Online Tutor-befriender

Working with age-groups and subjects that you are comfortable in, you will support young people with their studies, but also help to boost their confidence by engaging and encouraging them and acting as a positive role model. The online learning support you provide will involve delivering tuition in 6-week blocks, during which you’ll either work with 1 child or a small group of children from the same year group.

Our 6-week online tutoring blocks are timetabled to coincide with school term dates.

Sessions take place 5:00pm-6:30pm Monday, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.  We anticipate volunteers spending an additional 30 mins – 1 hour planning and preparing materials for each tutoring session. Therefore, the minimum commitment we would expect from a volunteer is 2-2.5 hours of their time each week, and the delivery of at least one full 6-week tuition block which matches the initial V10 award accredited by VInspired.

We are looking for volunteers with a warm and approachable manner that children and young people will respond well to. These volunteers will need to have/be willing to obtain a DBS check. Training will be provided on the use of some specific online tools however, some confidence, proficiency and enthusiasm for using online apps would also be beneficial. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on, practical experience of supporting children and young people’s learning in a manner which is rapidly becoming the norm.