Mentorship | Programs and Services | Bloorview Kids Rehab

Recreation & Leisure: Mentorship

Youth Supporting Others

A Mentor is:

a youth between the ages of 16 and 29

a client or former client

a trained person who helps others in their successes and challenges that they encounter in their lives

a person who is caring, unbiased, unprejudiced and shows support for others

a person trained to facilitate the actions of others and encourage them to make their own decisions

A Mentee:

is a Child or Youth over 8 years of age, who wants to benefit from the experiences of a mentor

Why Mentor?

“Mentors were not available when I was younger so I think there is a lot of information we can give kids to help them through difficult and every day stuff.”

“I want to become more independent by helping others.”

“To give children a chance to better their lives and to assist them to reach and achieve their goals.”

“To help kids realize how capable they actually are.”

“To learn from the kids.”

“I will be able to add this experience to my resume.”

Mentor Training

Topics discussed:

Communication

Friendships

Self awareness

Goal setting

Problem solving

Leadership

Values

Confidentiality

Decision making

Applications Forms

Mentor training dates are Thursday nights from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bloorview Kids Rehab, starting October 11 to December 13. Contact Danielle Svec for more info.

Contact

Danielle Svec
416-425-6220, extension 3204
E-mail: dsvec at bloorview dot ca *(see Note below)

*Note: Copy the above e-mail address into the To field of your e-mail message and reconstruct the e-mail address by removing the spaces and replacing the “at” and “dot” with the proper symbols (@ and .) respectively.