📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
We are a youth centre in the city of Waidhofen/Ybbs in Lower-Austria, Austria. Our organization is a part of the local government. The local government is financing our youth centre. We are a non-profit organization.
Our opening hours are Wednesday to Thursday from 15.30 until 20.00 pm and Friday to Saturday from 15.30 until 21.00 pm, these hours are our main working hours. At this time the youth centre is open for all young people from 13 to 21 years to spend their leisure time there. Within these hours we offer different activities like games, internet, music, sports, art-workshops, etc. We are a counselling centre for young people. We provide information on several topics, like laws, sexuality, drugs, school etc.. If needed we accompany our clients to different authorities. Our services are for free.
We are two social workers and one pedagogue employed for the youth centre, along the opening ours two of us are present. Once a week we meet for a team conference to exchange ideas and arrange new things. Other works we do off the opening time are make plans, budget, organise, advertise, reflect etc..
The volunteer supports the team members in their daily work during the opening hours. They are invited to organize little projects by them self, for example presentations about their home country, special cultural things or political topics, or cooking special dishes with our youth visitors.
The aim of the EVS project is to increase our activities for young people, to bring in an “intercultural dimension” to our daily work, to broaden the horizon of the team and our visitors and to support our clients on their way to become adults.
💼 What the programme involves
We are a youth centre in the city of Waidhofen/Ybbs in Lower-Austria, Austria. Our organization is a non-profit organization and part of the local government.
During the opening hours from Wednesday to Saturday the youth centre is open for all young people from 13 to 21 years to spend their leisure time there. Within these hours we offer different activities like games, internet, music, sports, art-workshops, etc. Overall it is a meeting point for young people. All our services are for free.
The staff team provides information on several topics, like family problems, law, sexuality, drugs, school, job, etc. All kinds of problems can be addressed in professional counseling. The work in the youth center follows a thematic concept, which was created according to quality standards of youth work.
The aim of the EVS project is to increase our activities for young people, to bring in an “intercultural dimension” to our daily work, to broaden the horizon of the team and our visitors.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation in a single room in a students house with a little kitchen and a private bathroom, close to the working place and the town centre. From the coordinating organisation a monthly pocket money, meal allowance and a fee for travel expenses is provided. A rental bike is provided.
🎒 Leisure activities
On Arrival Training
Mid Term Meeting
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT; PLEASE SEND AN INDIVIDUAL MAIL INCLUDING YOUR CV AND LETTER OF MOTIVATION TO: Daniela Paulischin (project coordinator) -
[email protected]
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: The volunteer should like to work and to talk with young people, even if they are not the easiest to handle with. She/he should be opened minded and socialize easily. The volunteer should be able to work in a team and acknowledge orders.
The youth centre is a good place for people to bring in their own ideas and activities like different forms of arts, sports, games, intercultural projects...
Deadline: Application deadline: 01/05/2023
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.