Care4Calais Heathrow is looking for placement volunteer/s for a minimum of 3 months or for the academic year 2024/25.

Care4Calais Heathrow is looking for placement volunteer/s for a minimum of 3 months or for the academic year 2024/25. 

We are looking for someone who is committed on a regular basis, therefore this role may suit someone who needs to complete hours for their university placement.

Half of the role will be helping asylum seekers with clothes, taking part in busy WhatsApp groups, being organised and there is quite a lot of physical lifting and bending needed in this part of the role. You will have an opportunity to supervise and organise other volunteers, to develop your leadership and people management skills.

The other half of the placement is as a Hotel Lead and will mainly be face-to-face, with some writing of emails, etc, to support this.

As a hotel lead, you would visit each hotel in your area of responsibility on a weekly basis, to support asylum seekers with their queries and to be a friendly face. You would signpost to other organisations, help manage people’s expectations (such as NHS waiting times), advocate on their behalf and give stock answers (such as when people need a lawyer) as well as finding answers and/or reaching out for help for more complex queries.

You may want to organise events, such as sports, summer picnics or trips to the zoo.

NB: Where it motivates you and there is an individual asylum seeker with very unique needs, you may be able to work 121 with them, for instance someone with a specific physical injury.

Ideally you would have a car but it is not essential.

Speakers of additional languages are particularly welcome as we volunteer with asylum seekers who typically have English as a second language.

Job Types: Part-time, Temporary contract, Volunteer, Internship

Contract length: 3 - 12 months

Expected hours: 7-28 per week

Benefits:

• Travel costs within London can be claimed (and backdated) once the first 50 hours have been completed.

Schedule:

• At least half of your hours will be completed on evenings or weekends

• Flexitime

Work Location: Hanger Lane and Heathrow.

Expected start date: September 2024.