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ESC: Skill up your life! 2023-2024

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Germany European Voluntary Service Education Culture European Voluntary Service Education +1 Fixed dates

About the project

ESC: Skill up your life! 2023-2024

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

WERKstattSCHULE e.V. was founded in 1983 as a non-profit organisation for educational support and youth welfare services in Heidelberg and the Rhine-Neckar district. Generally, we are working in 4 big project areas: 1. Projects for occupational orientation for young people and immigrants 2. LÄUFT?! A program for young people who dropped out of school and are not in education, employment or training 3. European projects on education or intercultural exchange 4. European youth work and trainings for youth workers We especially support young people on the verge of starting their professional lives who have social, personal or physical handicaps and difficulties with cognitive learning. Since 2014 we are including occupational orientation projects at schools in our region. Furthermore, we are hosting and sending European volunteers since 2017 and also took part in Erasmus+ youth exchanges. WERKstattSCHULE e.V. is an extracurricular cooperation partner within a federal state project offering practice-oriented, occupation-orienting measures in handicrafts and arts for teens and young adults to foster the recognition and emphasis of their talents and key competences. We are hereby trying to offer sustainable and diverse education especially for youth with personal and social disadvantages. This work is not part of formal education at school but an additional offer. The goal is to broaden the participant’s horizon via crafts and arts, to point out possibilities for future personal and occupational developments that are in line with their personal strengths and potentials. Our projects are accompanied from planning to execution by professional staff with expertise in a wide range of arts and crafts, who can offer the youth insights into their professional lives and experience in many different fields. In the past 5 years we had more than 4000 young participants. Our projects have been in fields of handicrafts, entrepreneurship, arts and intercultural exchanges. With these kind of projects WERKstattSCHULE e.V. is closing a gap in educational offers for young people. Many are lacking the practical connection to decide on a future profession. This problem does not only occur in Germany, but in all of Europe. Oftentimes, students are lacking knowledge of their own talents and key competences, to have a confident look into the future and choose a profession. The chance to spend some time abroad and widen one’s horizon leads to more confidence, openness and tolerance. The combination of our projects with and hosting European volunteers has proven to be very successful in the past. Deutscher Text: Der WERKstattSCHULE e.V. besteht seit 1983 als gemeinnütziger Bildungs- und Jugendhilfeträger in Heidelberg und dem Rhein-Neckar-Kreis (vormals Werkstatt e.V., Umbenennung und Neuausrichtung in 2014). Grundsätzlich arbeiten wir in 4 großen Projektbereichen. 1.Projekte der Berufsorientierung für Jugendliche und junge Zugewanderte 2. LÄUFT?!- ein Programm für junge Schulverweigerer, die nicht mehr ans Regelsystem angeschlossen sind (NEETs) 3. Europäische Bildungs- und Begegnungsprojekte 4. Europäische Jugendbildungsarbeit (Jugendliche und Fachkräfte) Gefördert werden junge Menschen an der Schwelle zum Berufsleben, vor allem Jugendliche, die soziale, persönliche und physische Handicaps und Schwierigkeiten mit kognitivem Lernen haben. Seit 2014 sind wir zudem außerschulischer Partner der Kooperative Berufsorientierung des Landes Baden-Württembergs und führen praktische Projekte an Schulen in der Region durch. Seit 2017 sind wir als aufnehmende, koordinierende und entsendende Organisation im Europäischen Freiwilligendienst tätig und haben auch einige Erasmus+ Jugendbegegnungen durchgeführt. Der WERKstattSCHULE e.V. bietet praxisnahe, berufsorientierende Projekte in Handwerk und Kunst für Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene an, fördert die Erkennung und Herausstellung von Talenten und Schlüsselkompetenzen und versucht mit der Projektarbeit ein nachhaltiges, weit gefächertes Bildungsangebot insbesondere für Jugendliche mit persönlichen und sozialen Benachteiligungen zu stellen. Diese Arbeit findet ergänzend zum schulischen Bildungsanteil statt und stellt kein schulisches Lernangebot dar. Ziel ist es mittels handwerklich und künstlerischer Fähigkeiten den Horizont zu erweitern, Möglichkeiten für eine persönliche und später berufliche Entwicklung aufzuzeigen, die im Einklang mit den persönlichen Stärken und Potentialen steht. Unsere Fachkräfte aus Handwerk und Gestaltung unterschiedlicher Sparten begleiten diese Projekte, von der Planung bis zur Ausführung, um Jugendlichen gerade in der Phase ihrer beruflichen Orientierung Einblicke in unterschiedliche Tätigkeiten zu bieten. In den vergangenen 5 Jahren haben über 4000 Jugendliche an den Projekten teilgenommen. Durch die praxisnahen, berufsorientierenden Projekte in Handwerk und Kunst wird eine große Lücke im Bildungsangebot für junge Menschen geschlossen. Das ist für Jugendliche in Deutschland und in ganz Europa relevant. Die Kombination unserer Projektarbeit an Schulen und mit NEETs in Verbindung mit der Aufnahme von europäischen Freiwilligen hat sich daher in der Vergangenheit als äußerst fruchtbar erwiesen

💼 What the programme involves

WERKstattSCHULE e.V. is a non-profit youth educational provider in Heidelberg. The association was initially created in order to compensate the lack of link between formal and practical education for the youngsters. The association intervenes mostly in schools in order to give the pupils entering occupational life a general idea of what handcraft and artistic jobs can be like. We always try to create something useful for the schools and the pupils such as benches, tables, playgrounds and any sort of common area that can be used in a school. Most projects at schools are rather short. Although it is not the only goal, it is very important for us to promote cultural and inter-cultural education and provide a social experience for the youngsters with fewer opportunities. Therefore, we offer an educational program in a daily structure based on social, psychological and pedagogical teaching trying to reprocess the consequences of youngsters’ unemployment and school dropout.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will live in a shared apartment in a housing project named Hagebutze, 15 minutes by bicycle from the city center. Your will have your own room but share the common areas (living room, bathroom and kitchen) with two other volunteers. We have towels, bedsheets and all the kitchen stuff. We also have free internet access. You will get pocket money and food allowance according to the actual ESC guideline. You will get a bicycle for your daily way to work and tickets for public transport on request.

🎒 Leisure activities

You will have 2 seminars included in the ESC programm organized by the German National Agency. One at the beginning and one in the middle of your stay. You will get language support during your ESC with a private teacher and you can use the ESC language learning programm EU-Academy. It will not be a full German language class and your progress will depend on your motivation. You will get handcraft workshops f.e.wood craft, metal craft, sculpting and carving, artistic design and drawing.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: ONLY EU-RESIDENTS CAN APPLY! No special skills are required although we are looking for volunteers who have the desire to develop or enhance their handcraft or artistical skills.You should like to be creative and to get in touch with people from other countries and cultures. Our volunteers will assist during the practical educational projects in the different schools of the region. You will have the opportunity to find out more about your talents, to learn new craft skills and to activate your social and intercultural competences. For more details check www.werkstattschule-international.eu
Deadline: Application deadline: 30/06/2023

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.

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📅 Available sessions

DE34690

25/09/2023 → 22/09/2024

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
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Deadline: 30/06/2023

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

Am Bahnbetriebswerk 3, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany

Germany

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:32 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English German