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Reclaiming Your Teenage Fire

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Very often, we look back on our teenage years to reflect on a period that was foundational to a level of self-discovery and self-definition that continues steer our goals, emotions and responses as adults. Often, we even look back nostalgically to what could be seen as golden years. Sometimes we try not to look back on what we remember as a dark and turbulent time that we’d rather forget. In all cases, the teenage years are always foundational to who we are as adults, because regardless of the form they took: it was an age where we inevitably were seeking initiation into the world of adults. Maybe there were men and women there to help us on this Journey, maybe we were alone.

What was it like for you? Were you pushing against the rules of family and society to discover and assert your unique self? Were you experimenting with new identities and ideas, were you confronting an unknown and overwhelming abyss? Were you simultaneously asserting yourself as a power independent of your parents while pining to be seen and praised by them? Did you fall in love? Did you experience adventure?

Journeymen’s Mentor Training Level 1, Reclaiming Your Teenage Fire (RTF) is designed to reconnect mentors with their teenage selves: the thoughts, feelings, emotions, aspirations, trials and tribulations and experiences that were formative and foundational. When we can powerfully connect to this part of our lives and this part of who we are, as mentors, we are better able to support the adolescent boys we’ve committed to. Almost without exception, we carry both wounds and unmet aspirations that began in this period of our lives. This training is intended to give us an opportunity to better integrate the positive and challenging aspects of our teenage years so that we can grow in our emotional maturity as mentors and shine light on areas that may still have more of a hold on us than we might think.

Mentor Application

ALL INFORMATION ON THIS VOLUNTEER ENROLLMENT FORM IS CONFIDENTIAL

First Name

Last Name

Address

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

Country

Phone/Mobile

Employer

Employer Address

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

Country

Other Organizations you are Involved with

References

Please list 3 persons who have known you for at least a year.

For example:

Your current or past employer
A co-worker or friend
Your significant other or someone with whom you reside. If you live alone, someone familiar with your home environment.
Someone who has observed you interacting with children.

Reference 1

First Name

Last Name

Phone/Mobile

Relationship

Years known

Reference 2

First Name

Last Name

Phone/Mobile

Relationship

Years known

Reference 3

First Name

Last Name

Phone/Mobile

Relationship

Years known

Application Questions

Please answer all the following questions as completely as possible.

Why do you want to become a mentor?

Do you have any previous experience volunteering or working with youth? If so, please specify.

What qualities, skills, or other attributes do you feel you have that would benefit a youth? Please explain.

Can you commit to participate in the Journeymen Mentoring Program for a minimum of one year?

Are you available to meet for Journeymen’s JGroups or outings for four hours per month? Please explain any scheduling issues.

Describe your general health. Are you currently under a physician’s care or taking any medications? If so, please explain.

How would you describe yourself as a person?

How would your friends, family, and co-workers describe you?

Have you ever been arrested or convicted of a crime? If so, what were the circumstances?

Are you currently using any illegal drugs or controlled substances?

Do you drink alcoholic beverages? If so, how often?

Have you ever been convicted of a DUI, driving while under the influence of alcohol? If yes, when and what were the circumstances?

Do you use tobacco products? If so, how often?

Have you ever received treatment for alcohol or substance abuse? If yes, please explain.

Have you ever been hospitalized for a mental disorder? If yes, please explain.

Have you ever been investigated or convicted of child abuse or neglect? If yes, please explain.

Have you ever been investigated or convicted of sexually abusing or molesting a youth 18 or younger? If yes, please explain.

Are you willing to communicate regularly and openly with program staff, provide monthly in- formation regarding your mentoring activities, and receive feedback regarding any difficulties during your participation in the mentoring program?

MENTOR RELEASE FORM (Please read carefully)

I acknowledge that I have received, and agree to follow all mentoring program Guidelines, Policies and Procedures, including the BTM 2019 Site-Based Safety Policy, and understand that any violation will result in suspension and/or termination of involvement with Journeymen.

I understand that Journeymen Mentoring Program is not obligated to provide a reason for their decision in accepting or rejecting me as a mentor.

(Optional) I agree to allow Journeymen Mentoring Program to use any photographic image of me taken while participating in the mentoring program. These images may be used in promotions or other related marketing materials.

I understand I must return all the following completed items along with this application, and that any incomplete information may result in the delay of my application being processed:

I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions

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