Employability Day Volunteers

Reach Society

Employability

Work Experience

Reach Society are hosting an employability event and are looking for volunteers to help out on the day.

Duration

N/A

Early Years Practitioner

Bushmead Pre-School

Care

Industry Placement

Bushmead Preschool are seeking to employ a qualified Early Years Practitioner (Level 2 or higher) to help support children with Special Educational Needs.

Duration

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Volunteer Advisor

Citizens Advice Luton

Business

Work Experience

Talk to clients over the phone, face to face, or online to explore what problems they’ve come for help with Find information about the clients’ problems and help them to understand their options. Support clients to take action to resolve their problems. This might include drafting or writing letters, making phone calls, or referring the client to another organisation

Duration

N/A

Volunteer Receptionist

Citizens Advice Luton

Business

Work Experience

Provide information about Citizens Advice and other advice services. Answer the telephone and refer calls or take messages
Liaise with advice staff and supervisors regarding support for individual clients. Maintain and develop the Citizens Advice administrative system

Duration

N/A

Energetic Lifestyles Project

Luton Borough Council and Bedfordshire University

Employability

Work Experience

The workshop centres around understanding young people’s perception of energy systems in the homes, and the barriers they have to understanding them. The young people will work in small groups with facilitators who will help them with discussions during the session.

Duration

N/A

General Assistant

Rochford Plant Hire Ltd

Plumbing/Mechanical Engineering

Work Experience/Industry Placement

Rochford Plant Hire Ltd is part of the M & S Water Group of Companies, based in Luton. Beds. As part of our continued expansion, we are looking for a motivated and flexible individual to take on general duties within the group.
Rochford Plant Hire Ltd supply plant and specialist equipment to the Water Industry, so this opportunity is ideal for someone who wants to gain experience in the repair and maintenance of small plant. Training will be provided to the right individual.
Desired Skills: Interest in all things mechanical • Willingness to learn • Team player but individually motivated • Good written and verbal communication skills • A flexible and can-do attitude

Salary: 18 years old and older £9.90 per hour, under 18 depending on age and skills

Duration

Part Time

Support Workers Needed

Autism Bedfordshire

Care

Paid Work Opportunity

LOAF (Loads Of Autistic Fun) Paid Opportunity! Luton, Bedford, Leighton Buzzard and Biggleswade Vacancies.
Ideally you should have an NVQ Level 2 or 3 in health, education, childcare and some experience and knowledge of autism, SEN and behaviour management.
A Saturday morning activity group which the whole family can attend. The session provides a safe and inclusive environment for autistic children to access a variety of activities including sensory, softplay, outdoor, arts and crafts, cooking and much more!
We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic team players to join the team to set up activities, promote social and communication development and 1:1 support.

Duration

Saturdays 9am - 1.30pm, fortnightly during term-time

Volunteers Needed

Autism Bedfordshire

Care

Work Experience

Autism Bedfordshire are looking for a number of volunteers to help out with the following:

Saturday Groups - LOAF (Loads of autistic fun) is a fortnightly saturday group that runs during term time. The group is for autistic children aged 3-12 years and their families to enjoy a variety of activities including sensory, outdoors, softplay, arts and crafts, cooking and much more! 9.15am to 1.30pm

Youth clubs - for young people on the autistic spectrum aged 10-17 years to get involved with activities to improve their communication and social skills as well as experience opportunities out in the community. approx 3 hours (day of the week varies)

Additional Services - If you can commit to groups every week then perhaps you can support with additional activities during half terms, weekends and holidays for young people and children to enjoy.

You will gain valuable experience for your CV and references provided by Autism Beds plus any voluntary expenses paid.

Get in touch with GAP to get involved!

Duration

Various dependant on availability

Stop and Search Scrutiny Panel Member

Bedfordshire Police (Luton Police Station)

Public Services

Work Experience

Bedfordshire Police are looking to create a youth Stop and Search scrutiny panel for people from the ages of 15 to 20 years old. As part of the panel members will be reviewing live body worn footage from officers and the paperwork they submit and give their feedback.

We are really interested in getting feedback from the younger demographic. This is a long term project and we need people who are passionate and committed! You will be required to attend a meeting once a month from 6pm-8pm the date will be agreed with all participants in advance.

What it will involve:

The panel will include members from all backgrounds and will be set up once we have approximately 25-30 people who are selected – This will be decided once we have a list of all potential.

As part of the panel members will be watching body worn footage of officers completing stop and search and the duties of the panel will be do decide whether the search was lawful or unlawful.

Training will be given in advance so you know what you are looking for.

Duration

Long term project - few hours per month

Trainee Chefs/Kitchen Assistants/Events Assistants

South Beds Golf Club

Hospitality & Catering

Work Experience

South Beds Golf Club are offering work experience to students who want to get into the Catering industry. The main purpose of these roles is to assist with the smooth and efficient running of the kitchen areas under the supervision of the Food and Beverages Manager and to provide excellent customer service. Some of your main responsibilities will be to ensure service of food items is correct and to a high standard, ensure the correct use of kitchen equipment, ensure all rubbish is removed from dining areas and to ensure crockery and kitchen equipment is washed correctly and stored safely.

There are also some opportunities to get involved with setting up events such as weddings, parties, funerals.

Duration

Temporary/Work Experience