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Host Families (looking after students)

Employer
ICON Guardianship UK Ltd.
Location
Homeworking Nationwide
Salary
From £150 per week
Closing date
9 Aug 2019

Job Details

ICON UK Ltd are looking for host families in various locations across the UK. Our host families provide a warm and caring environment for students during school holidays while they study for their A Levels/GCSE’s in English Boarding schools. By staying with local families, students further improve their English language skills and develop their independence.

As a host family you must provide a suitable bedroom complete with wardrobes/storage and a desk. Meals to be provided include breakfast, lunch and evening meal although some students do eat out on occasions and some will even cook dishes from their home country for you to try.

Alongside the financial benefit hosting brings it also gives you and your family the opportunity to learn about different cultures and forge new relationships with people from all over the world. Some of our hosts liken the relationship with their students to that of having an extended family.

We currently work with a wide range of hosts this includes: individuals who live alone, single parents, young professionals, families with pets and retired couples. There really is no limitation as to who can become a host family, all we ask for is a safe and happy environment for our students.

Company

ICON Education UK Ltd is an educational company which offers services for schools and students in the UK and overseas.

We work in partnership with independent schools in the UK to recruit and manage international students. From our UK office we provide guardianship,hosting, and school support services. We also have a team of marketing consultants who work from overseas and are responsible for marketing and recruitment. Most of our students come to the UK to enrol on GCSE, A Level, or pre-sessional courses such as iGCSE or Pre A, but we also have a number of younger students on long term courses, and we can arrange short term courses from summer camps to term-time tasters.

There are many recruitment agencies sending international students to the UK, and many guardianship organisations based in the UK. We feel that to offer a streamlined service to schools and students, these separate and often conflicting areas are best managed by one company. ICON works with educational agents all over the world. We maintain relationships with these agents so schools don’t have to. From the moment a prospective student makes an enquiry in a branch of one of our partner agencies, to the day that student completes his or her course of study at one of our partner schools in the UK, ICON has a support service to offer for every stage.

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