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Becoming a Mentor
You can help by becoming a SLVRP Mentor! Please read the information
below and then call (314) 877-2012.
 As an empowering agent, a mentor possesses a number of specific characteristics:
- Is non-judgemental
- Asks for help when help is needed
- Allows the mentee to learn from mistakes
- Models successful parenting and life skills
- Advocates for the mentee in seeking community services
- Celebrates the mentee's successes
Volunteer Resource Parents are expected to...
- Spend about 6 hours a month with one pregnant or parenting teen
for 12 to 15 months
- Participate in monthly fun and educational group meetings
- Attend training orientation sessions
- Maintain communication wtih the Resource Parents staff
Volunteer Parents are NOT expected to...
- Act as a professional counselor or care provider
- Spend their own money on the mentee
- Act as a babysitter
- Do anything that makes them feel uncomfortable
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| Testimonial from a Mentor |
| "Resource Mothers has given back to me much more than I have given. Being involved in the life of my teen and her child has provided a special opportunity for developing relationships and friendships. It's been rewarding to see my mentee mature, both as a person and as a mother." |
| Becoming a Mentor |
* Completion of an application
* One 2 to 3 hour orientation training
* Interview by staff of SLVRP
* DFS child abuse/neglect screening
* Criminal background screening
* Completion of consent form
* Two personal references and two professional references |
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