Alemanha

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Data de início: 01-09-2012

Data de fim: 01-08-2013

Vagas: 1

Duração: 11 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 01-01-2012

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 105 €

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Resumo: Vocational School for Social Pedagogy in Gengenbach.
The School is located on a hill not far away from the center of the town of Gengenbach.
The students are taught by a mixed team of younger and experienced teachers with various qualifications and professional experience.
In our opinion learning is not only a cognitive process of accumulation of knowledge but a lively process of exchange and interaction. Therefore we set value on cooperation in learning groups. To develop class communities study trips are inherent part of the learning program.
The teaching contents are not structured by subjects but by operational fields and fields of learning. It's our aim to acquaint our students with current and practice-oriented topics, to motivate them to self-directed learning and to convey them to essential skills and abilities. Therefore a large part of the schooling consists of action-oriented learning situations and educational projects.
Basic principle of the vocational training and the cohabitation in the FSP is a basic understanding of human beings oriented at biblical-christian traditions. Hence deduced are values and attitudes, which should form the culture of the school on all levels.
Outside the classroom experience is of vital importance for the vocational training, so students can apply under guidance what they learned in the vocational school.
This practical training is only possible in close cooperation between vocational school and facilities of social work, therefore a training kindergarten is affiliated to the vocational school.
Principles of our work that should be followed by European Volunteers:
- Interest and motivation for the conjoint work
- Willingness to get in touch with other people
- Cooperation, dedication and ability to reflexion
- Openness to new topics, processes and methods
- Friendliness and willingness to cooperate
- psychological stability
- Sence for art and creativity
- Reliability and readiness to take on responsibility

Perfil: Volunteers should have an interest in social work and should be open to interact with disadvantaged people who are threatended with social exclusion.
Previous knowledge of work with children and young people as well as disadvantaged people could be helpful.
It's necessary for the volunteers to be sociable and outgoing, to have enthusiasm, and to be tolerant to foreign cultures. Volunteers should be able to act on their own initiative, but also cooperate in a team.
Volunteers should have a basic knowledge of German and the willingness to learn german language.
A driving license class B would be helpful.
Candidates should describe their motivation for a voluntary service in this project in a detailed motivation letter. Important are neither national or social background, gender, language skills nor level of education, but a convincingly motivation.

Tarefas: Volunteers get the opportunity to contribute - under guidance of staff members - to the support and leisure time program of the vocational school and the affiliated residential hall. Furthermore volunteers can take on tasks of child care in the affiliated training kindergarten. Volunteers can introduce their own ideas and abilities like artisanal skills, computer literacy, graphic design, mechanical skills, music playing etc.
In the beginning the volunteer will only assist the groupleaders, later she/he will take on responsibility - as far as admitted by legal liabilities.
Emphatically volunteers are invited to bring in their own ideas. Staff members will appreciate all initiatives to develop additional proposals for leisure time activities and will support planning and realization. Volunteers could develop their ideas for new games, activities or stories into a personal project if they so wished - creative ideas are always welcome.

Horário: Volunteers are expected to accomplish a fulltime voluntary service of 35 hours per week. Overtime doing will be balanced by additional freetime.

Condições: The host organization provides continuous monitoring, including easy access to the contact person (Tutor), regular dialog with the volunteers, in which the options for personal development and the interests of the volunteer are being discussed.
To prevent crises from occurring in the first place, volunteers will be given any training necessary for them to carry out their tasks.
Volunteers will be informed about their rights, regulations in the host organization, consequences of unacceptable behaviour.
In terms of risk and crisis prevention it is very important to keep all persons involved in the project informed to be able to act immediately in the case of a crisis.
However if problems occur, volunteers have different people to contact and discuss problems with. The different people are pro-active in seeking area of concern and actively finding solutions to the issues arising.
The line manager in the respective working group is on hand daily for problems, the director of the hosting organisation is accessible for volunteers every day and the co-ordinator is available by e-mail and phone at every time but meets the volunteers weekly or biweekly during language training.
Weekly during language training volunteers can meet participants from other EVS-projects from the region to exchange experiences.
Volunteers wil have the opportunity to stay in contact with their family and sending organization via e-mail or telephone at least on a weekly basis.

The teaching staff of the vocational school are qualified specialists in Social or Therapeutic Pedagogy and apart from their theoretical knowledge they are experienced in practice. According to requirements of disadvantaged volunteers they will develop and carry out an individual concept for reinforced mentorship.
Volunteers with special needs could be accepted after consultation with the hosting as well as sending organisation to find and to agree appropriate opportunities of voluntary activities. According to the nature of disadvantages a preparatory visit will be planned.

Formação: During their activities volunteers will learn about social and emotional necessities of children and young people.
Volunteers will gain competences in social care for children and young people as well as sick and elderly people.
Having sole responsibility for design and realisation of leisure facilities will enhance self-assurance and self-confidence of volunteers.
Integration in a foreign culture and the self-determined life of the local community will afford volunteers a personal orientation and increase the development of future perspectives.
Participation in internal professional development activities will provide volunteers with specialised knowledge of the german nursery and education system.
Volunteers can take part in a language training for European Volunteers arranged by the coordinating organisation. The aim of the language training is the command of oral every day speech with a special focus on the terminology of social care. Through language training the volunteer should be enabled to manage typical situations of daily life they will be confronted with during their voluntary service.

Documentação: Cv, carta de motivação e Application form.

Download: EVS-questionnaire_Steinbeis.doc