What team will you be supporting and what do they do?

You will be supporting our Assessment and Training Team who assess each young person's needs, goals and aspirations and work out a Support and Development plan with them to help them get their life back on track, including:

• Information, advice and guidance - support into education and training
• Workwise - accredited support into employment and work-related opportunities
• ICT - accredited support and developing young people's inclusion in digital media
• Sportswise - access to recreation and physical activities to encourage health and wellbeing and develop talent
• Skills for life - help to achieve functional skills and qualifications
• Moneywise - support to overcome financial exclusion and debt.

Volunteers should meet the following criteria:

Essential

1. Experience of delivering Literacy & Numeracy at a Functional Skills/GCSE level to a varied audience

2. PTLLS (Preparing to Teach in the Life Long Learning Sector) qualification

3. High levels of literacy and numeracy

4. IT competent- able to use Excel, Word and Outlook effectively

5. Excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills

6. Ability to engage, motivate and inspire young people

7. Have an understanding of some of the issues and challenges young people may face, and a willingness to be flexible and adapt as appropriate

8. Ability to work independently with limited supervision

9. Ability to demonstrate Centrepoint’s values (integrity, energy, humility, entrepreneurial, accountable and focused).

Desirable

1. Experience of working with homeless people and/or experience of homelessness

2. Experience of working with socially excluded young people

3. CTLLS/ DTLLS/ PGCE/ Cert. Ed or working towards one Support for volunteers

Volunteers receive the following support throughout their volunteering:

• Structured induction and training
• Ongoing support and supervision from the volunteering team
• Ongoing support and supervision from your supervisor
• Access to further training
• Travel and other reasonable expenses reimbursed.

Interested?

If you are interested in applying for this position, the next step is to complete our application form. Apply via this website or application forms can be found on Centrepoint’s website at http://centrepoint.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/current-opportunities

Please fill out the application form and return to bradfordvolunteeringandbursary@centrepoint.org

For more information please call 01274 200 500 and ask to speak to the Volunteering Team.