About Breaking Barriers
Breaking Barriers offers a unique approach to helping refugees find meaningful employment, and thus rebuild their lives and integrate into their new home.
Employment Foundations Overview
Employment Foundation (EF) is a structured employment knowledge training programme created by Breaking Barriers that aims to help clients prepare to enter the UK labour market by giving them a solid foundation of employability knowledge.
By the time clients complete the programme, they will have a thorough understanding of how to search and apply for work independently, tailor CVs and cover letters, prepare for and succeed in job interviews, as well as their rights as employees.
 
Key responsibilities
We are looking for volunteers who can support our refugee clients by delivering our Employment Foundations programme using the materials provided. The training will take roughly 10 hours and be conducted 1:1, so it is tailored to the client’s specific needs. The advantage of working with a volunteer is that the client may benefit from their insights and experiences. Full training on EF materials, the UK asylum system and barriers to employment will be provided.
 
Skills Required:

Excellent communication skills, including fluent/native level of English
Knowledge of the UK job market
Reliability and flexibility
Access to Zoom
Alignment with Breaking Barriers’ mission and values

 
Desirable: an additional language including Arabic, Ukrainian Farsi/Dari, Tigrinya, Amharic, Pashto.
We also ask that volunteers can provide two references.
Location and Days: Mostly In-Person (Manchester City Centre); Monday to Friday, Between 10am - 5pm.
Commitment: 5 sessions, completed on a weekly basis or bi-weekly basis. Each session can last between 45 - 90 minutes.
We will ask you to submit an application through our website. During the onboarding process, we require two references and ask volunteers to use their own laptop.

Benefits to the volunteer

Make a genuine impact on the lives of people from a refugee background
Training and support provided, related to refugees and employment practices.
Be part of a new, innovative charity which is developing all the time.