- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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28 people are interested
Professional Mentors Needed
ORGANIZATION: Refugee Focus
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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28 people are interested
Seeking mid-career and/or senior professionals who are willing to act as a bridge to the mainstream American community
Program Expectations: To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- You will do your best to meet at least once a week for two hours for 6 months - 1 year
- You will be able to choose when to meet with your mentee. Whatever works best for you both. It is best to stick with the same time and day each week to avoid confusion.
- You will respect the traditions, culture and religious beliefs of the woman/man you will work with. You will work towards her/his empowerment and integration, not her/his assimilation to American culture
As a mentor you will:
- Support your mentee’s goals
- Focus on the present
- Do not promise more than you can give
- Change takes time & patience
- Be flexible and creative
- Create a trusting atmosphere
- Always remember - you cannot solve all his/her problems
Goals:
- To help women/men overcome social isolation
- To promote necessary U.S. survival skills
- Language acquisition & cultural understanding
- To support and empower women/men in the path to self-sufficiency
Target Population:
Your mentee could be a young adults without parents or permanent guardians who have spent an unusually long period under refugee camp conditions; single mothers; elderly refugees without family support systems; refugees experiencing distress, including trauma; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, & intersex (LGBTI) refugees; refugees who are HIV-positive; and other refugee populations with identified medical, mental health issues.
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About Refugee Focus
Location:
3443 N. Central Ave., North Rotunda, Phoenix, AZ 85012, US
Mission Statement
Showing kindness, doing justice, and serving those in need.
Description
Refugee Focus, a division of Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (LSS-SW), is dedicated to helping refugees establish new lives in Arizona.
Refugees are men, women, and children who are forced to flee their homes, leaving behind all they have known for an uncertain future. They are unable to return to their homelands for fear of persecution due to their race, gender, religion, nationality, or membership in a social or political group. Refugees are among the most vulnerable of all immigrants fleeing countries that have been ravaged by civil strife or war. They come from nations throughout the world including Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, Burundi, Congo, Cuba, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Rwanda, Somalia, and Sudan.
Refugee Focus provides core services for refugees as well as employment services, ESL classes, children’s tutoring, and classes through the Adult Skill-building and Women’s Empowerment Programs.
The Women’s Empowerment Program (WEP) focuses on the well-being of refugee women through skill-building and educational services. Often times, refugee women are coming from cultures where they are offered fewer opportunities than men. The WEP gives clients a chance to gain skills and build their confidence, which could lead to job opportunities and self-sufficiency. Some examples of WEP classes are sewing, knitting, computer skills, microenterprise development, health, and nutrition.
CAUSE AREAS
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WHERE
3443 N. Central Ave.Phoenix, AZ 85012
DATE POSTED
February 1, 2017
SKILLS
- Problem Solving
- People Skills
- Networking
- Mentoring
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 30
- Orientation or Training
- 2-4 hours per week for 6 months-1 year
- Fingerprint Clearance Card