Volunteer Educational mentors - Refugee Education 2026-27 Summer Recruitment
Refugee Education UK
Join us for the 2026-2027 academic year as an educational mentor to enable and support young refugees through education
Are you interested in supporting members of your local community, with your individual experiences? Are you interested in supporting a young refugee / asylum seeker with their education and to reach their potential? Each Volunteer Educational Mentor provides individual educational support to one young person for one hour a week, for a minimum of six months. These sessions take place either in a public library local to the young person, or in the young person’s college library. Educational goals are set at the beginning of the mentoring relationship, and reviewed after six months. Mentors mostly work on the aspects of homework or classwork which young people find most challenging; at times, they also provide additional teaching and prepare resources. Mentors work closely with the REUK Educational Mentoring team who provide oversight, guidance and support.
Advice, Information & Support,Befriending, Buddying & Mentoring
Admin, Organising & Planning
1. Experience of working with young people and the related challenges (ie: flexibility and patience sometimes required for youth work). 2. Capacity to travel to a location convenient for the young person and an ability to meet the young person by 5:30 pm at the latest (flexible). 3. Experience of working with people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures 4. Ability to work on own initiative and a willingness to take on relevant preparation 5. Ability to think creatively and problem-solve 6. Excellent communication/interpersonal skills 7. Good organisational skills 8. Ability to cope with emotionally-demanding and stressful situations 9. Motivated by promoting the wellbeing of children and young people 10. Commitment to and ability to work in accordance with REUK’s Child Protection policies and Christian Ethos (read more about this here: https://www.reuk.org/our-story).
While the minimum commitment is six months (26 weeks), the progress you make with your mentoring pair can be really substantial, even in this short period. At the end of this initial volunteering period, many volunteers choose to continue because of: 1) The close relationship they build with their mentee as a supportive, impartial adult in their lives 2) The tailored training opportunities mentors get access to 3) The different REUK community events with exclusive mentor socials and wider mentor-mentee socials to celebrate your work the impact you will make as a volunteer, in the lives of the young people you support
Once a week for one hour a week
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This is a local community based role. We match mentors and mentees in public spaces like libraries and support your pair to succeed.
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