social media handles with mentees under 18. (c) Communication should be maintained within reasonable hours and should remain focused on the mentorship objectives. (d) Mentors must keep records of key session notes, goals set, and progress made, using the ATTP mentor portal at attpglobal.com/mentors/me.

What a mentee shares in a mentoring relationship is confidential. Mentors must not share mentee disclosures with third parties, including ATTP staff, without the mentee's consent, except in the following circumstances:

(a) The mentee discloses information that suggests they or another person may be at risk of harm (see Safeguarding below). (b) Disclosure is required by a court order or legal obligation. (c) The mentee has provided written consent for a specific disclosure.

Mentors must also keep confidential all internal ATTP information, participant data, and organisational details they encounter during their engagement.

The safety and wellbeing of ATTP participants is paramount. Every mentor has a duty to act if a concern arises. If during a mentoring session a mentee discloses that they are being harmed, abused, neglected, or exploited; expresses thoughts of self-harm or suicide; or discloses that another young person may be at risk, the mentor must not promise confidentiality, must not investigate or handle the concern alone, and must report it immediately to ATTP's Designated Safeguarding Lead at info@attpglobal.com. Where the risk is immediate, the mentor must contact the relevant emergency services. This duty to report overrides all confidentiality obligations.

Mentors who work with participants under 18 must have read and understood the ATTP Child Safeguarding Policy before beginning any session.

Mentors must disclose to ATTP any relationship, financial interest, or potential conflict that might affect, or appear to affect, their objectivity as a mentor. Disclosures should be made to mentors@attpglobal.com before the mentorship begins, or immediately on becoming aware of a conflict. ATTP will decide whether the mentorship should continue and under what conditions.

Mentors may describe themselves as "ATTP Mentor" on their professional profiles for the duration of their engagement. Use of ATTP's name, logo, or branding in any other commercial, promotional, or personal context requires written approval from the Founder. Mentors may not publish a mentee's case study, photograph, or quoted words without the relevant consent having been confirmed with ATTP.

Either party may end a mentorship engagement at any time. Mentors who need to step back from their role should give the ATTP team as much notice as possible so a suitable transition can be arranged for the mentee. Where a mentor's behaviour is found to be in breach of this code of conduct, ATTP may terminate the engagement immediately.

Breaches of this code of conduct will be investigated in line with ATTP's internal procedures. Serious breaches, including safeguarding failures, inappropriate behaviour toward minors, or deliberate misuse of the mentor relationship, will be referred to the relevant regulatory or law enforcement authority.