Language Café Assistant
Volunteer Centre Newcastle, Shipcote, Gateshead
Language Café Assistant
Salary Not Specified
Volunteer Centre Newcastle, Shipcote, Gateshead
- Full time
- U
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 10 Nov | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: a65614b130cb4a8884f0804529bbcfff
Full Job Description
- Age restrictions
- Equal Opportunities Policy
- Expenses reimbursed
- Ongoing support
- Training provided
- Volunteer induction
- Volunteers covered by insurance
- Written role description When is this role available? When: 07/11/2024 - 01/12/2025 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Morning Afternoon Evening Monthly, 2-5:30pm
- Happy to chat and help people
- Enthusiastic to share your knowledge about the local area
- Willingness to understand people and accept differences
- Confident English speaker
BALTIC is an art gallery based on the Quayside in Gateshead. We show art, organise learning activities and deliver tours of the building and local area. We also have a library with free public WiFi and computers, and a community café space called Front Room. About Language Cafe Language Cafe is a free, fun, friendly place to meet new people and informally practice English speaking and listening. Language Cafe is monthly, on the first Saturday of each month from 2:30pm-5pm. Sessions include free tea, coffee, squash and lunch, as well as artist-led creative activities for adults and children.
Are you passionate about the Northeast and willing to share your knowledge of the area with people? Are you interested in communities and getting to know people from different backgrounds? Do you like being creative, and learning new creative skills? Language Café is all about encouraging conversation between people. It's a community event where people from different backgrounds come together to get creative, play and chat, and make new friends. It's also a good opportunity to practice English speaking and listening and develop social networks, especially for people who are building their lives in the north east, who have experience of migration and displacement. The Language Café Assistant will support the smooth running of the event, including setting up materials and helping to serve lunch, but most importantly, they will talk to people. They will welcome people, start conversations, celebrate things we have in common and be respectful of differences. They are also welcome to join in with creative activities and eat with us. The Language Café Assistant isn't required to formally teach English, but they will be native or fluent English speakers, happy to chat in a kind and considerate way, and informally guide people who are learning English as speakers of other languages.What skills do I need?