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Passionate about resettling those displaced and fleeing conflict?
CHARIS welcomes and supports all refugees and asylum seekers; gives them hope for the future, a place to call home, and a warm welcome in the local community.
Volunteers needed
Welcome Centre Team (Volunteers)
Hours: Variable
Description
We are looking for volunteers to join our Welcome Team.
Our Welcome Team will be a key part of our team based at The CHARIS Rooms. You will provide a warm and friendly welcome, be able to respond to general enquiries, and direct service users to classes and appointments within the Centre. There may also be opportunities to become involved in classes and activities.
Our Welcome Team is required from Monday to Friday, and we welcome a discussion on how often you would like to give your support.
About you
You are a friendly, calm and sensitive person, who is able to provide a welcome to our Hub. You can help to respond to queries.
Our values can be found in detail on our website:
We value people
We respect difference
We are compassionate
We care about high quality resettlement
We are a faith- based charity and seek to be inclusive
We are pioneering and responsive
What we offer
Volunteer induction training including safeguarding
Opportunity to become involved in refugee resettlement, and make a difference
Supporting you to develop skills to add to your CV
We are looking for someone with the following qualities
Able to provide a warm welcome
Able to work as part of a team
Able to work calmly
Good communication skills including with people who don’t have English as their first language
Please let us know if you have any interest in becoming involved as a volunteer for specific activities such as employment club, ESOL classes.
How to apply
If you are interested in joining our team of volunteers, please send your CV and a covering letter stating which team you are interested in joining to info@charisrefugees.org. We will invite you to meet with some of our existing team members to discuss volunteering with us.
All of our team are required to provide references, attend our training, including safeguarding training and have a DBS check.