ESC: Young Leader for Berlin Youth Center 'HeldInnen Raum'

Name: ESC: Young Leader for Berlin Youth Center 'HeldInnen Raum'
Start: 2024-09-01
End: 2025-08-31
Location: Berlin, Germany

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Germany Culture Education Environment European Voluntary Service Social work Culture Education +3 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The non-profit association FORUM KREUZBERG is an association of various individual projects in the field of relationship services. All these projects are located in Berlin Kreuzberg. They have to do with care and support, training and further education of people in different life situations and ages.
The association, FORUM KREUZBERG, is active in the following fields:
- Waldorf Kindergarten
4 groups for 70 children, girls and boys, from 1.5 years up to school

- MTSB - Studio
Full-time and part-time theatre studies based on Michael Chekhov's acting method

- Living-Way
Adult education, social and individual development, biography work

- Children- and Youthclub (this will be the place for the European Volunteers)
Project for children and young people aged 6-14 with and without a migration and refugee background

💼 What the programme involves

"HeldInnen Raum“ at Forum Kreuzberg is searching for 1 volunteer to work at a children and youth center in Berlin. The goal of the work is to enable children (6-13 years) from different backgrounds to spend some quality time. During the ESC, the volunteer will learn about different facets of youth work in a theoretical and practical approach. He/she will have several opportunities to get in contact with other volunteers. He/she will participate in team consultations, internal and external meetings and professional trainings. The volunteer will work in a team and be responsible for certain tasks. It is possible to choose a project on which he/she can focus referring to his/her interests and talents. These projects could be: creative offers of any kind, music-pedagogical or other projects for example recycling and upcycling-projects, or projects about earth, water, air. The main task is to provide leisure time offers such as cultural activities, arts and creative workshops and sports.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation & Food: The volunteer will live in a guest family or will share a flat with other volunteers.

🍲 Food

Money for food will be provided on a monthly basis (9,00€ per day)

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: It is an advantage to have basic knowledge of German, good skills in spoken English. Some experience in work with children are recommended. Experience with disabled children would be nice, but not necessary. It is required a teamwork spirit and the ability to work independently. The youth center welcomes motivated, flexible, friendly, curious, self-confident volunteers with good communication skills and a sense of humor. Gender, religion, political and sexual orientation are not considered in the selection, volunteers are chosen regarding their abilities, experiences, interests and motivation.
Deadline: No application deadline

ℹ️ Additional information

Local Transport: The volunteer will receive a monthly ticket for public transportation in Berlin. Pocket money: will be provided on a monthly basis (6,00€ per day).

The volunteer is going to receive support and information before the start of their service. In Germany, he/she is going to participate in mandatory seminars. This way we are ensuring that the volunteer is enabled to make the most of his/her time and has the chance for rapid personal development. At the youth center the volunteer is going to be assigned a mentor to help. Another person, working for the VJF, is helping out with bureaucratical hurdles and problems that may be occurring in the working environment.

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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