Volunteers - Experienced Teachers and Youth Workers at Action for Education (Samos)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Providing support to children and adults in their development of the English language

• Helping to develop programmes of learning activities and adapting appropriate materials

• Provide social support including creating an environment to build the confidence, resilience and self-esteem of participants

• Motivating and encouraging pupils

• Attending regular planning meetings

• Facilitating the Youth Centre kitchen, working with a team of teenagers in cooking a meal and providing social support when needed

• Attending fortnightly trainings

• Reporting any child or adult protection concerns

• Remaining flexible based on the project needs

• Assisting in the start-up of a new project, including some manual work as we build our new centre

• Cleaning of the spaces twice a day along with the rest of the volunteer team

Key Skills

• Experience in teaching, ESL, social work, youth work, or project-based activities

• An awareness of migration issues and sensitivity to working with vulnerable communities

• You share our vision of a world in which everyone has equal chances to education.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Multi-tasker who performs well under pressure.

• Willing to give long hours in a variety of roles and tasks

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