Partnering with incarcerated mothers returning to the Peoria area

Project Return Partnership Team Volunteer Commitment

PRAY — for the Partnership Team, oversight committee, and Participant
Attend 30 hour of initial training
1 year Partnership Team commitment which includes:

• Attend monthly Partnership Team meetings
• Take assigned turns as weekly contact person
• Carry out agreed-upon commitments to assist the Participant
• Attend monthly supervision meetings
• Attend quarterly continuing education events
• Adhere to Project Return's Code of Ethics and guidelines
• Make and effort to attend and/or otherwise support Project Return's fundraising, education, and publicity events.
   

Project Return Partnership Team Leader Commitment

• Fulfill all the Partnership Team volunteer requirements
• In addition:
  • Lead monthly Partnership Team meeting
  • Assign weekly contact person
  • Be the contact person for the Director to check-in with periodically during the month to check on progress and issues.
     

Project Return Partnership Team Volunteer Job Description

Project Return Partnership Team volunteers:

1. Partner with a mother returning from prison to the Peoria area for one year.
2. Partnering with a returning mother includes:
   1. Meeting with her before she leaves prison to create a covenant with includes short-term and long-term goals in the following life areas: housing, employment, counseling, finances, family relationships, spiritual issues, education, child care, transportation, and any other area the mother believes important to her successful transition.
   2. Assisting the returning mother in achieving the agreed-upon goals using the community, congregational, and Project Return resources available.
   3. Helping the returning mother to periodically review and revise her goals as they are met or otherwise become unnecessary.
   4. Providing support and encouragement as partner, ally, and advocate for the returning mother as she makes the transition back into the community.
3. Provide feedback to Project Return staff and oversight committee regarding the Project Return process and model.
    

Project Return Training Schedule

30 hours of training
At least 8 weeks
Configured to meet volunteer group's schedule

Training:
    Week 1 = Theology of Re-entry / Restorative Justice / Advocacy (3 hours)
    Week 2 = Criminal Justice System / Criminal Thinking / Effects of Incarceration (3 hours)
    Week 3 = Boundaries / Co-dependency (3 hours)
    Week 4 = Code of Ethics (3 hours)
    Week 5 = Diversity Training (3 hours)
    Week 6 = Interpersonal Violence / Abuse (3 hours)
    Week 7 = Substance Abuse / Addictions (3 hours)
    Week 8 = Project Return Model #1 (3 hours)
    Week 9 = Project Return Model #2 (3 hours)
            (Project Return Model can be done as one 6-hour session)

Commissioning Service at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church service.
 

Continuing Education Events

One each quarter - topics suggested by Team, Director, or oversight committee.

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Created -- 25 September 2009
Last Revised --