ESC: Volunteer at Children's Village in Austria

Name: ESC: Volunteer at Children's Village in Austria
Start: 2024-02-01
End: 2024-12-31
Location: Graz, Austria

Code: 37151 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 youth welfare institution. We take care of children and young people who cannot live in their original families. About 40 children between the ages of 7 and 18 live in the Children's Village. The staff consists of professionals such as psychologists, teachers, social workers, youth workers, etc. Three volunteers are placed in different houses. They assist the staff with daily activities: meeting the children after school, cooking, studying, doing housework, playing and spending free time and so on. They accompany the children on excursions or when needed and organise activities for them. Work starts in the afternoon and volunteers work 35 hours per week. Volunteers learn about the Austrian social welfare system, improve their social skills, get an insight into social work, educational and therapeutic methods.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will live in a shared apartment with single bedrooms, but shared cooking, washing, laundry, bathroom and social facilities. Volunteer will receive money for self supply and have the possibility to have lunch and dinner for free at the host organization on all his/her working days. Pocket money is 6 €/day. The host organisation will provide a monthly ticket for the public transport. The volunteer will take the bus to go to work.

🎒 Leisure activities

On-arrival training and mid-term training provided with cooperation with the Austrian NA; regular project visits, mentoring, mediation, crisis management, evaluation/reports and support for volunteers; at least one German language course.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: APPLY by filling this form https://formfacade.com/sm/mE2JOKNw_ | add your CV and motivation letter to the form upload section | if it doesn't work, send a CV and a specific motivation letter to [email protected] with the subject "Children's Village" | More information and infopack: www.logo.at/hosting | Basic requirement is the will of carrying out activities with and for youngsters with a difficult family background and previous experience in work with kids. Profile: communicative and eager to learn german; empathetic, mature and responsible; tolerant and trustworthy. Driver's licence is a plus
Deadline: Application deadline: 08/10/2023

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.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

AT37151

01/02/2024 → 31/12/2024

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Deadline: 08/10/2023

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

8052 Graz, Austria

Austria

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 22:01 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English German