Career Mentors for Young Women with Autism

Yes She Can is dedicated to helping young women with autism and related disabilities to develop job and social skills. It is seeking volunteers to serve as Career Mentors who will meet with their mentees on a biweekly basis, both in-person and virtually, for a full year. Volunteer Career Mentors will help their mentees become better communicators and leaders by covering topics such as listening skills, self-advocacy, projecting confidence, and accepting and providing feedback with grace.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated timeliness and reliability
• Ability to give and/or accept feedback kindly, and without giving up
• Transportation to attend in-person meetings and equipment for virtual meetings
• Ability to ask questions on topics being discussed
• Completed resume
• LinkedIn profile
• Excellent work ethic and consistent desire to be helpful to others
• Interest in education and being educated
• Ability to communicate if you need help or have difficulty

Responsibilities:

• Meet bi-weekly for a half-hour over the course of a year (virtually or in person)
• Be punctual for meetings
• Spend time preparing for the meeting on assigned topics so that meetings are productive
• Stay focused on a topic and avoid those that are triggering or overly personal
• Provide feedback to your mentorship partner and to Yes She Can staff
• Have good personal hygiene and dress professionally
• Conduct yourself professionally and respectfully at all times, avoiding lewd and crass words, actions, touch, and implications
• Report any behavior that makes you uncomfortable in any way to Yes She Can staff

This opportunity requires volunteers to register on a separate website:

1. Express interest below to record this opportunity in your Volunteer New York! profile and to alert the volunteer coordinator
2. Click here to complete your registration with Yes She Can. Volunteers who do not complete this step will not be registered!