PromiseConnects Youth Mentor

About the role

PromiseConnects is Mentor A Promise's virtual mentorship program that provides consistent, high-quality mentorship, literacy, social-emotional learning, and creative expression to children and youth (ages 5–18) experiencing housing instability. Online Mentors support youth through scheduled virtual sessions, offering encouragement, conversation, learning support, and positive adult connection within MAP‑approved digital environments.

Responsibilities

• Build supportive, age‑appropriate relationships with participating youth.
• Participate in scheduled virtual mentorship sessions.
• Engage young people in meaningful conversation.
• Support academic learning and homework when appropriate.
• Encourage reading, writing, creativity, and exploration.
• Help youth identify interests, strengths, and goals.
• Participate in educational and enrichment activities.
• Encourage problem‑solving and self‑advocacy.
• Support confidence and positive decision‑making.
• Celebrate effort, progress, creativity, and achievement.
• Model respectful communication, reliability, curiosity, and accountability.
• Use conversation, activities, games, reading, creative exercises, educational resources, and youth interests to encourage participation.
• Recognize varied online engagement styles and allow time for comfort.
• Assist with literacy, reading, writing, homework, study habits, academic confidence, goal‑setting, digital literacy, creative projects, career exploration, and general enrichment as appropriate.
• Give youth meaningful opportunities to express interests, ideas, questions, and goals; ask rather than assume; listen before directing.
• Attend scheduled sessions consistently and arrive prepared.
• Communicate promptly with program leadership when circumstances affect attendance.
• Follow MAP procedures for scheduling, absences, documentation, and program communication.
• Communicate with youth only through MAP‑authorized channels and environments.
• Maintain appropriate adult‑youth boundaries; never establish unauthorized private communication with minors.
• Never request unnecessary personal or sensitive information.