What does Mentoring entail?

• Mentoring is a one-on-one relationship that focuses on the rehabilitative needs of the mentored offender, fosters caring and support, encourages personal development, assists in personal visioning and assists in the transition to the community by developing active community partnerships. Programs utilizing husband and wife teams may be allowed to mentor individual offenders (TDCJ Mentoring Handbook).

• Mentors must be at least 21 years and same gender as the offender.

• Mentors play a crucial role in assisting with effective reentry and rehabilitation of offenders. They provide a positive role model and assist released offenders in obtaining community services. Mentors develop open, trusting, and healthy relationships to assist soon-to-be-released and released offenders to integrate into society.  

Mentors are needed at the halfway house and TDCJ Jester III. Each mentor will meet weekly for one hour with assigned offender at Jester III or released offender at halfway house.

Training is offered every third Saturday of the month. Please foolw the below links for documentation on the training to be a Mentor.

• Volunteer Handbook: http://tdcj.state.tx.us/documents/Volunteer_Handbook.pdf
• On-Line Mentoring Training:http://tdcj.state.tx.us/divisions/rpd/rpd_volunteer.html
• 1 hour test, correct any wrong answers & print certificate
• Certificates will need to be signed by Jester III Chaplain
• Mentor Handbook: http://tdcj.state.tx.us/documents/Mentoring_Handbook.pdf

 
For further information on Mentoring contact Anne Marie Daniel [email protected] or [email protected]

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