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Coding Club volunteer
Practical details
Volunteering • Organisation role
Contact person
Claire Nichols
#79015
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Help support the running of our monthly Coding club for children and young people ages 7-17.
We run a monthly Coder Dojo for local children and young people ages 7-17 to have a go and learn to code. It is a relaxed group with people mostly working on their own projects, and occasional group ones.
By getting involved you can...
- support the next generation to develop skills
- develop your own skills
- get creative
- have fun!
What will you be doing?
- Helping young people get computers set up and logged in to the internet.
- Checking in with the young people and supporting them to problem solve whilst developing their projects.
- Encouraging young people to help each other.
What skills and experience are needed?
- You don't need experience coding, just an ability to problem solve. We mostly work in Scratch, Python, Blendr and Tinkercad.
- Some experience working with children/young people is great but not essential – enthusiasm and a willingness to get stuck in are the main requirements.
- You will need to be able to work in a team, and in a calm, creative manner with the children/young people.
- You will be able to lead by example and model positive behaviour and communication, to support the children/young people with their development.
Is there any training required?
- Basic safeguarding training is required and will be provided.
- A DBS check is a requirement of this role.
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