📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Zentrum für Förderpädagogik (ZFP), a center for special education, is a school institution that stands on three pillars. The first pillar is formed of the special education school in St. Vith, Bütgenbach and Eupen in the German-speaking Community of Belgium. The two first named schools are elementary school, the one in Eupen has a primary and secondary department. More than 250 pupils with an impairment and/or special educational needs are served in this first pillar. The second mainstay is the so named integration, which enables pupils with special educational needs to attend mainstream schools whil receiving individual support. This also ties in with the basic principles of the UN-Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability, which aims to integrate or include such pupils or students.The third pillar of the ZFP is the Competence Center (Kompetenzzentrum), which offers educational advice and know-how to school principals and teachers to support and strengthen theim in their work. The goal is to provide pupils with a holistic approach and to support them according to their specific needs. The mission statement of the ZFP is to give each child his or her place and to give him oder her the best that the school can offer.
💼 What the programme involves
Overall we can recieve 7 volunteers via the ESC: One placement is situated in a homework school in EUPEN (working with children with migration background) and the other four are situated in the ZFP primary schools in ST. VITH, BÜTGENBACH and in the ZFP primary school EUPEN (working with children with a disabilities). The last ones are in our ZFP secondary school and boarding school (working with youngsters with disabilities).
We are situated in East Belgium, in the middle of Europe. In the North, it borders to Germany and the Netherlands, in the South to Luxemburg, in the West to France. This diversity of languages and cultures has always had an positiv impact on the rich cultural life in East Belgium. People are mostly bilingual (German-French). St. Vith is located in a rural area, close to Luxembourg, Eupen is rather a small town close to Germany and the Netherlands.
Very good knowledge of the German language is a must! We don't want to impose another barrier to our public.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The ZFP provides suitable accomodation: one or two Go-Pass (with the Go-Pass you can travel by train anywhere you want in Belgium. You have 10 journeys) and a bus-subscription valid for a year (with the subscription you can ride in the whole french-speaking part of Belgium). The bus-subscription covers also the local transport in Eupen and surroundings. We also provide them with bicycles to explore the surrounding area.
The centre also provides meals or a food allowance, covering even the holiday period.
The volunteer gets the due allowance on a monthly basis.
🎒 Leisure activities
The ZFP ensures the participation of the volunteers in the on-arrial training (during september) and mid-term evaluation (during january) organised by the NA or SALTO.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: We are open to receive youth aged from 18 to 30 years. He/She should like to work with children or youngster: Either children with special needs or children and teenagers with an imigration background. He/She doesn't have to have previous knowledge about handling a person with a desease but should have an open attitude, solid communication skills, should be team-minded and willing to learn new things.
Profound knowledges of the german language in oral and writing are necessary.
Speaking French is advantageous.
Deadline: Application deadline: 30/06/2021
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.