Educational mentors needed to help young refugees and asylum seekers in Bromley
Refugee Education UK
Would you like to support an asylum-seeking or refugee young person with their education? Refugee Education UK is looking for volunteers to act as educational mentors for at-risk young refugees, asylum seekers, and survivors of trafficking.
Educational mentors meet with their mentees once a week, in a public place, to help them with an agreed aspect of their education (mainly ESOL-related) for a minimum of six months. Mentors who apply to work with us go through an application process involving an interview, external references and a DBS check before they attend our mandatory training which covers child protection, boundaries, the asylum process, and how to structure mentoring sessions. We ask the mentor to start their mentoring session by 5:30 pm at the latest on a regular weekday and we ask both mentors and mentees to commit for at least 6 months. If you have a specific subject specialism that would also like to support a mentee with, please let us know in the application.
Befriending, Buddying & Mentoring
IT skills - basic, Language Skills, Maths, Reading & Writing, Teaching, mentoring & coaching
1. Experience of working with young people and the related challenges (ie: exibility 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. 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
All new educational mentors will attend our New Mentor Training to get you ready for your matches. We also have quarterly mentor development trainings that provides opportunities for continued learning and connection among the mentoring hub. Past trainings have included topics on ESOL, boundaries, revision strategies and more. We run mentor and mentee socials throughout the year at our building and also in Central London, come join our growing REUK community!
Volunteering will be one hour a week, for a minimum commitment of six months.
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Our office is based in North West London, in Willesden Junction but the south London mentoring programme looks for mentors available in the Bromley area.
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