Working and Volunteering at Friends Centre
Teaching at Friends Centre
We are interested in new tutors for all areas of our work.
If you have teaching skills and experience in areas including:
Art, Design and Craft
Cookery
History, Literature and Cultural Studies
Film, Music and Dance
ICT and digital media
Languages
please contact Helen Osborne h.osborne@friendscentre.org
If you are a qualified tutor in ESOL, we may have opportunities initially for cover work. You would be considered for appropriate teaching vacancies when they arise.
Please complete the Application form and Equal Opportunities Form and return to Adam Williams at a.williams@friendscentre.org
For more information about Literacy or Numeracy teaching contact Kate Jefferson on (01273) 810212 or email k.Jefferson@friendscentre.org
Volunteering at Friends Centre
Friends Centre needs volunteer learning support assistants who are interested in helping others achieve their learning goals. Volunteers help support individual learners in their literacy, numeracy or English language classes. Other volunteers help tutors prepare resources.
What sorts of people make good volunteers?
There is no such thing as the 'ideal' volunteer. Everyone brings their own motivation, skills, experience and personality into their voluntary work. However, there are some qualities that we feel volunteers need to have. These including being:
- Patient and sensitive to the needs of others
- Honest and trustworthy
- Reliable and punctual
- Tolerant, non-judgmental and able to keep confidentiality
- Able to work on their own initiative and as part of a team with the classroom tutor.
Training and support for volunteers
We offer our volunteers a range of training opportunities, including basic skills awareness, disability awareness, supporting adult learners. These may be accredited courses or short workshops.
How to apply for volunteering
For more information download the Volunteer Information Pack (pdf). To apply complete the Volunteer Application Form (word file), and the Equal Opportunities Monitoring form (word file).
Please return them to us at either info@friendscentre.org or Friends Centre, Brighton Junction, Isetta Square, 35 New England Street, Brighton BN1 4GQ (current entrance from Stroudley Road)
Comments from current volunteers
"I am very happy and impressed with the way the organisation runs."
"I think you are reaching out where the needs are in Brighton."
"I think the organisation is very welcoming and I have found the tutor very supportive."
"I think Friends Centre is an excellent organisation."
"I have always found the working environment excellent and other members of staff approachable and very helpful."
