República Checa

4173

Data de início: 01-09-2014

Data de fim: 01-06-2015

Vagas: 1

Duração: 9 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 11-03-2014

Esta vaga está reservada a voluntários portugueses

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 95 €

Candidatura: Para te poderes candidatar tens de fazer o teu login. Se ainda não estás registado faz o teu registo primeiro.

Resumo: About the city
The city is in the northern part There is about 30 000 inhabitants. The city is situated near Germany (about 10 km from borders) and about 90 km from Prague (the capital of the Czech Republic). It´s mostly an industrial city (chemical and mining industry). There is a small theatre, a cinema, a swimming pool, football and ice-hockey stadiums, cycle and in-line skates path in the city. There is a ski centre about 6 km far from the city.

There are excluded localities in the city and social problems and high unenployment too. There is a great deal of people only with lower level of education and strong minorities in the city.

Library
The library is in one building near the city centre. Users have access to Lending Room, Adult Book Fond Room, Adult Study Room (with periodics and 6 PC), PC Room (11 PC), Common Room (it’s used for presentations, exhibitions, senior club meetings etc., Children Book Fond Room, Children Study Room (with periodic and 6 computers) and Play Room (it’s used for courses, workshops, tournaments. There are free afternoons for children too. They can use game console, various desk games, etc.). In the first floor of the building there is a Cataloguing department and staff facility.

We have about 1 000 children users (up to 15 years of age) and 3 000 adult users. There are about 150 visitors per day (but sometimes more than 300).
The Volunteer will also have a shared workspace, but at least one computer will always be free for him/her.
There will be a project coordinator who will communicate with volunteer about his/her activities, needs and other problems. There will be regular meetings beetween volunteer and project coordinator. In the children department there will also be always someone who will be able to communicate with the volunteer in English.

Accomodation
A volunteer can use accomodation provided by Schola Humanitas.It is in the school dormitory only about 400 m from the library. There are single rooms with internet access. A Kitchen, a bathroom and toilets are shared.

Food
A Volunteer can eat in the school dormitory (they make breakfast, lunch and dinner for students). In other cases the volunteer can choose lunch from daily offers of companies that supply the library.

Perfil: We are looking for a creative, communicative, willing to work with children, open minded and willing to learn person.
He/she should be self-dependant.
A volunteer should be at least 18 years old.
We would like to use skype or a similar program to talk with candidates.
A volunteer will be chosen by a team of four library employees – library director,the head of children department, project coordinator and project assistant. The stress will be put on applicant abililities described above.
We prefer Sending Organisation with some experience.
Age: 18 until 30 years old.

Tarefas: We can offer an opportunity to learn how to work with children, how to be creative and open-minded. A volunteer can develop his/her own ideas about a program with children. It is possible to make a unique afternoon program for children. So our organisation is an ideal environment, where creativity, independence and work with children abilities can be developed. Many children come only to talk with librarians, so it will be also a good oportunity to improve communication skills.
The main line of activities in which the volunteer can participate is focused on children and teenagers.One of the main activities will be to lead meetings and workshops about volunter´s home country (about people, habits, culture, music, food, literature etc.). The role of the volunteer is to prepare a program for schools (preferable about the home country). Of course, the volunteer can suggest his/her own program. We would like to offer program about Europe from a different point of view.
The volunteer can be involved in activities like making a tournament for children (logic games, sports etc.), afternoon programs such as making a detective story for children, The haloween night in the library, or making Christmas presents for parents. We want to motivate children to be active, so the program depends only on our fantasy and creativity.
The volunteer could also improve an afternoon program for young visitors. In this program games, chats, workshops, or tournaments can be included. The volunteer can teach children games, which are typical for his/her country. There are courses concerning computers, photography etc. in the library, so later the volunteer can also create some other courses that depend of his/her own abilities.
He/she can also present volunteer´s home country with focus on the public. It should be series of exhibitions about his/her home country or culture, presentations and talks.
The volunteer can also join common library activities like lending books or helping users to find books. It will be welcommed because we expect a feedback and inspiration how to improve our daily routine.
The Volunteer will also attend Czech language classes.
Volunteer´s weekly workplan can for examle looks like that:
1) main activity – 40%
2) additional activities – 35%
3) Czech language classes, meetings with the project coordinator – 25%
It is possible that the mentioned percentages will change during the EVS. It will depend on volunteer´s specialization and additional activities.
Working hours will depend on volunteer´s activities and can be changeable.

Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em Inglês