Established in July 2013, Freedom House Reentry Education and Employment Corporation (FREE) is a not-for-profit organization that provides wraparound services to formerly incarcerated adults, veterans ...
Volunteer Mentor / Peer Mentor
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Volunteering • Organisation role
Contact person
Samantha Macaluso
#12683
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Where: Remote
The basis of our Get Help App (GHAPP) is to reduce recidivism by providing ex-offenders with our app. Using this app, our program participants can connect directly to our mentors fielding calls at our call center as well as our referral resource database.
Mentors are experienced advisers and supporters; individuals, experienced in areas relevant to the individuals they are working with, who advises and guides a younger or less experienced person.
A mentor (or adviser, counselor, guide, tutor, teacher, guru) is defined as a knowledgeable person who holds vast experience and perspective in a particular area who is open to sharing his or her life experiences in order to advance the personal and professional growth of another person.
This is the position for the person that likes the hands on approach. Our Mentors man our phone lines in four hour shifts and take live calls as they come in from all over the United States from formerly incarcerated individuals. You will never know, how your just being there to accept someone’s call or text can change a life. This is the position for life changers.
Our Mentors are:
- Interested in helping others succeed. They have a genuine interest in other people’s lives and experience pleasure when helping others reach their goals.
- Caring. They are empathetic, open, reliable and honest with others.
- Willing to spend time. They reach out and share their life experiences to help others with their life journey.
- Open to educate. They are able to pass on their knowledge, insights and expertise clearly, encouragingly and helpfully.
- Patient. They offer help in finding life direction, never pushing.
- Trustworthy. They are dependable people who understand the importance of keeping information shared strictly confidential.
- Practical. They assist in setting goals, objectives and timeframes.
- An active listener. They are listeners who are able to reflect back the relevant issues while minimizing their own personal assumptions and prejudices.
- Inspirational. They aspire to excellence and encourage personal excellence in others.
- Able to give advice. Mentors advise without explicitly dictating actions, allowing mentee to find his/he way.
- Sensitive to people's feelings. They are able to provide constructive criticism as well as compliments.
- Successful and admired. They are well respected in their organizations and in the community.
DESIRED SKILLS
- Attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Able to multitask
- Interest and passion for the program
- An outgoing personality
- While not required, being able to speak a second language, having experience in the fields of counseling, psychology, or applicable life experience to help better understand (and therefore handle our participants' needs) are a plus.
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About Freedom House Reentry Education and Employment
Established in July 2013, Freedom House Reentry Education and Employment Corporation (FREE) is a not-for-profit organization that provides wraparound services to formerly incarcerated adults, veterans and their children. FREE is a registered California 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation in good standing.
Our Mission is to reduce recidivism through reentry programming and by creating social enterprise opportunities that empower the formerly incarcerated, their families and communities.
FREE programing includes the following:
Get Help App (GHAPP) supports the successful and safe transition of adults from secure confinement back to their families and communities. Our program puts our Get Help App© into the hands of every individual exiting the criminal justice system that has a cellular device. Our patented Get Help App© is available free of charge from Google Play or the Apple App store.
The Get Help App © provides a 24/7 source of support to formerly incarcerated individuals and their families. With the simple push of a button:
For returning citizens:
• they are connected to a trained Peer Mentor for communication via phone call or text messaging.
• they are connected live referral resource hotline that connects individuals to every possible resource, including available employment opportunities to insure their successful re-integration.
• they are connected to a group chat monitored by a trained Peer Mentor.
• they are connected to our resume creator tool, that produces the perfect resume by simply submitting an online application.
For Family and Friends:
• they are connected live referral resource hotline that connects individuals to every possible resource, including available employment opportunities to help insure successful re-integration for their returning family member.
• they are connected to a group chat monitored by a trained family member volunteer.
Our Peer Mentors will be trained by a FREE staff member from a training program designed by Adler University.
FREE believes its GHAPP will help to reduce recidivism by at least 39% and help to decrease state's correctional expenditures by millions. The application will also be a tool that will provide job listings, videos related to decision making and behavior, notification of important dates, notification of events such as job fairs. Our CRM is being designed by iCarol. We will achieve integration with Dialpad.com. Because our app accesses the GPS of participants, we have the ability provide referral services close at hand.
Vet Help App Phone Program (VHAPP), is a veteran specific version of the Get Help App Phone Program (GHAPP), provides supports that aid in the successful and safe transition of adults from secure confinement back to their families and communities. VHAPP puts a cellular phone device into the hands of every veteran exiting the criminal justice system, or going through treatment courts that meets the criteria as established by the Veteran’s Treatment Court jurisdiction. Each cellular device we deliver will have our patented Vet Help App© installed.
Both GHAPP and VHAPP include:
24/7 Reentry Referral Resource Hotline, is a twenty-four hotline to provide resources to individuals reentering the community from incarceration
24/7 Peer Mentorship, is a twenty-four hotline to provide live-peer mentoring to individuals reentering the community from incarceration. Mentors are available to speak or text in times of crisis or to just chat.
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