Mentoring
Become a Mentor
Mentoring Information Sessions
We provide Foster Care, Adoption & Mentoring Information Sessions once every month, alternating between in-person and online / zoom sessions. The info sessions are great opportunities to explore and learn more about becoming a mentor. We will introduce you to BFT and discuss what is involved in becoming a mentor. You will be able to chat with a licensing worker, learn more about the mentoring journey with no obligation! We will answer your questions as you explore the possibilities of getting involved and making a difference.
Please visit our events calendar for upcoming Foster Care, Adoption & Mentoring Information sessions. Our info sessions are held every month and alternate between in person and via zoom.
About Your Commitment
BFT asks our mentor volunteers to make at least a year commitment to their mentee, with the hope that their relationship will last a lifetime.
The goal is consistency and helping our youth develop and experience healthy, long-lasting relationships. With that in mind, we request that our mentors see their mentees weekly as a norm.
Take Your First Step
Becoming a BFT mentor for a child / youth is a simple yet important process. It all begins by contacting us!
Contact us to get started, and we will connect you with our mentoring coordinator.
We also recommend attending a Foster Care, Adoption & Mentoring Information Session.
Attending an info session is highly recommended to give you an overview of the program and answer any questions that you may have before taking your next step of filling out a mentor application.
We will be able to connect you with our mentoring coordinator from your participation in the info session.
Please see details further above on our info sessions and check out our upcoming info sessions on our events page.
The next steps on your Journey
Here are the additional steps below on your mentoring journey, after you have started by contacting us. Your mentoring coordinator will guide and support you through every step!
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Mentor Application
Once you have been introduced to our mentor coordinator, you will receive a mentoring application. This application provides us with general information about you, which we use in matching you with a child / youth.
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Set up an Interview with the Mentoring Coordinator
This will give you a chance to meet and talk about the program more in depth than you did in the info session, with the actual mentoring coordinator.
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Personal Reference Forms (and background checks)
We require three personal, non-relative references. This is a basic personal reference form, which will be provided to you by our mentoring coordinator, that will only take five minutes for your references to complete. (Background checks will be completed.)
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Complete the initial training and become matched with a child/youth!
Once you complete the initial training, you will be matched with a child / youth!
Resources
For additional resources to support your journey as a mentor, you may wish to check out the following:
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