Carroll County Youth Service Bureau - Helping Families

Opportunities

Seeking Volunteer Mentors

Carroll Mentoring is a new grant-funded program through the Carroll County Youth Service Bureau in partnership with the Carroll County Local Management Board.  This program is an exciting initiative designed to promote social competency and success with 13-18 year oldsthrough the use of a positive relationship, built on the matching of a highly trained adult mentor to a youth mentee. 

Think back to a place in your own life when someone - a teacher, coach, neighbor - took an active interest in what you were doing and how that made you feel special.  A good mentor is one with a big heart, a listening ear, and a compassionate posture to encourage, support, and be an influencing role model to a youth who may not have such an adult in his or her life.  Please take a moment to think about the impactyou could have in a young person’s life by just being there to listen, talk, and share.  Consider yourself, as well as anyone else (friends, family, co-workers, neighbors) you think has the interest to develop a supportive relationship with an at-risk youth.  Carroll Mentoring welcomes mentors from civic organizations, the faith-based community, businesses, schools, corporations, etc… and we are excited to launch this program with help from community-minded people like you!

Volunteer Category: Volunteer Mentor -minimum age 21

Commitment Time: A 1 year commitment with a minimum of 4 hours of face to face contact per month.

Qualifications:

• Sincere desire to be personally involved with a youth to help him or her develop and achieve personal goals.
• Ability to listen to and communicate with teens openly and without judgment.
• Practical problem-solving skills and ability to establish a relationship based on equal responsibility and respect.
• Sensitivity to persons of different educational, economic, cultural or racial backgrounds.
• Successful completion of criminal background check and drug testing.

Responsibilities:

• Make a 1 year commitment to develop and maintain a mentor relationship through a minimum of 4 hours of contact per month.
• Participate in intake interview and mentor orientation prior to being matched with mentee.
• Attend ongoing mentor training and support sessions held throughout the year.
• Assist mentee in solving problems that interfere with his/her success at home or at school
• Maintain activity/time logs and other information as requested by Mentor Coordinator.

Application Process:

To inquire about or apply to be a Carroll Mentor please contact:

Kate Swisher, LGPC -Program Coordinator

443.244.8682

Direct Fax 443.244.8882

kswisher@ccysb.org

Joyce Agatone, LCSW-C -Program Director

443.244.8640

Direct Fax 443.244.8840

jagatone@ccysb.org

The Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention funded this project under grant number BJRA-2009-1098.  All points of view in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position of any State or Federal agency.

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