Lancashire Refugee Integration Team

Overview

Do you have teaching experience that would enable you to support workshop sessions arranged by LRIT?

English Conversation workshop sessions provide a supportive environment to help the attendees to improve on their ability to converse with others in English. These ESOL sessions help people to integrate with each other and provides them with the opportunity to build confidence in speaking English.

This opportunity would suit those with ESOL training and teachers.

Lancashire Refugee Resettlement Programme requires volunteers to help at these sessions.

This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Tasks

• Supporting ESOL workshops
• Engaging with the group supporting those attending to take part and to get involved, may also require 121.
• Supporting sessions that are delivered at venues / online as required.
• Help with building new skills, confidence, and motivation.
• Help setting up the room for group work and tidying up afterwards (if building based)

• Log your volunteering hours monthly online.

Qualities

• Be over the age of 18
• Commitment to addressing the needs of refugees and asylum seekers & interest in refugee issues.

• ESOL / Teaching experience would be an advantage.
• Patience and understanding, trustworthy and responsible.
• Approachable and Friendly
• Non-Judgemental
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• An ability to motivate and inspire others.
• Excellent communication skills (no additional language skills required)
• Active Listener

• Reliable and committed to providing long term volunteering support on dates required.
• Ability to work well as part of a team.

Training

Training will be provided in the form of distance eLearning. Volunteers must have completed the required training before any activity can be undertaken and will be expected to regularly refresh training when required.