ESC: Volunteering at OJA Hohenems | Solidarity & Diversity in Vorarlberg

Name: ESC: Volunteering at OJA Hohenems | Solidarity & Diversity in Vorarlberg
Start: 2025-10-06
End: 2026-09-30
Location: Hohenems, Austria

Code: 45808681235013143e Copied

Austria Culture European Voluntary Service Social work Culture European Voluntary Service +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The "Verein Offene Jugendarbeit Hohenems - Association für Youth Work Hohenems" was founded in July 2005. The association is non-commercial and politically unaffiliated. Aim of the association is the development of youth work as an additional contribution to youth education provided by schools and other youth-orientated associations. We provide opportunities and activities for young people to discover their own personal aims und limits especially regarding creativity and developing their own personality. Our work should support young people during their teenage years and with the complex task of becoming an adult. To fulfil our goals, we provide two youth centres (s'Kästle and Fair Future), where young people have the opportunity to socialise and participate in all kind of workshops. The target group are young people between 12 and 18 years old - but it´s also open for older and younger youngsters. For example: 10 years old and 20 years old. We also set our focus on young people with migrant background, young people with disabilities or educational shortcomings and young people facing poverty. We also provide gender specific youth work and offer a special programme for girls every month. We see ourselves as a family.

💼 What the programme involves

*PLEASE apply by an E-Mail to: [email protected] !! (CV and motivation letter)* As a volunteer, you will assist us in our work in the youth centers and will also participate in our mobile youth work programme - a kind of streetwork. Another part of the job are different projects with focus on sports, education, creativity and culture topics. You will also be able to make your own projects, bringing in your own talents. It is also possible to attend trainings and workshops regarding youth work where you can refine skills in social work. In the first line you will support the following work areas: - working in the youth cafe, - working behind the bar, - playing games with the youngsters, communicating and giving advice, - street work (meeting young people in the streets and local hang-out places, talking to them, informing them about our center and our work), - helping with organizing our various activities and activities More information on our organisation: www.ojah.at

🏠 Accommodation on site

As a volunteer, you will live in a student housing where also other residents with different backgrounds live. You will have a room with bathroom on your own and share a kitchen with the other residents. The infrastructure with trains and buses is easy, quick and frequent. Also you will have a bicycle at your disposal and you will receive a ticket for free use of any public transport in the whole region of Vorarlberg during the complete project time.

🍲 Food

You will receive your food- and pocket money always in the beginning of the month.

🎒 Leisure activities

We offer a wide range of leisure activities. Each month a former volunteer organizes a activity e.g. hiking in the mountains, welcome drinks in a bar, Christmas market visit, cinema, karaoke night,... It always depends on what the volunteers and the former volunteers are interested in.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We would like to invite people who enjoy and love to work with youngsters. Also you should have fun to help in outdoor and sports activities or in our workshops. You should be open minded and interested in getting to know our organisation and work. Our work is sometimes very easy. Still, the volunteer should realize that it means work. Interest in social work, young people and youth culture and understanding to have other working hours as other jobs is very important! As the target group in our youth centres is between 10 and 20 years, we would prefer a person who is least 20 years old.
Deadline: 11/05/2025 00:00

🤝 Meeting point

The volunteers get picked up by the train station in Dornbirn.

ℹ️ Additional information

The volunteer will have following trainings and opportunities: - On-arrival Training; organised by the NA Austria - Midterm-Meeting; organised by the NA Austria - German course; organised by the supporting/coordinating organisation - Regular evaluation meetings together with the supporting/coordinating organisation - Regular meetings with your mentor in the hosting organisation

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

AT45808

06/10/2025 at 00:00 → 30/09/2026 at 00:00

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Deadline: 11/05/2025

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

Hohenems, Austria

Austria

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 22:06 (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