📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteer will be working inside our regional office located in Etoile-sur-Rhône. The activities during his/her mission will be:
- Observation and research regarding the different kinds of games, pedagogics and the inventory of games that can serve as a support for intercultural encounters
- Transmission of these tools to our members, our activity supervisors
- Transmission to people engaged on our international projects
- Meeting with young French and foreign volunteers to analyze and understand the barriers to play
- Organization of events related to playing and intercultural meeting
- Creation of games which can be re-used as a support to raise awareness of dialog between different cultures
- Promotion of volunteering and the ESC program
- Drafting of an appendix to our "Workcamp Leader" booklet to transmit support games, with the rules and implementation.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The participant has to get to the Valence train station by his/her own means (plane to Paris/Lyon, then train to Valence). From there, he/she will be picked up to Etoile-sur-Rhône. Beforehand, the participant has to send us his/her travel documents so that we can help him/her and justify its travelling expenditures.
He/she will be accommodated on site at the Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs, in a shared room. Kitchen and bathroom are provided in the building. The participant will cook for himself/herself. Wi-Fi and computer will be provided, as well as a washing machine.
🎒 Leisure activities
- Social skills and listening
- Soft skills and adaptability within a group with several cultures and social backgrounds
- Basics and guidelines regarding game pedagogics and its authors
- Adapting to different audiences: children, youth, adults, from different cultures and social backgrounds
- Fostering teamwork and initiative through activities set up during the “field” part
- Writing and speaking in French and/or in English
- Practicing organization, public speaking, autonomy.
- Being able to manage a project from scratch: planning, logistics, leadership, assessment.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: Essential: driving license
We wish to receive a volunteer who is interested in games and convinced of their utility. He/she must be able to transmit its passion of playing. Knowing and playing a large number of games is a plus.
No diploma or competence is expected.
The volunteer will have to be dynamic and social, because he will need to meet others to complete his/her mission. He/she will also be willing to learn and master new tools.
Speaking French is a big plus.
The volunteer has to enjoy living in the countryside, be autonomous, able to adapt and comfortable with group life.
Deadline: Application deadline: 15/05/2022
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.