young adult mentors

[Kathy]

Some of the programs I work with allow young adults, high schoolers,
to be mentors. I am wondering about doing proper screening procedures
for them. What kind of screening and background checks do other
programs do for young adult mentors?

[Krista Regennitter]

We have a High School Bigs program in which High School students serve as the Bigs in a school based program. We do not allow anyone under 18 to be a mentor in our community based program. We require the same application, interview and training as all of our mentors - but can't do background checks. We ask for a reference from an adult at school and have them sign a form telling us if they have ever or are currently receiving treatment for drugs or alcohol. Hope this helps.

Krista

Krista Regennitter
Big Brothers Big Sisters Program Director
Muscatine Community Y
1823 Logan Street, Muscatine, IA  52761
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[Melinda Pitt]

We also contact the JCO in the county to see if they have a record. Plus 2
references... one from school. Parents also sign a permission form.

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Melinda Pitt

---------------------- Original Message: ---------------------
From: Kathy <kat...@helpingservices.org>
To: Iowa Mentoring Partnership <iowame...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: young adult mentors
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:51:47 +0000