Community Learning Services Volunteer

Argyll and Bute

Posted 3 years ago

Would you like to use your skills and broaden your own experience while making a difference to others and assist them to overcome challenges and barriers to enable and support them to explore options and take ‘the next step’ towards a positive future for themselves and you will make a huge difference to people’s lives?

If so, then you should consider becoming a volunteer with the Community Learning team.

We have volunteer positions within Adult Learning supporting adults 16+ who have left school and within our Youth Services team supporting young people with Youth Work programmes.

Your time commitment will be:

Variable to meet the demand of the service and your availability

Your involvement will be:

Adult Learning Services: through a range of topics such as literacy and numeracy, employability, confidence building, creative skills and basic IT. This is through one to one support or working with small groups.

Youth Services: supporting young people through a range of varied Youth Work programmes and activities such as encouraging young people to have a voice through Youth Action Groups or supporting our Youth Volunteer activities programme GIVE which sees young people supporting and giving back to their local communities.

Your opportunity is:

demonstrating and improving communication skills and confidence
gaining training and experience which may help you to gain employment in the future
gaining valuable experience to put on your CV
inspiring others and put your skills to good use
meeting new people and working as a team
supporting the learning of children and/or adults

Your training will include:

a comprehensive induction with on-going training and support

The skills we are looking for are:

sociable and easy to talk to
patient and resourceful
good at motivating and inspiring Adults or Young People
organised and committed
passion for learning
can take a social practice approach
thoughtful and non-judgemental about interacting with people from diverse backgrounds
deliver learning in a non–informal way

If you are interested in the role, or would just like a little bit more information please contact volunteering@liveargyll.co.uk

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