Youth Initiated Mentoring (YIM) is a new approach in child and family services, in which collaboration with natural mentors from within the social network of the young person is central. Young people themselves choose a mentor from within their environment. This mentor is their confidential advisor and he or she stands up for the interests of the young person. In addition, the YIM is a cooperation partner for parents and social workers. Research into the long-term effects is lacking, therefore, in the current study, a total of 24 (former) YIMs were interviewed (14 women, 10 men). The ages of the YIMs range from 23 to 78 years (M = 50, SD = 13.7). On average, the YIMs know the young people for a periode of 9 years and 6 months (SD = 5.1), family members not included. The YIM program were closed 6 months to 4 years ago (M = 2.3, SD = 1.12). The majority of YIMs keep in touch with the young person (75%) and currently most young persons lives at home or in within their community (79%). The YIM approach is a resilient and promising approach in social work, prerequisite that it is valued by parties involved.

青年启动辅导（YIM）是儿童和家庭服务的一种新方法，其中与年轻人社交网络中的自然导师合作至关重要。年轻人自己从他们的环境中选择一位导师。这位导师是他们的机密顾问，他或她捍卫年轻人的利益。此外，YIM是父母和社会工作者的合作伙伴。缺乏对长期影响的研究，因此，在当前研究中，总共采访了24位（前）YIM（14位女性，10位男性）。YIM的年龄范围为23至78岁（M = 50，SD = 13.7）。平均而言，基督教青年会了解年轻人的年龄为9年零6个月（SD = 5.1），不包括家庭成员。YIM计划在6个月至4年前关闭（M = 2.3，SD = 1.12）。大部分YIM与年轻人保持联系（75％），目前大多数年轻人住在家里或社区内（79％）。YIM方法在社会工作中是一种有弹性且有前途的方法，前提是它必须得到有关各方的重视。