📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
We are looking for a volunteer to participate in youth support, culture and sport activities at a youth center in Graz (Austria). The project activities have a socio-cultural and intercultural character, because the main beneficiaries of the youth center are migrants. At the youth centre, needs, concerns and problems of young migrants are listened to in a serene atmosphere, their ideas are welcomed with interest and, if possible, put into practice. The informal atmosphere allows young people to discover their own resources and potential through dialogue. You will assist the youth center staff in the various daily activities and on the occasion of organized events, but you will also have the opportunity to propose and lead some your own personal initiatives.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The hosting organization will provide a room in a student’s dormitory for you. To reach the working place, you can either use a bycicle that will be given to you, or the public transport that the hosting organization will pay. You will receive a food allowance for your self-supply, and, as usual in the E.S.C., also the pocket money established by the European Union for Austria. The travel from Italy to Austria and back will be completely reimbursed. You’ll be covered by the insurance agreed with the European Solidarity Corps.
🎒 Leisure activities
You will attend a pre-departure training before leaving Italy, a so-called “on arrival training” a few weeks after your advent in Austria, and possibly a mid-term training after six months of volunteering. You will be provided with a German Language Course. Through experienced colleagues acting as tutor, the youth centre will give you ongoing all the necessary technical support to well perform your tasks during the volunteering experience.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: Our ideal volunteer has soft skills like openness, capacity of communicate, spirit of initiative, self-organisation and propension to teamwork. As hard skills, it would be good the candidate possess previous experience and desire to work with youngsters, some knowledge of pedagogical and social work, and motivation to learn to speak German.
Deadline: Application deadline: 05/03/2023
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.