In partnership with Voluntary Action Sheffield, and with support from Sheffield City Council, Sheffield Hallam is setting up a refugee mentoring scheme.
The aim of the scheme is to link up individual members of staff with individual refugees, primarily those from professional backgrounds, with a view to helping the refugees:
- Gain a better understanding of how their profession/area of work operates in the UK (e.g. who can work as a teacher, what qualifications are need to practice as a lawyer, where are engineering jobs advertised etc.)
- Help them to develop a focused CV, decode job adverts, write an application form etc.
- For those who might wish to retrain or re-qualify, help develop understanding of UK higher education and support refugees to make informed decisions about HE institutions, courses, outcomes etc., support them to progress their applications, if that is what they choose to do – wherever they may wish to study.
The commitment from any individual would be low – no more than a couple of hours each month – and will be time limited.
To register for the scheme and book on the training please complete the registration form. The deadline for responses is Friday 3 February.