📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Der Jugendhilfe und Sozialarbeit e.V.(Akronym: JuSeV) mit Sitz in Fürstenwalde bietet eine Vielzahl von sozialen Dienstleistungen für die gesamte Region im östlichen Teil des Landes Brandenburg in den Bereichen der Jugendarbeit, non-formale Bildung, Kultur, soziale Ausbildung und individuelle Unterstützung von Kindern, Jugendlichen und ihren Eltern an.
JuSeV bietet eine Vielzahl von Dienstleistungen wie offene und mobile Jugendarbeit, Anlaufstellen für Jugendliche, Kindertagesstätten, eine Jugendbildungsstätte, Integrationsprojekte für Jugendliche, eine Grundschule, Projekte für Schulverweigerer und zur Integration junger Menschen in das Arbeitsleben, Sozial- und integrative Betreuung in verschiedenen Schulen, persönliche Betreuung von Kindern und Jugendliche mit Behinderung in Schulen, internationalen Jugendaustausch, Schulungen und Freiwilligendienste und ist ein lokales Relais für europäische Jugendinformationsdienste.
Ein Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Prävention von Gewalt und Maßnahmen gegen Rechtsextremismus. JuSeV ist aktiv an der lokalen Plattform gegen Rechtsextremismus beteiligt, einem regionalen Bund für die Förderung der Vielfalt und des Dialogs zwischen den Religionen. Wir sind ein Mitglied der Diakonie, des Wohlfahrtsverbandes der evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland.
JuSeV arbeitet aktiv in verschiedenen politischen Gremien auf lokaler, regionaler und staatlicher Ebene mit. Zusammenarbeit mit Partnerorganisationen in lokalen und internationalen Netzwerken ist ein wesentlicher Bestandteil der Idee, bei der die verschiedenen Arbeitsbereiche zueinander in Beziehung stehen.
The Association for Youth Welfare Services and Social Work (JuSeV), located in Fürstenwalde in the eastern part of the federal state of Brandenburg, provides services for the whole regional community in the fields of youth work, non-formal education, culture, social training and individual support for children, youth and their parents. An emphasis is put on the prevention of violence and actions against right-wing extremism. JuSeV is running a youth center with internet café and workshops, a residential training center for young people, a primary school, a community center, social work and integrative care in schools, children day care centers, projects for school dropouts and for the integration of young people into the labour market, international youth exchanges and trainings, voluntary services and a local relay for European youth information services. JuSeV actively contributes to different political boards on local, regional and state level. Cooperation with partner organisations in local and international networks is a basic part of the idea, in which the different fields of work are related to each other. JuSeV has about 180 employees as well volunteers, interns and other co-workers. JuSeV is hosting and supporting organisation for volunteering projects:*Jugendbasis Alpha 1 in Fürstenwalde (Youth club)* Heilpädagogischer Hort in Fürstenwalde (children day care center which is attached to a special school)* Hort an der Ev. Grundschule in Rauen (children day care center which is attached to a primary school)* Ev. Jugendbildungs- und Begegnungsstätte Hirschluch in Storkow ( residential youth training center)* Kinder-Jugend-Anwohnertreffpunkt "Paule 49" (Children-Youth-Resident Meeting-Point „Paule 49“)* Gemeinde Steinhöfel - Kindertagesstätte "Glücksbärchen" in Beerfelde (children day care center) - Schulhort in Heinersdorf (children day care center which is attached to a primary school) - Kindertagesstätte "Pfiffige Kobolde" in Heinersdorf (children day care center)* Evangelische Kindertagesstätte "Am Kirchturm" (protestant children day care center „Am Kirchturm“)* Bildungs- und Begegnungsstätte Schloss Trebnitz in Trebnitz (residential youth training center) *Globales Lernen an Oder und Spree (Global learning at Oder and Spree) * Kindertagesstätte "Apfelbäumchen" in Fürstenwalde (children day care center).“
💼 What the programme involves
Jugendhilfe und Sozialarbeit e.V. - JuSeV provides a variety of services for the whole regional community in the eastern part of the federal state of Brandenburg in the fields of youth work, nonformal education, culture, social training and individual support for children, youth and their parents. One location for volunteering is the Youth information and media center, located in Fürstenwalde. Role of the volunteer at this location are: • media-pedagogy – plan and carry out projects for young people with the a focus on prevention, social media and creativity. You do this together with the social workers at your placement. • youth work – speak, work, play, listen, answer, ask…in short: you have your ears and your voice for young people and their problems, ideas and life-world • digital world: you know well with digital media and have no problems to give your knowledge to other people. Plan and carry training offers for youth and professionals with co-workers.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Each volunteer will have his/her own single room in a 3-room flat. The bathroom, the kitchen and the corridor has to be shared with two other volunteers. The flat is located in Fürstenwalde. In the building there are two other flats where are living other ESC volunteers. The volunteers are responsible for the cleanliness of the flat. The volunteer will need 10 minutes’ walk to the placement. The volunteer will receive food allowance (258,00 €) and pocket money (150,00 €) and should cook for him/herself. There is a direct train which runs every 30 min. to Berlin. The ride takes about 40 min.
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteers have to participate in two seminars (on-arrival, mid-term), organized by the German National Agency. The volunteer will get the license for the Online linguistic support for the whole volunteering period and additionally he/she can take part in a 4 weeks language course in Berlin. The volunteers, coordinated by the same organisation, JuSeV, will participate monthly in the cultural-meeting-days. Furthermore the volunteer will be participate in different networking and training meetings to learn more about social youth work (e.g. regular forum of all youthworkers in the region)
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: The volunteer will be selected on the basis of the received applications (motivation letter and curriculum vitae). Important characteristics of potential volunteers: communicative, emphatic, creative, experiences in work with children and youth, affinity for technology. Experience and pleasure in professional handling with digital media and social media as well as a basic knowledge of German language are very helpful, but not a requirement. Gender, nationality, religion and graduations or school reports don’t play any role.
Deadline: Application deadline: 22/05/2022
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.