ESC: Find Your Balance! Volunteering in the Special School no 11 in Krakow

Name: ESC: Find Your Balance! Volunteering in the Special School no 11 in Krakow
Start: 2023-04-01
End: 2023-08-16
Location: Kraków, Poland

Code: 34081 Copied

Poland European Voluntary Service Social work Environment European Voluntary Service Social work +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Dear potential volunteer, we are looking for young people, who would like to join out team of volunteers in the special school in Krakow. At the moment we have 5 volunteers working in the school and we still miss at least 3 of them. The main tasks in the school is to support students in their everyday classes and activities helping them to develope personal skills. The impottant thing to know is that students in this special school have problems with moving (they use wheelchairs), talking (they use special devices or picture books) or both in the same time. Volunteers work in the school until the end of the schoolyear, later they are involved in IB Polska projects based on helping in local projects and promoting ESC, which gives them new skills and opportunities.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers are accomodated in the double apartments which we rent in different parts of the city. Each apartment has common kitchen and bathroom. Volunteers receive pocket money and food allowance in the beginning of every month. For this we help to open Polish bank account. We provide also tickets for the public transport in Krakow and tickets for seminars organised by Polish National Agency. Volunteers receive reimbursement of their travel costs to the limit given by European Comission accordingly to the distance calculator.

🎒 Leisure activities

Each person has pre-departure meeting in the sending organisation, which is obligatory. This helps to prepare for the project and to know the rules of the European Solidarity Corps Project. The task of the sending organisation is to talk with volunteer about Activity Agreement, which is the project contract. After arrival all volunteers have meeting with the one coordinator of the project, which is about the rules, communication in the projects and expectations of both sides. Next step is meeting in the school, where coordinator from hosting organisation shows the venue and explain tasks.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for volunteers who would like to work with children with severe disabilities. We don't expect special knowledge about methods of working with children or teenagers with disabilities, but you need to be aware that this work is sometimes hard for different reasons. You need to also know, that your presence in the school matters and even small tasks are very important for everyone there. It's good to know at least basic English for communication. Sex is not important for as. The most important is age of volunteers, because it's the general rule of the ESC programme: 18-30.
Deadline: Application deadline: 31/03/2023

ℹ️ Additional information

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?

Training before and after the project
Health insurance during your project
round-trip travel reimbursement
accommodation and food
pocket money
language course
Return Week-end
Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

PL34081

01/04/2023 → 16/08/2023

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Deadline: 31/03/2023

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Kraków, Poland

Poland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Poland Zloty (PLN / zł)

Exchange rate

1 PLN = 0.228363 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 22:15 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Polish