Vacancy 8 : OŠ JELA JANEŽIČA AND RESIDENTIAL HOME
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About the project
Vacancy 8 : OŠ JELA JANEŽIČA AND RESIDENTIAL HOME
📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
Residential treatment institution for children (working hours 10.00 – 15.30 or 15.00 – 22.00) is organized as a group of community homes for children and youth with behavioral and emotional disorders. They organize programs to support children and their families according to their needs and goals. The programs include diverse socio-pedagogical activities, counselling, sports, arts and other activities.
Part of the volunteering will be also dedicated to Primary School, which is a primary school for children with special needs. The school educates children with intellectual disabilities and helps children and youngsters with specific learning difficulties.
The chosen volunteer will be involved in the work of both organizations. They will assist with the daily activities, help with the program, organize and implement different workshops. This placement requires certain experience and knowledge from work with vulnerable groups and also some knowledge of pedagogy and psychology is also very recommended. Arts and craft are especially welcomed in both basic organizations, so the volunteer should be prepared to be active in the fields of dancing, music and/or art.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will be accommodated in two fully furnished apartments with WiFi on the main square of Škofja Loka, an old historical town with about 13.000 inhabitants, located 25 km NW from Ljubljana. Each volunteer will stay in a single bedroom with shared cooking, washing, laundry and social facilities. Volunteers will cook by themselves, and a monthly food allowance of 180€ will be provided. They will be also entitled to a monthly allowance of 120€. A bike will be provided to each of the volunteers and the tickets for public transportation, if required for the purpose of the project.
📍 About the location
Škofja Loka lies at the confluence of Selška and Poljanska Sora rivers near Škofjeloško hribovje. It is 25 km from Ljubljana, 40 km from Bled and 120 km from the Slovenian coast. Due to its central European location, it is also easy to visit nearby European cities. Budapest is 500 km from Škofja Loka, Venice 250 km, Vienna 350 km, Zagreb 170 km.
Škofja Loka is a regional center with all the necessary infrastructure. We have a library, a post office, banks, numerous restaurants and pubs, four sports halls and other recreational facilities, a cinema, a theatre, a paintball, shooting, beekeeping, climbing, mountaineering club, an animal shelter, yoga and dance classes, an orchestra and a folklore club. Volunteers can join all theses activities and many more. Language should not be an obstacle because everyone speaks English well.
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteers also have a stimulating effect on the Škofja Loka living environment. The city is just small enough and enables young people to be familiar with each other, but it is also an environment that enables individuals to engage in the society.
The areas surrounding Škofja Loka have many possibilities for activities in nature, which also include various forms of recreation such as hiking, running, and cycling. This gives individuals genuine contact with nature and additional opportunities.
⚠️ Requirements
Volunteer profile
Candidates should be self-initiative, motivated, flexible, patient, creative, open-minded, communicative, interested in working with children and adolescents, and they should be able to speak English. Past experience in pedagogy, youth work and leisure are welcomed. Abilities in music, sports, manual activities, handcrafts, dance, art and/or multimedia would also be convenient. The future volunteer should bring in their own ideas into the project and be prepared to create, plan and execute their own projects. We do not appreciate 24/7 smartphone-centered people.
Guidance
Each volunteer will have a work coordinator who will follow the volunteer’s achievements, involve them in the work processes and inform them about the organizations and people involved. Volunteers will be also responsible for the preparation of YouthPass, which will be created by each of them. The work coordinators will ensure that the tasks of the volunteers are clearly defined and well-executed.
Mentors will provide personal support to volunteers and include them in the local environment, social life, local customs and lifestyle.
Language support will include the Slovene language course, where volunteers will get acquainted with the Slovene language organically.
Supervision and work coordinating will be implemented by the project coordinator, who will be in direct contact with everyone involved in the project. He is responsible for the quality preparation and the project implementation.
ℹ️ Additional information
If you are from EU country and you are interested in the project and want to be a volunteer, send us your CV and motivational letter to [email protected]
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SVIFR_SVIBE_FAMI_JELA
30/09/2020 → 01/07/2021
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
4220 Škofja Loka, Slovenia
Slovenia
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Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
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