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New Horizon Youth Centre
We work with young people aged 16-24 who are facing homelessness or are unsafe. Our work is organised under 4 key service areas: Housing, Safety, Lifeskills and Health. We deliver services through our day centre in Kings Cross, remotely over the phone or online, and out in the community across London. 
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Description

Volunteer ESOL Teacher (VET001)

We are looking for a volunteer to deliver weekly English conversation classes on a range of topics to young people with a range of abilities. If you have experience teaching spoken English to groups and are passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people, we would love to hear from you!

Duties

VOLUNTEER TASKS

The Volunteer ESOL Tutor is part of the NHYC Youth Work Team. New Horizon provides a range of Youth Work opportunities for young people experiencing homelessness. As part of this, we aim to deliver a weekly group conversation class for young people looking to improve their spoken English. This role will involve delivering a weekly group English conversation class on a range of topics to young people with a range of abilities.

Responsibilities include:
1. Working alongside the Jobs, Education and Training team to a deliver themed English conversation class on a range of relevant practical topics.
2. Tailoring sessions to a range of abilities, ensuring they are engaging, inclusive and accessible to all.
3. Planning creative, exciting and relevant sessions for young people attending.
4. Engaging young people from a range of backgrounds and levels of spoken English to participate in sessions and develop their oral communication skills and confidence.
5. Facilitating peer-support and learning.
6. Ensuring that any Health and Safety or safeguarding issues are addressed as a priority.
7. Communicating effectively with colleagues from across the organisation to ensure the smooth running of ESOL delivery.

Who will the volunteers be working with?
Your main contacts are our Youth Work Team and Jobs, Education and Training team. You'll be teaching young people aged 18-24 who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or unsafe in London. The majority of these young people are from refugee, asylum seeking and migrant backgrounds.
Training
We'll provide a full training and induction for all volunteers - this will include introduction to the day centre, youth homelessness, all our teams and specific knowledge needed for the role.

Time commitment

Thursdays 1.30-4.00pm. We run our ESOL class every Thursday at 2.30 for 1 hour (2.30-3.30) but it would be helpful to be available before and after the sessions as well.

Categories

This organisation is one of our community partner organisations.

Like all volunteer recruiters we work with, they have signed up to our service standards, agreeing to abide by our policy on partnership working to keep you safe and supported whilst you volunteer.

You’ll never be out of pocket for volunteering through us – with in-London travel expenses to and from your volunteering guaranteed.

In addition, the team here at Students’ Union UCL Volunteering Service is here to support you throughout your volunteering journey – you can get in touch with us at any time.