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Data de início: 01-10-2012
Data de fim: 01-07-2013
Vagas: 1
Duração: 9 mes(es)
Data limite de candidatura: 09-01-2012
Financiamento: Candidatura
Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 105 €
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Resumo: We are looking for 1 volunteer for our environment project in Elche.
Perfil: Someone:
-motivated for the project
-who likes to relate with youth and work with them
-who can work in a team
-who considers him/herself able of carrying out the mentioned tasks
-with initiative and motivation during the project
-with an open character
In the Council we have prepared a document where we establish the steps to follow not only for the selection of the volunteer but also to establish tasks in the arrival and welcoming of the volunteer, integration to the city and its environment, training for the tasks, language training, follow up and evaluation, as well as relationship with the mentor, and the task instructor. This document is called "Socialising process of the EVS".
In this document we describe the selection process. First we have a pre-selection based on their cvs and motivation letters. After this the task instructor selects three cvs, we call the three candidates and we have a small interview with them through a questioner and we then make the final selection.
Tarefas: ROLE OF THE VOLUNTEER:
Once the volunteer has joined one of the specific departments, we will draw p an activity project, which will be assessed after its execution, all of this through team work and promotion of youth participation.
The volunteer will join the project as another member of the team, he/she can and must contribute ideas, he/she should also show initiative and get involved as much as it's possible for a European Volunteer. The volunteer is seen as a collaborator in the project and activities, he/she will have the only responsibilities a European volunteer can have, and will always be supervised by a responsible member of the team.
The European volunteers will never replace any paid job.
ACTIVITIES
We will centre in the Council and areas where the European Volunteers would participate.
1. Youth: the City Council of Elche has been coming working for over 10 years for young people between 14 to 35 years. The work is focused in three areas: Advising, Leisure Programme and Youth Formation.
2. Education
We carry out, among other, the following activities:
work in primary public schools of the city,
Workshops for minors,
Adult People Education Programme, Classes of Spanish language for foreigners in the Socio-cultural Centres, Classes of reading and writing. Courses of access to professional cycles of high degree (for people older than 20 who lack the needed degree to do high degree studies. Courses of access to professional cycles of intermediate degree
3. Social welfare: The Council of Social welfare offers services to help and support the citizens with their personal and social development. The volunteer will collaborate in the following tasks:
- Women Area: Support tasks of information, training and advice to women to cover their needs.
- Elderly people: Support activities, personalised care, accompanying disabled people or people who live alone, etc.
- Disabled people: accompanying, help and support in carrying out daily activities. Collaborate in workshops and training activities for people with learning and physical disabilities. Day centres to develop activities and get professional care.
- Collaboration in the activities of the Social Centres: in each neighbourhood there is a Social centre, which is a reference point for the population. In these spaces there are many activities, for neighbours of all ages.
- Immigration: we organise activities so the immigrant associations can make their culture, traditions, history and way of life known in our city.
Horário: EXAMPLE OF THE TIMETABLE OF A VOLUNTEER IN THE YOUTH CENTRE FROM THE YOUTH AREA
DAY 1
9:00 h Breakfast
10:00 Coordination meeting with the working team: professionals and local volunteers (1h)
11:00 Work in the Youth Department.
Talks in a secondary school to publicise activities (2h)
13:00 Lunch
15:00 Spanish Lessons ( 1h 30 min)
18:00 Workshop at the Youth Centre with young people
21:30 End of work
22:00 Evening meal
DAY 2
9:00 h Breakfast
10:00 Meeting with mentor ( 1 h)
11:00 Work in the Youth department. Diffusion of the Programme
13:00 Lunch
18:00 Work in the Youth Centre
21:30 End of work
22:00 Evening meal
DAY 3
9:00 h Breakfast
10:00 Work in the Youth Department. Talks in the Secondary Schools
13:00 Lunch
18:00 Work in the Youth Centre
DIA 4
9:00 h Breakfast
10:00 Work in the Youth department. Difussion of the EVS (search for projects, helping users with their cv writing, etc.) (2h)
13:00 Lunch
18:00 Work in the Youth Centre
21:30 End of work
DIA 5
9:00 h Breakfast
10:00 Work in the Youth department. Helping with the diffusion of the activities in the city ( 2h)
13:00 Lunch
18:00 Work in the Youth Centre
21:30 End of work
22:00 Evening meal
The volunteer's week will be of 32 hours and 30 minutes, of which no more than 10% will be administrative tasks. He/she will receive 3 to 4 hours of Spanish lessons during the week.
Condições: We have not planned to host underage volunteers due to the maturity required to carry pout the tasks we propose.
The Town Council of Elche provides the volunteers with the following aspects to cover unforeseen circumstances:
AXA insurance provided by the European Commission, which covers anything from hospital expenses, accidents, doctors, etc.
Civil responsibility insurance: The council has an insurance that covers any person who collaborates or Works as a volunteer in the organisation.
Accident insurance: The organisation will provide the young person with a Volunteer card, which will gain him/her access to sports facilities and coves them against any accident that might happen while in there.
Mentor: is a person who orientates and supports the volunteer during his/her stay, so there is always somebody to consult or go to. The volunteer will meet once a week with the mentor and will have the opportunity to contact his/her mentor whenever necessary..
Formação: WHAT WE OFFER VOLUNTEERS:
- Hosting volunteer protocol: We have designed a document with the steps and phases to follow for a satisfactory development of the project. This document specifies all the figures that take part: mentor, task instructor, collaborators, etc.); as well as the different phases of the project: volunteer selection, tasks, follow up and evaluation, integration to the city, etc.
- Language training: through an agreement established with the University Miguel Hernandez, the volunteer will attend classes of Spanish language (according to his/her level) together with other Erasmus students of the university. There is a certificate at the end of the course.
-Intensive Linguistic training: for volunteers with no previous knowledge of Spanish, we offer intensive Spanish classes for the first 2 months.
-Specific training: they attend a training course to carry out the programme and project tasks.
-Basic volunteering training: they attend a basic course about volunteering together with the group of local volunteers of the city given by professionals.
-Computer training: they attend computer classes given by the city council to its employees to know and improve the use of the package Office XP.
-Cooking training: Spanish basic cooking classes. In these classes they are taught how to cook Spanish omelette, salads, paellas and even typical dishes.
-Support: The European Volunteers are accompanied during their two first months of stay in the projects by local volunteers in their free time so they know the places to go out. We consider this very important for the integration of the volunteer in the active city life as any other citizen..
-Telephone: opportunity of calling home once a week from the City council
-Material: needed working for their tasks (notebooks, CDs, pen drive, etc.)
-New technologies: the volunteer has to his availability a computer with Windows XP, Office package and connection to Internet, so they can contact their friends at home. This small detail helps volunteers in their moments of melancholy.
-Mentorship: the mentor has a lot of experience in the programme and with volunteering. He supports, is the mentor and accompanies the Volunteers during the whole project. The Volunteers can contact him whenever they need it.
-Working team: the European volunteer joins a working team of professionals and local volunteers. This allows him/her know and to develop team work and in his/her professional future.
-Letter of recommendation: we give a certificate and letter of recommendation explaining the learned aptitudes and the acquired experience.
Documentação: CV, Carta de Motivação e Application Form.
