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Cardinal Hume Centre
The Centre gives homeless young people, families in need and individuals living in poverty the support they need to realise their full potential. The Centre focuses on four areas of need: income, housing, education and skills, and legal status. We believe that by helping early, we can prevent disadvantage in childhood from having a long lasting detrimental impact in later life. Our workforce is…
Description

Young Person’s Hostel and Life Skills
Our 32 room hostel is home for 16-25 year olds.  It gives homeless young people a place to call home and the support needed to turn their lives around.

We work with residents to develop the skills they will need to live independently once they leave the Centre. The purpose of the life skills sessions is to; promote independence, grow confidence, stop isolation, encourage social inclusion and impact positively on wellbeing. The main focus of these sessions is cooking and budgeting, but the sessions also incorporate many other elements needed for independent living. 

Summary of role 
You will be meeting a young person in our hostel, once a week, to help them with numeracy skills or working towards a maths qualification, either GCSE or A’ Level.

How does this role make a difference?
This role will make a difference to young residents, living in our Hostel, who are trying to gain a qualification in a chosen subject but find it difficult to move forward without a maths qualification.  It will also make a difference to young residents who need to take a numeracy test to get on to a work placement, into employment, or onto a college course, but are put off by the fact that they know they will fail, as they have no confidence in their mathematical abilities and/ or no experience.   Most jobs or courses require you have a level of numeracy ability, and if you are lacking that, it can affect your whole future and the direction you take.

Duties

What will you be doing?
We would like you to meet a client for 1 hour each week, in the Hostel at the Cardinal Hume Centre, and provide them with individual support with their numeracy skills and/or maths at GCSE or A ‘Level.

Your responsibilities:

Be able to commit at least one hour a week to your client for up to six months (a few have exams in June).

  • Meet with your client at the Centre at a mutually agreed time.
  • Be able to encourage, support and motivate your client.
  • Send regular short progress updates to your supervisor after meetings.
Who will the volunteers be working with?
You will be coaching a young resident who lives in our Young Person’s Hostel
Training
How will you be supported?
• You will be supported by a member of the Employment & Learning team and client’s Key Worker.
• You will be reimbursed for reasonable and agreed ‘out of pocket’ travel expenses.
• We offer training in safeguarding and other subjects

Time commitment

You will need to commit at least one hour a week to meet with the client, sometime during the day (Mon- Fri) for a period of at least 6 months (exams are in June).
Application deadline

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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.