Volunteer Children summer club activities and mentors

What will you be doing?

We are looking for a Volunteer Mentor & Children Coordinator to support us with developing and delivering our children's activities and Kids academy in the UK. This is a part-time voluntary position, reporting to the Board of Trustees, and the successful applicant will work alongside experienced colleagues, parents, & educators Do you have the qualification and training to counsel primary-aged children on a range of personal issues, challenges, and emotions? Do you have experience & skills in organizing children’s events, academy sessions, and webinars that teach kindness to children? If yes, we would really appreciate your help and would be very interested in talking with you. The Afrikindness Children coordinator oversees all activities and events related to children in the UK. The primary purpose of the Children cohort is to teach children the right social and emotional behaviours needed to thrive in any environment. We run  workshops for children ages 5 - 18 years to help develop their social and emotional intelligence skills and thrive in the UK to cover modules like Resilience, Sexism & Growing up, Critical thinking, Values & Morals, Identity and Self-awareness in children, etc We are looking for a Volunteer Coordinator who will facilitate our KIDS workshop working with a Resilience coach, Anti-bullying coach, Finance coach etc to create a successful summer workshop for children. Our overall aim is that children will grow up to be strong, and resilient and have access to early help and support when they need it. Our vision is to have kind children and our measure of success will be strong partnerships, children-led projects and community engagement, and strong and resilient children making an impact on a global scale. You will coordinate a team of volunteers (parents) to launch the Kids academy, coordinate regular and effective webinars and deliver high-quality children's skills programs, thereby equipping children and young adults with the needed skills to thrive in the UK. Afrikindness is a charitable organization run and led by volunteers. We would like to build a community for children and young adults in the UK and deliver events, academy, and webinars, that will make a real difference in families and the lives of children and young adults.   EXPENSES WILL BE PAID  

What are we looking for?

Responsibilities: - 

Facilitate the children-led projects by working with the children and their families.  Facilitate regular Kids' academy sessions or workshops that will build their social and emotional skills. These sessions will be done in hubs and there will be other coordinators that you will work with within each hub. Work alongside volunteers, Children, and Parent Coach across the UK to ensure the success of the Kids' academy sessions/workshops. Coordinate training content for children working alongside the Teacher’s cohort coordinator to create compelling content for children on the 4 focus areas – kindness to oneself, kindness to others, kindness to the environment, and kindness to Africa. Participate in timely risk assessments for events, taking a strengths-based approach, involving the children and the families, and all relevant stakeholders in this process.  To provide advice, support, advocacy, and guidance to children and young people in order to assist them in expressing their views and upholding their rights. To support the wider organizational activity and strategy of Afrikindness. Represent Afrikindness globally in all children-related events. To work in partnership with relevant agencies, to develop and deliver a Kids Academy model, to enhance the outcomes for children. 

Skills required: -

Experience in children's counselling, or extensive experience working with children in another capacity such as teaching or clubs.  Experience in the delivery of programs, planning workshops, and comprehensive knowledge of the issues and developmental needs of children. Understanding the safeguarding issues & other related challenges faced in the UK is necessary, especially the experience of black children. Be ready to have DBS checked. Must have excellent communication skills and the ability to plan events and webinars, they must have the ability to be positive in approach; supporting and encouraging others through uncertainty or change. Have a good understanding of the pressure black children face and have an interest in seeking solutions to those issues.  Communication, outreach, and engagement skills, to approach and recruit new parents, speakers, and influencers. Eagerness to establish and maintain relationships with internal and external partners

What difference will you make?

You will be joining our charity during an exciting point in our development and a period of real growth; your expert knowledge, skill, and experience will be critical to our success. You will have a key role in ensuring we can maintain the work that we do. You will be a part of our small, extremely friendly, passionate, and forward-thinking charity team. We facilitate children-led projects across the UK and in Africa, provide African-based content and educational resources that promote kindness and advocate for kindness in schools. Our parent and teacher cohorts are essential to achieving our aim as they play a key role and make decisions during the formative years of a child. You will work alongside other passionate team members and professionals. You will be responsible for leading the team of volunteers, overseeing the children's planning group, and will work with our Founder and the education team to create and launch our children’s resources. You will work with marketing & training consultants to create visually compelling content. You will work with our Research team & CEO so that we can create programs that are research-backed and data-informed and identify relevant organizations with that we can collaborate, partner, and share resources and expertise. As a children coordinator with Afrikindness, you will help to create the image of Afrikindness seen and understood by the community we serve. Through your work, you will be contributing to the work we do, bringing awareness to the mental health issues children face, the lack of empathy, issues with bullying, hatred, racism, and the effect on children, especially of black heritage and the role of parents as well as what Afrikindness is doing to tackle these issues.