Goodwill GoodGuides Youth Mentoring

Address
925 Prospect Ave.
Scranton, PA  18505

Phone
570-343-1166 x466

Hours
Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Contact
Jacqueline Timlin, Program Manager Youth Mentoring Program

Description
    The GoodGuides Youth Mentoring Program of Goodwill Industries of Northeastern Pennsylvania is part of a national initiative by Goodwill Industries International and funded by a grant from the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The program is designed to promote opportunity and positive choices for youth who are at risk for delinquency and contact with the juvenile justice system. 
Mission:
    The mission of the Goodwill GoodGuides Youth Mentoring Program is to empower at-risk youth to make positive life choices that enable them to maximize their personal current and future potential. 

Serve as a positive role model and friend, build the relationship by planning and participating in activities together, be willing to share information on your career and explore career options with your mentee(s), strive for mutual respect, build self esteem and motivation, help set goals and work toward accomplishing them, be respectful of the mentee's time, opinions, and decision making.  Serve as a positive role model by modeling desirable behaviors--eg patience, tolerance, and reflective listening.  Be comfortable and able to establish appropriate boundaries with the mentee and his/her family.

Skills needed: GoodGuides mentors are of strong moral character, dependable, truly like adolescents and are willing to commit at least one year to helping a young person or group of young people uncover and develop similar characteristics.  Good Guides mentors are good listeners, encouraging, supportive, flexible, patient, tolerant and respectful of individual differences.  They are people who want to be a part of the solution and be the change they want to see in the world.

Child abuse clearances are necessary and will paid for by the agency.  6 hours of preservice training and on going trainings throughout the year, Assistance in matching you with a youth who shares your interests, ongoing support from the Program Manager and master mentor.  Assistance in troubleshooting problems as they arise.  A safe place to meet your mentees with staff available to help.

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