República Checa

2988

Data de início: 06-09-2013

Data de fim: 05-09-2014

Vagas: 1

Duração: 12 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 31-03-2013

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 95 €

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Resumo: The hosting organization is located in a big city with about 95,000 inhabitants. It is situated in a beautiful valley. The city is surrounded by hills, which offer interesting opportunities for smaller trips or hiking. Like other similar sized cities, the city offers many things to do in your free time: music clubs, cinemas, theaters, bowling and minigolf clubs, a swimming pool, an ice skating stadium, cycle routes, etc. The city itself has a long industrial history and it is not considered to be architecturally beautiful. All parts of the city are very well opereted by the public city transport throught the day and to some extent at night as well. The city also has a University which has more than 12,000 students. This is a good resource for our volunteers to find other university-aged people and foreigners to connect with.

EVS volunteers live in the former Dominican monastery, where there are rooms for other people for rent. They live in a single room with Internet connection. The other rooms and facilities are shared. Volunteers use a shared bathroom, kitchen, fridge, and washing machine. There is also a monastery garden for use in the summer. Bed linen is provided by our organisation. Our organisation head office is located in the Dominican monastery as well and volunteers have a free access to the computer there.

The monastery itself is situated in the very convenient centre. Volunteers have extremely easy and convenient access to different shops, restaurants, the train station, main bus stops, and other services in the city.

Perfil: The motivation of a volunteer for our project is the key for the success of his or her project. The volunteer should ideally be a responsible person, who is able to fulfill agreed tasks and follow his or her schedule. The common language between the employees and volunteers is English and it is recommended that they be able to understand and speak a basic level of English.

Any previous experience with work with children and youth is welcomed, but is not a necessity. The project is very suitable for volunteers who are interested in work with children and youth in the areas of social work, free time activities and non-formal education.

We are open to cooperate with any type of Sending Organisation fullfilling the principles and rules of the Youth in Action programme.

Volunteers can contact us directly or with the help of their Sending Organisation throughout the year. We require a CV and motivation letter from the volunteer to consider his or her eligibility for our project. The motivation letter should describe the volunteer’s specific motivation for our project and selection of the activities that he or she would like to participate in. We guarantee a transparent selection process and willingness to answer any project-related questions from the candidates.

Tarefas: After arrival, each EVS volunteer has allotted time for acclimating into his or her new setting. During the first week he or she gets to know his or her mentor, other YMCA staff and volunteers, and YMCA activities and facilities in the city. The volunteer will go through our health, safety and youth work trainings before starting work and his or her schedule and language course will be discussed as well. YMCA has a project manager who is responsible for each EVS project and will be available for volunteer during the whole project. The volunteer has a regular team and individual meetings with the leader which are focused on the volunteer″s managing tasks, his or her additional needs or requests, evaluation of recent activities, plans for the upcoming weeks and other important issues as needed. During the project we offer extra trainings to the volunteers in these areas: indoor climbing training with or without certification, social services in the Czech Republic (principles of social services, laws, quality standards, etc.), MS Office user`s skills and project management in the frame of the Youth in Action programme.

Our volunteers can participate in the following projects and activities:

Youth club Orion and Climbing centre are situated in the district, which is within a 10-minute commute by public transport from the city centre. Mother centre is located a 12-minute commute by public transport) and climbing club is located in the city centre.

Youth club is a drop-in centre for children and youth which are or may be threatened by social exclusion. The club is a safe place with a no-smoking and drug-free policy and is open four days a week in the afternoon. Entry is allowed to kids and youth aged 12-18 without any race, gender, religious or social discrimination. Entry is also free, without any conditions of membership, fees or compulsory participation in any activity.

Young visitors can just sit down and talk with friends and workers of the club or use some equipment of the club. Our equipment options consist of table soccer, table tennis, computers with Internet, desktop games, and juggling equipment.

There are usually one or two special activities during each month (tournaments, film showing, discussion, etc). The volunteer will work in cooperation with social workers and other volunteers in the club.

Volunteer’s work in the club:
- to participate in free time activities with youth in the club, which is the main activity of volunteers in the club
- to help the staff with day-to-day operation of the club and special activities within the club
- the volunteer can prepare and lead his or her own activity according to his or her skills and interests on a weekly or every-other weekly basis (dance, music, sports, English language).

Schedule:
The club is open throughout the whole year and volunteer spend there from 20 to 75 % of his or her weekly schedule.

Climbing club is an indoor climbing centre with a boulder and a small bar which are open to the general public throughout the whole week in the afternoon and early evening. And another Climbing centre is an outdoor climbing centre with a 12 meter high climbing wall and small boulder and is also open on working days in the afternoon. Visitors must pay a fee in both facilities.

Volunteer’s work in the centre:
- to help with day-to-day operation of the centre and with prepared activities for visitors (i.e. climbing lessons for children).

Schedule:
The climbing club is open throughout the whole year and the other climbing centre is open from April to October each year. Volunteer can work there from 0 to 35 % of his or her weekly schedule.

Exist an open group of local youth (from 15 to 20 years of age) performing arts (choir, band, drama). They also regularly cooperate with other groups in Czech Republic.

Volunteer’s work in this place:
The volunteer will help with preparing and running the TenSing group. He or she will work in cooperation with the TenSing leader.

Schedule:
The members meet at least once a week in the afternoon during the school year and the volunteer can work there from 0 to 25 % of his or her weekly schedule
Mother’s centre The volunteer will help with day-to-day operation of the centre and its activities for infants, small children and their families.

Schedule:
Opening time of Mother’s centre Baby club is changing every half year, but most of the activities are run in the morning during the school year. Volunteer can spend there from 0 to 25 % of his or her weekly schedule.

Your country club is a voluntary activity for volunteers which offers them an opportunity to organize and lead his or her own activity about his or her country, language, culture, food, etc. Long-term running clubs include foreign language lessons (usually volunteer`s native language) for the public.

Schedule:
This activity is open to the public and takes place each week or twice a month during the school year. Volunteer can spend there from 0 to 35 % of his or her weekly schedule.

Other activities - The volunteer helps with different short-term activities which occur throughout the year and were agreed upon in advance by both sides. Most of these activities are taking place in public places from spring to autumn each year. There are usually one or two activities each month.

Volunteer’s work in other short-term activities:
- to help with organizing and running short-term activities and projects which include concerts, exhibitions, tournaments, lectures, free time activities, trips, and promotional activities.

The volunteer’s regular work schedule is set individually according to his or her wishes, skills and our needs.
The time involvement in each activity differs for each volunteer, but in at least 60% of his or her work schedule he or she will cooperate with other EVS volunteers. We expect volunteer’s flexibility for participation in the mentioned short-term activities. All activities, except the climbing centre, are closed during the weekend. The volunteer should announce his or her holiday plans at least two weeks advance. Hour-long Czech language lessons usually take place twice a week for at least 6 months.

Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em inglês