Espanha

3988

Data de início: 01-10-2014

Data de fim: 30-06-2015

Vagas: 1

Duração: 9 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 01-02-2014

Financiamento: Reprovado

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 105 €

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Resumo: The City Council has the following areas: secretary, Intervention, Treasury, Public Funds and Promotion, Recruitment, and Maintenance Services, Human Resources and Quality, Sociocultural and Urbanism.

With this structure, we focus on the social welfare, particularly in the Department of Youth and European Cooperation where volunteers were part of the following departments:
1. Social Services, Women, Elderly, Immigration
2. Education
3. Youth
4. Cooperation
5. Environment

Each volunteer will be part of a program or service from one of these departments, then those young people will contribute to the European dimension but he / she will not be essential in the preparation of the service / program.

LOCAL COMMUNITY
The hosting organization is located south(Spain). The population is about 230,000. Area: 326 km2. It is one of the largest cities by population size and resources. More than 30% of its population is aged between 15-30 years (69,702 people).

The city is an active and enterprising city that has an economic model that has played a key role in the shoe manufacturing industry and its ancillary industry and complementary.

In 2000, it was approved as foster economic project and achieve the diversification of ECONOMIC activity in the city. To achieve this financial goal defined a series of action plans on trade, tourism, agriculture, industrial and business services.

The city has many youth centers scattered around the village and hamlets with what gives us a large influx of young audiences.

The city has two official languages: Castilian and Valenciano.
Volunteers do not live in the same place as the beneficiaries of the project.

Volunteers will share flat with young people.

Perfil: The criterion we use for the selection process is:
We seek a person like:
- Motivated by the project.
- Who likes to interact with young people and work with them.
- You can work in groups.
- To be eligible for the above tasks.
- With initiative and motivation during the project
- With an open mind.
From City have prepared a document where we establish the next steps on arrival and welcome volunteers, integration into the city, training tasks, language training, monitoring and evaluation, also the relationship with the mentor. This document is called "Socialising process of the EVS".
In this paper we describe the selection process. First we make a pre-selection with cv and cover letters received. After this, the service technician select multiple cv and sent them to fill out a short form, we call these candidates and have a little
phone interview with them and then make the final selection.
Age: 18 until 30 years old

Tarefas: WE OFFER TO VOLUNTEERS:
-Protocol welcome: we have designed a document with the steps to follow for the successful development of the project. This project specifies all the figures that are part: mentor, instructor, partners, etc..; Also the different phases of the project: selection of volunteers, tasks, implementation and evaluation, integration in the city, etc..
-Language training: we have an agreement established with the University “Miguel Hernández”, volunteers attend Spanish classes (depending on your level) with students of the Erasmus University. They will have an accreditation at the end of the course,
- Intensive language training: for volunteers without previous knowledge of the Spanish language, we offer intensive Spanish courses during the first 2 months.
- Specific training: the volumtarios will attend training to carry out the program and project tasks.
- Basic Training: attend a basic course about volunteering with other local volunteer groups taught by professionals.
- Training computer: asitirán computer classes taught by trainers in juvenile centers in the city, using Office XP.
- Training gastronomic Spanish basic cooking classes. They teach you how to cook an omelette, paella or tapas.
- Personal support: European volunteers are accompanied by the first 2 months of the project by local volunteers in their spare time so they know where to go. We consider important the integration of volunteers with life in our city and other citizens.
- Phone: volunteers are able to make a call a week from the city.
- Material: available office supplies necessary to perform their tasks (notebooks, CD, pen, etc..).
- New technologies: volunteers are available to Windows XP computers, internet connection, so can contact friends. This will help in times melancholy.
- Mentor: The mentor, Jose Manuel Garcia, has plenty of experience with the program and volunteers. He helps and accompanies throughout volunteering. They can contact when needed.
- Co-workers: European volunteers join a group of professionals and local volunteers. This allows them to learn about a team for their professional future.
- Letter of recommendation: volunteers have available an ceritificado and a letter of recommendation explaining the lessons learned.

VOLUNTEER ROLE:
Once the volunteer has joined the specific department, establish project activities, which will be evaluated after implementation, all this with a team and promoting youth participation.
The volunteer will join the project as one more member of the group and can contribute ideas and showing initiatives and participate in all the activities they want. The volunteer will be as a collaborator on the project and activities, he / she alone is responsible for a European Voluntary have, and will always be supervised by a group leader. The European Voluntary never replace a worker.

ACTIVITIES:
We will focus on the city and the areas where volunteers participate:

1. Youth: The City has over 10 years working with young people aged between 14 and 35. The work focuses on three areas: counseling, recreational program and youth training.

2. Education:
They are held among others the following activities:
- Collaborate in primary schools in the city.
- Jobs for minors.
- Programs ecucación adult Spanish classes for foreigners in the socio-cultural centers, reading and writing classes. Courses for university entrance (for those over 25 years).

3. Social welfare: the City Social Welfare provides assistance and support services to the citizens in their personal and social development. The volunteer will work on the following tasks:
- Area women: support for the tasks of information, training and advice to women to cover their needs.
- Seniors: support activities, personal care, assistance to disabled persons or persons living alone, etc..
- Disabled: accompaniment, support and help in daily activities. Collaborate in activities with people with psychological problems
- Collaboration in social center activities. In every neighborhood there is a social center as a reference point for the population. In these centers there are many activities for residents of all ages.
- Immigration: organize activities for immigrant associations in order to learn about their cultures.

4. Environment Department in collaboration with the awareness and protection of our sites. We have a large population of palm trees throughout the municipality.

Horário: EXAMPLE SCHEDULE OF A VOLUNTEER IN YOUTH CENTERS IN THE AREA OF YOUTH
day 1
9:00 Breakfast
10:00 Meeting with the coordination team: professional and local volunteers (1h).
11:00 Assist in the youth department. Conversations in secondary schools to spread activities (2 h)
13:00 Lunch
15:00 Spanish Lessons (1h 30 min)
18:00 Tasks at the youth center with youth
21:30 End of the day
22:00 Dinner

day 2
9:00 Breakfast
10:00 Meeting with the tutor (1 h)
11:00 Assist in the youth department. Spreading the youth program
13:00 Lunch
18:00 Tasks at the youth center with youth
21:30 End of the day
22:00 Dinner

Day 3
9:00 Breakfast
10:00 Assist in the youth department. Conversations in secondary schools
13:00 Lunch
18:00 Tasks at the youth center with youth

day 4
9:00 Breakfast
10:00 Assist in the youth department. Spreading the EVS program (search projects, helping young people to write their cv, etc) (2 h)
13:00 Lunch
18:00 Tasks at the youth center
21:30 End of the day

day 5
9:00 Breakfast
10:00 Assist in the youth department. Helping spread the activities of the city (2 h)
13:00 Lunch
18:00 Tasks at the youth center
21:30 End of the day
22:00 Dinner

Volunteers will make about 32 hours and 30 minute ride to the week, with no more than 10% in administrative jobs. Receive 3 or 4 four hours a week of Spanish classes a week

Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em Inglês