Liam: United Kingdom: Feb 20, 2019

I have experience working with children aged 3-15. My time volunteering as a teaching assistant in a primary school was short but valuable as I learned how to interact with a group of children who possessed varying learning abilities. Understanding how to keep the children focused for long periods of time and to provide support when they were finding classwork difficult was an essential skill I learned. However, it is important to understand when to be stern in order to keep the respect of the children and control of the situation.

Volunteering within a football summer camp was another experience which taught me a lot about working with children. As the parents would collect the children at the end of the day, this shows that I was trusted to keep the children entertained during the sessions, but most importantly to make sure they were safe at all times.