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Confidentiality Agreement

Confidentiality Agreement

The Warrior Woman Foundation Ltd

The Warrior Woman Foundation Ltd ABN 39 639 603 071 (Warrior Woman Foundation)’s mission is to empower young, marginalised women between the ages of 17-25+ transitioning into independent living. Its flagship program, the Young Warrior Woman Program (Program), is a mentoring and psycho-educational program which provides connection, life skills education, and mental health support. Based on the Self Determination Theory, the Program is designed to foster autonomy and financial independence.

Throughout the Program, mentees are referred to as “Young Warriors”. Each Young Warrior is supported by a group of mentors who are referred to as “Wise Warriors”. These are caring, stable, and positive female role models from the local community who provide support, guidance and impart the wisdom of life experience. As an additional layer of support, the Young Warriors are supported by a group of peers who are referred to as “Kindred Warriors”. These are young women who have life experience in foster/state care and have successfully transitioned into adulthood. The Kindred Warriors bring real life stories of first-hand experience and provide valuable advice on how to navigate a successful transition into adulthood.
 
To develop a mentoring relationship, both the mentor and mentee must feel that discussions of private issues or problems are being handled with discretion. The purpose of this agreement is to protect both mentors and mentees from a breach in confidentiality during the mentoring process.
 
In this document, mentees and mentors involved in the Program are referred to as “Participants”.
 
Throughout their involvement in the Program, a Participant may disclose, or receive, information of a confidential, sensitive and private nature including from or about other Participants (Confidential Information). Confidential Information also includes information you receive from personnel and volunteers involved in the Warrior Women Foundation.
 
To develop a successful mentoring relationship, all Participants are entitled to be certain that any use or disclosure of the Confidential Information will be treated confidentiality and will be only used for certain Permitted Purposes (see below).

Permitted Purpose

Confidential Information may only be used and disclosed to the extent required to facilitate and provide the Program or otherwise with the prior consent of the person disclosing the Confidential Information. 

Typically, Confidential Information will be shared in the following Program situations:

  • during the intensive and structured six-month program consisting of fortnightly life skills education workshops, transformative presentations by inspirational speakers who have overcome personal adversity, and psycho-educational group therapy sessions;
  • during weekly one-on-one mentoring sessions. Meetings may be face to face, via the internet or over the phone (or a combination of the three) and are useful for revisiting goals or to generally ‘check in’;
  • when providing feedback to representatives of the Warrior Woman Foundation including any concerns with the mentoring experience or the Program.

There may also be certain situations where a Participant or Warrior Woman Foundation may be required to disclose Confidential Information in order to comply with law, or if necessary to prevent harm or maintain the health and safety of any individual in the Program.

Agreement

By agreeing to this Confidentiality Agreement, and in consideration of my participation in the Program, I agree in favour of the other Participants and the Warrior Woman Foundation as follows:

  • You acknowledge and agree that during the Program, you may be provided with, have access to, or become acquainted with Confidential Information of other Participants;
  • You agree to keep all such Confidential Information confidential;
  • You agree not to use or disclose such Confidential Information for any purpose other than in connection with the Permitted Purpose, unless I am given express permission by the disclosing individual to share the Confidential Information with others;
  • You agree to use all necessary precautions to maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information, and to prevent inadvertent disclosure to persons who are not involved in the Program;
  • You understand that Information may no longer be “Confidential Information” once it is in the public domain (for example, published in the newspaper). If you are not sure whether Confidential Information of another person is in the public domain, you must will treat it as confidential in accordance with this agreement; 
  • You acknowledge this agreement remains in place throughout the course, and after the completion, of my participation in the Program;
  • You are encouraged and permitted to discuss any concerns you have about my mentoring experience during the Program with the Warrior Woman Foundation provided that the Warrior Woman Foundation will maintain the confidentiality of any Confidential Information disclosed to it;
  • You understand that Confidential Information about me may be used and disclosed (including by Warrior Woman Foundation) for the Permitted Purpose and may be required to be disclosed by law, court/tribunal order or if necessary to prevent harm or maintain the health and safety of any individual;
  • You understand that a copy of this Confidentiality Agreement will be given to your mentee/mentor; and
  • You acknowledge that a breach of this Confidentiality Agreement may result in my removal from the Program.

We provide a safe and welcoming space for young women to share, learn, heal and grow. Each young woman is connected with a mentor as well as a network of diverse community-minded women who provide ongoing support and share their life experiences, resources and opportunities:

  • Connection to a safe, stable, and socially inclusive network of female role models to turn to for advice and ongoing support for the duration of the six-month program.
  • Connection to a non-judgmental group of young women who are facing similar challenges.
  • Connection to Kindred Warrior Peers, young women who have experienced challenges in life and have gone on to achieve life success.
  • Weekly one-to-one mentoring sessions with a safe mentor.

We teach young women the life skills they need to succeed in everyday life. Our “teach a young woman to fish” approach gives them support and guidance at every step, knowing that true empowerment comes from them learning to do things for themselves. In particular, we focus on financial literacy and job readiness:

  • Life-skills workshops to build self-reliance.
  • A six-week Financial Literacy program (in partnership with MoneyGirl).
  • A four-week Job Readiness program.
  • Assistance in gaining and retaining meaningful employment.
  • Access to a range of vocational skills scholarships (e.g., Code Like a Girl) and internships.

Many young women experience trauma which negatively impacts their confidence, self-esteem and self-worth. We support and nurture the trauma healing process in safe psycho-educational workshops facilitated by experts. In these sessions, young women learn to engage with self-compassion, and to soften and contain threat-based emotions, such as fear and anxiety, anger, shame and self-criticism.