Volunteering with the Adult Learning Service

Find out more about how you can volunteer with our Adult Learning Service and support learners to change their lives.

As a volunteer adult learning support assistant you will help learners to participate fully in adult education classes with the support of the tutor.

Your role as a volunteer is to support individuals or small groups of learners with different needs. Your role is to support the educational needs of the learner, not their care needs.

You will be placed in a class that reflects your own interests.

Why you should volunteer with the service

There are number of benefits that come with volunteering with the Adult Learning and Skills service which include:

  • an opportunity to gain experience in the field of teaching. It is especially beneficial for those who would like to pursue a career in this field
  • an opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives
  • an opportunity to learn new skills and share your knowledge with others
  • get experience that looks good on your CV.

Adult Learning Support Assistant

This role involves supporting learners to participate in adult education classes. You will be supporting individual learners or small groups of learners with a range of different needs as directed by the tutor. You will be there to support their educational needs and will be placed in classroom settings that reflect your areas of interest, with areas such as English, maths, Digital Skills, Horticulture and ESOL.

You will work alongside other volunteers in this role. As a volunteer, you will also be ideally placed to promote volunteering opportunities within the adult learning service.

This opportunity will suit someone who:

  • Is looking to gain experience in teaching and learning.
  • People who want to pursue a career in this field.
  • Wants to make a difference to people’s lives.
  • An opportunity to learn new skills and share your knowledge with others.
  • Get great experience to include on your CV or future application forms.
  • Meet a range of new people.

The training programme for this role includes: 

  • Safeguarding training
  • Prevent training

We require all volunteers to attend training as part of their role. This may be delivered in a range of ways including attending organised training sessions, work shadowing and through supervision. Training may be delivered at a range of venues.

This role requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  If you are supporting English, Maths or digitals skills you would need a level that will help support the learners. 

For more information, please contact volunteer@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk