📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The municipal children's home in Aschaffenburg is a curative educational-therapeutic institution that cares for children and adolescents who are temporarily or permanently unable to live in their families. The aim of the institution is to board, support and accompany the residents until they can return to their families or until they are of legal age. This aim is supported by ESC volunteers, who come into the family-like therapeutic youth groups, by actively spending time with the children in daily activities, such as homework, free time, meal times and bed routines. The volunteers support the educational staff at the institution by simply being themselves and bringing their cultural background into play. The children can experience solidarity and the diversity of Europe through the volunteers.
💼 What the programme involves
You like working with children and teenagers? You are sensitive to their needs, understanding, patient, creative and open to learn? Then the municipal children’s home of Aschaffenburg is looking for you! There are around 50 children and teens who can’t live temporarily or permanently with their families. They are placed in 6 different groups, living together with their social workers and pedagogues. You would help and support the team in one of the groups with the organization and assistance of the daily routine of the kids. You help plan and participate in all kinds of leisure activities. Also, you get creative with your own project. Usually you support us in the afternoon and evening, so you have enough time in the mornings to do a language course.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You share a flat with another volunteer close to the centre of Aschaffenburg. You have your own room with shared bathroom and kitchen. The flat is fully furnished and has everything for daily life. Internet access is available and free. All costs related to the accommodation as well as the monthly food allowance is paid by the hosting organisation.
You get a bus ticket for Aschaffenburg and a discount train card for Germany. The children’s home also provides a bike to get around.
🎒 Leisure activities
• On-Arrival Training • Mid-Term Training • language course • some inhouse training at Kinderheim
IN VIA provides regular leisure activities for the volunteers.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: • you have an ESC sending organization and are registered in PASS • you are experienced in working with children and adolescents • you are mature and responsible • you have knowledge of the German language (please show in your CV) • you are curious about Germany and its culture • you bring in your own ideas into the project.
Deadline: No application deadline
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.