📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
The youth center point focuses on the areas of leisure activities (indoor & outdoor activities, sport activities, cultural events, health etc.), information and counselling of youth who live in and around Jenbach. The main emphasis is being put on organising meaningful ways for young people to spend their free time.
Our visitors are between 10 and 18 years old. We provide a safe place where we meet their needs in a respectful atmosphere. Everybody is welcome, irrespective of their religion, background, nationality, gender, ...
We try to offer a secure environment for our young visitors and provide different possibilities to spend their spare time in a meaningful way. There is a regular weekly program and additionally we also music, dancing, different games, football and basketball, tabletop. We regularly organize parties and projects for and with young people.
🏠 Accommodation on site
We offer a flat where the volunteer will live on his or her own in Jenbach. The apartment is quite large, and it is close to the train station. Transportation to work is not needed; everything is within walking-distance. Public transport is easily accessible and well organized. The volunteer will be able to eat lunch at the local social centre five days a week (Mo-Fr). For breakfast, weekend days and holidays as well as for cooking dinner for him/herself occasionally, the volunteer will receive enough extra money. The volunteer will receive food money and a monthly pocket money of Euro 150.
🎒 Leisure activities
- German lessons at the University of Innsbruck
- Basic of Open Youthwork
- individuell trainings
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: We would be happy to host a volunteer, who:
• is interested in learning more about our youth work and who is open to working with children and youth
• is open-minded and creative
• is willing to work in a team and reflect her/his work
• is motivated to learn German (and some Tyrolean German dialect)
• brings her/his own culture and interests into the project
• is ready to volunteer for 10 months
Deadline: Application deadline: 21/06/2022
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.