ESC: Volontariato al "Villaggio dei Bambini"

Name: ESC: Volontariato al "Villaggio dei Bambini"
Start: 2024-06-03
End: 2025-01-31
Location: Graz, Austria

Code: 40293 Copied

Austria European Voluntary Service Social work Education Sport European Voluntary Service Social work +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

The “Children’s Village” is a welfare institution for youth. It takes care of children and young people who cannot live in their original family: due to this unfavourable socialization condition, they are disadvantaged in many fields, and are in need of support. In the “Children's Village” live around 40 children and kids from 7-19 years. The staff of the “village” consists of professional workers, such as psychologists, teachers, social workers and youth workers. You will be one of three European volunteers, engaged in different "village's houses". You will assist the staff in the daily activities: meeting the children after school, helping them to do homework, playing and spending free time together, cooking, doing house chores. You will accompany the children in excursions or when needed, and organise activities for the kids. Your work starts in the afternoon, and it is 35 hours/week.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will live in an apartment shared with the other two volunteers: the bedrooms are single, while cooking, washing machine, laundry area, bathroom and facilities are in common. You will receive 180 euros/month as pocket money, and another amount as food allowance: but you'll save a great part of this latter, since you can have lunch and dinner for free at the “Children's Village” on all your working days. The travel from Italy to Austria and back is reimbursed, and you will be provided a monthly ticket for the public transport, because you will need to take the bus to go to the “village".

🎒 Leisure activities

You'll attend 3 official training sessions: a pre-departure one before leaving Italy, an on arrival one a few weeks after your advent in Austria and a third one at around half of your volunteering. You'll receive continuous mentoring through visits by the staff, several informal moments of evaluation, feedback and support, and a mediation and crisis management service, if needed. You'll improve your interpersonal skills, get an insight into social work and therapy methods, and understand how a national social welfare system works. You'll be also provided with an intensive course of German.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: The basic requirement to participate in this project is the will of carrying out activities with and for youngsters with a difficult family background. You should possess an easy approach to children, without either fears or prejudices in taking care of social disadvantaged people. The project is looking for really mature, responsible, empathetic and tolerant volunteers, with previous experiences in working with children. You'll live in a town, but be prepared to work in the extreme outskirt of a small village, in an isolated and calm place. You must also be available in learning a bit German.
Deadline: Application deadline: 31/05/2024

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

AT40293

03/06/2024 → 31/01/2025

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Deadline: 31/05/2024

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

8052 Graz, Austria

Austria

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:34 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English German