Holanda

4490

Data de início: 02-09-2014

Data de fim: 01-07-2015

Vagas: 1

Duração: 10 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 14-04-2014

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 115 €

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Resumo: The project is based in a Dominican monastery of brothers and sisters, situated just outside the city center in the vibrant middle and working class neighbourhood.The Dominicans are a Catholic order. They are also called the order of preachers: as such they highly value study. encounter and dialogue. They seek for what is meaningful, authentic and real in life and thus seek a life style beyond material values. The Dominicans in the Netherlands are very involved and engaged in society and there’s a large group of people engaged in the goings-on of the Monastery.

Youth Centre is located on the premises of the monastery. The volunteers share accommodation in a nice flat close to the Monastery with all the necessary amenities. Even though the volunteers do not live on the premises, we do ask volunteers to come with an open mind towards religion and interest in the lived reality of the people in the Monastery.

Through their placements in a wide variety of social projects, the volunteers experience a part of the lived realities of a wide range of inhabitants: people with all kinds of learning disabilities, psychiatric backgrounds, homeless people. Their contribution in exisiting volunteering organisations (such as a creative atelier, social-cultural association, neighbourhood centre, youth centre, meal providers for homeless, thrift store) givs them insight in the functioning of the society and how volunteer work both from locals and their own engagement creates social cohesion and civic participation.

Their social context is partly built-in in the group dimension of the project: they have each other as support structure, but also their mentors function as such. The people living in the Monastery are mostly old and not immediate friend material. However, they are interested in and engaged with the youth work in general. Over the time they spend in the Netherlands, the work places and other engagements become the providers of the strongest social links.

Perfil: The work you’lll be doing in our project requires that you are open-minded, social and
fundamentally interested in other people, even if at face value you have little in common with them. Also, you need to be able to take initiative both towards people and regarding
your tasks and projects.
Age: 17 - 30 years old

Tarefas: The 10 months at the Dominican community can roughly be divided in three parts: the very first weeks after arrival, the weeks of language training and ongoing
introductions and the bulk of your EVS, the time you will be working in the youth centre and in various other projects around the city.
Here comes some more info.

Phase 1: Intro weeks
The first week and a half of EVS, the programme aims to introduce the volunteers to all the people and places relevant for the time they will be living and working in the Dominican Monastery. Over these two weeks increasingly large circles of familiarity are drawn.
This means that the program will start with the people immediately
i n v o l v e d w i t h t h e E V S - programme: the five EVS-ers, the youth workers responsible for the program and the mentors.
Then, secondly, there is the wider circle of the community living and working in the Monastery: the brothers, the management, people from the kitchen. Various members of the Dominican family will share stories about their life and commitment, their motivation
and their inspiration so the volunteers get familiar with the context. This will hopefully help them in their work in the youth centre.
Of course, this is also the time to get acquainted with the city and i t s s u r roundings and the possibilities it offers both for volunteer engagement and for leisure time activities!
During these weeks, we will start working on programs and projects for the youth centre: a
youth exchange program, the young carers’ program and last but not least, hosting weekend
groups.
In the first few weeks, there is quite some time spent cycling around the city to make visits to places where the volunteers can work during their EVS. People in many projects are waiting to welcome them and to provide a good working environment!
These work visits will continue in phase 2.
Hopefully, by the end of these two weeks, the group will be familiar with each other and with the context and they can start the next phase of the EVS-program:learning Dutch.

Phase 2: Intensive Dutch learning weeks I n t h e w e e k s a f t e r t h e introductory program the group of EVS’ers will go through an intensive programme (and it is really intensive, so be prepared for studying and using your brain!) to learn Dutch provided by
a certified teacher of Dutch as a second language. This course taught will provide the basic language skills needed to work in the Monastery and community.
Through the year, all volunteers will receive individual tutoring from a Dutch teacher to increase their language skills (both active and passive), possibly up to level
of taking a state test for a Dutch as a second language (which g r a n t s access t o h i g h e r education in the Netherlands). These weeks they will also continue to explore the various possibilities of voluntary work in the city. During this phase, the volunteers will start working in two places: firstly one day a week in the Monastery and one day (or part of a day) in a place of their choosing.
They will also attend the Youth in Action Netherlands on-arrival training, which will not only prepare them for the EVSexperience, but also offers the opportunity to meet up with many other EVS’ers in the Netherlands: very useful for couch-surfing and exploring the country!

Phase 3: The rest of your EVS After these weeks of intensive language training and orientation, each volunteer is ready to start on the majority of their EVS-time.
They’ll work in various projects in the city (or surroundings) for 3 days a week. The first couple of months the project provides them with places to work in: some may
be a bit out of your comfort zone, but why do EVS if you want to stay in your comfort zone? If a place is not a good fit, it is possible to talk things through and explore different options after the Christmas break.
One day a week the volunteers will work in the and around the Youth Centre and the Monastery.
This day is designated to practical work in the organization. The volunteers are the hosts of the groups that use the building. This means that they ensure the rooms are clean and tidy, that there are beverages and that the electronic equipment functions.
During the day, they are on the premises to assist the groups in their practical requests. But, while the groups meet, the volunteers will aid the youth workers with all
kinds of different tasks.

One day a week is used as group day. The morning is used for practical matters around the
volunteers’ life. In the afternoon, there is time for training, discussion or work on projects for the youth work in and around the monastery.

Condições: Living: You share an apartment (outside the monastery) with four other volunteers. You take care of the household together (cleaning, cooking, shopping).
Supervision:Two youth workers are your primary persons of reference and every Wednesday is a day of reflection and training.
Language:Dutch and English. You’ll get Dutch language courses, three times a week,
in the first month and a half after arrival. After that you’ll get a language coach who coaches you two hours every week.
Breaks: Yours to decide when, but in general a Christmas break and one week optional in
spring

Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em Inglês + Application Form

Download: 4490 - Application Fom.doc