Educational Events Assistant Volunteer
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To support and assist the Education Officer with child safety educational events. Engaging with Year 5 and Year 6 pupils from mainstream and non-mainstream schools in supporting learning safety messages. Making sure they have a fun, positive and enjoyable experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Helping with the preparation, delivery of safety workshops and collecting contacts from teachers during the sessions.
- Groups are primary aged children within YR5 and YR6 and can include children not in mainstream school.
- Tasks will include leading the safety workshops under the direction of the Education Officer.
- Supervising activities, safety procedures.
- Be knowledgeable on the work of Dogs Trust and specifically our safety messages.
- Other administrative tasks as requested by Dogs Trust staff.
Required skills and competencies
- An Enhanced DBS (Disclosure & Barring service) check is required for this role.
- Enthusiasm and effective communication skills. • Confident, calm, and approachable manner.
- Willingness to work with children from a wide range of backgrounds and with different abilities.
- Able to use own initiative, common-sense approach to problem solving.
- Non-judgemental.
- A sense of fun.
- The ability to follow instructions.
- Own transport.
- Efficient time management skills due to the strict time limits of the sessions.