Teen Parent Mentor
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The YWCA Greensboro Teen Parent Mentor Program is seeking volunteers to serve as mentors to pregnant and parenting teens. Mentors support teen participants through consistent communication, attendence at specified program events, and spending time with their mentee as decided within the mentor/mentee relationship. Mentors provide friendship, support, and advice to teens who are navigating pregnancy, parenthood, school, employment, and other situations teens may find challenging.Mentor receive monthly training or check-ins by program staff to ensure strong matches and support. Training topics such as trauma-informed care, motivational interviewing, and mental health first aid, contribute to mentor's personal development.Mentors are asked to make a one-year commitment, and spend at least 3-5 hours monthly with their mentee through text, phone/video call, attendance at events, or in-person. Mentors must be over the age of 18.
About YWCA GREENSBORO
Founded in 1903, the YWCA Greensboro has served as a driving force for social change and advocacy on behalf of the community's most vulnerable and marginalized people. For over 120 years, we have served adults and children through an extensive array of educational and supportive programs, racial justice, anti-violence, and economic advancement programs while facilitating community conversations around women's rights, healthcare, voting rights, homelessness, and more. Today, we serve marginalized populations including families with children experiencing homelessness, pregnant and parenting teens, and minority mothers at risk of infant mortality, through three main program areas. All areas provide intensive case management services, resource connection, and meet basic needs through providing meals and needed personal & infant care items. We maintain strong partnerships within the community to best serve families.
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