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Our Second Home
There are thousands of young refugees and migrants arriving in this country every year. These young people are often isolated and lonely, living in foster care or supported accommodation, without the necessary infrastructure to develop positive social relationships or learn vital skills.
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Description

We are looking for new volunteer Youth Leaders to run our residential programmes during the school holidays of this year.

Our residential programmes are three to five-night activity camps for young refugees and migrants aged 14-18. They are a chance for young people to come together and have four or five days of fun and excitement, supported by a dynamic and dedicated team of leaders and staff.

We are looking for youth leaders who can create a safe and fun environment, running engaging activities for the young people who attend our residential programmes and making sure they feel safe and cared for.

Please feel free to watch this video and take a look at this document for more details. 

Duties

What’s expected of an OSH leader?

OSH Leaders will be responsible for facilitating the activities of the camp, and will be directly in contact with, and responsible for, the participants. During the camp they will be ‘on duty’ full-time, meaning that they will spend the whole time with the participants, including at mealtimes.

Leaders must set a positive example of behaviour and involvement for all participants, and adhere to the volunteer guidelines.


You are responsible for:

• Interacting and forming a bond with the participants
• Creating and running fun and engaging activities for the participants
• Looking after the participants’ welfare, and ensuring that they feel cared for and secure
• Managing the participants’ behaviour and setting clear boundaries

Leaders must raise any safeguarding concerns swiftly and follow safeguarding procedures

Leaders must follow all Our Second Home policies and procedures of (which will be explained at the pre-Residential training).

Who will the volunteers be working with?
Young people who are seeking asylum, or have refugee status, age 14-18

A diverse team of volunteers and staff members from many different backgrounds
Training
You will be invited to our residential Leaders Training Weekend where you will learn about what OSH is and how to lead on our residentials. Before each event with us you will receive a full training and be supported throughout our residentials by our volunteer welfare lead.

Time commitment

We run residential camps throughout the year. We are currently recruiting for volunteers for trips in every school holiday of this year. Once you have been trained and joined us on a residential you will be a part of the OSH community and invited to join all events, trainings and residential trips. Volunteers tend to get the best out of the experience if they are open to building a relationship with the community and volunteering more than once. Our team of many ages, ethnicities and life skills can be a nourishing community for us all to learn and grow in.

2025 residential trip dates. Volunteers can choose which trips they would like to attend:

● 24-28th May
● 31st-5th Aug
● 22nd-27th Aug
● 22nd-27th Aug (Bristol)
● 25-29th Oct
● 28-30th November

For each of these trips, there will be a training day on a Saturday or Sunday, two weeks before.

Where possible, volunteers are also advised to attend our Leaders Training Weekend. This is strongly encouraged
for new volunteers especially:

● 11th - 13th July
● 27-29 Sept
Application deadline

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UCL Departments

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.