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ORGANIZATION: Heartland Human Care Services

  • 19 people are interested

Heartland Human Care Serivces's Program is looking for a mentor from Illinois to help refugees with her interview skills and navigating the American hiring system!

  • Our participants are adult immigrants and refugees who have been relocated to Illinois, most in the Chicago area.
  • Most participants are seeking ESL tutoring online (Skype, Zoom, WhatsApp, Viber)
  • A small number of participants want in-person tutoring at one of our sites or a library.
  • Participants' English language needs range from very beginning (ABC's, reading, writing) to more advanced learners (conversation, vocabulary building, grammar), with the focus on interview skills. We try to match students to the tutors' skills and preferences whenever possible.
  • Heartland provides volunteer tutors with 12 hours of free tutor training and 3 hours of orientation to our program. * (Which you can be exempt from if you already have qualified training)

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About Heartland Human Care Services

Location:

4822 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL 60640, US

Mission Statement

Heartland Human Care Services advances the human rights and responds to the human needs of endangered populations--particularly the poor, the isolated, and the displaced--through the provision of comprehensive and respectful services and the promotion of permanent solutions leading to a more just global society.

Description

Refugee & Immigrant Community Services (RICS) partners with refugees, asylees, immigrants and survivors of trafficking to address their needs by connecting them to their new community, providing education and employment services, and the help they need to succeed in their new country. RICS annually resettles more than 150 individuals in Chicago from places like Afghanistan, Burma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Sudan, Ukraine, and Syria. RICS serves an additional 500 refugees through a variety of services including cultural orientation, adjustment counseling, employment, job readiness and placement services, as well as medical case management, family literacy, and English language training for adults.

CAUSE AREAS

Advocacy & Human Rights
Community
Employment
Advocacy & Human Rights, Community, Employment

WHEN

Mon Apr 08, 2024 - Sun Jun 30, 2024

WHERE

This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.

DATE POSTED

April 8, 2024

SKILLS

  • Customer Service
  • Computer Science
  • Career Counseling / Coaching
  • English
  • Cross-cultural Communication

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 21
  • Tutors are expected to commit between 1-4 hours a week for a minimum of three months, although many tutors volunteer with us for years.
  • Volunteer Application: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=pQghYm505EyXqFeYcR1xa_OAPCcVExNElawmuenxVUZUNTFaVTJYT1pGRkVCR1hWNjdTRjZJMkRFMy4u&web=1&wdLOR=c67F59A77-7D32-4918-B69D-8F9CF5C97E28

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