📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Our organisation is a member of the umbrella organisation Landes-Caritasverband Bayern and Deutscher Caritasverband and belongs to the group of non-statutory welfare organisations in Germany. Our organisation´s activites consist of:
-provision of social services for people in need
-support and promotion of Caritas in parishes and of social active groups in the region of Main-Spessart
-support of social Catholic associations
-representation of social active Catholic groups and associations towards public authorities in the region of Main-Spessart
About 190 staff members work in the different social services:
-social counselling, counselling for refugees and migrants, counselling for caring family members
-psycho-social counselling, ambulant assisted living, counselling related to substance abuse
-Gemeindecaritas (Caritas in local communities) and coordination of volunteers
-Children- and youth services, social work at schools
-Senior center St. Martin
-Administration
There are about 140 volunteers involved in different social acitivties: Helferkreis Asyl, counselling of seniors, assistance in daily life, board.
💼 What the programme involves
As a volunteer, you take on administrative tasks, but also accompany our clients, for example when dealing with authorities. You can get involved in counseling sessions and group offers. We also offer you to work with children, e.g. B. in homework support. In our senior center you can become part of the kitchen team, help the caretakers with repairs or accompany leisure activities for our residents.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation will be arranged prior to the arrival of the participant.
Food is included.
Local transporation is taken care of.
🎒 Leisure activities
-You will be part of a team.
-A supervisor will help you to implement your volunteer assignments. The youth pass will be used to monitor your learning experience. There will be at least three meetings with the supervisor during your volunteership (at the beginning, in the middle and at the end).
-You will get accees to a weekly German language training opportunity.
-You will attend two seminars of the German national agency somewhere in Germany.
-You will get the chance to contact other volunteers.
-You will get introduced to other parts of Caritas Munich/Freising.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: You should...
- be open minded to people of different cultures
- be interested in the German way of life, structures and contextes
- love to communicate with people
- like to help people in need and work with them directly
- be able to speak, read and write in English (at least B1); preferable you have German language skills too, any other language skills are beneficial
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.