Espanha
826
Data de início: 03-09-2012
Data de fim: 30-06-2013
Vagas: 4
Duração: 10 mes(es)
Data limite de candidatura: 29-02-2012
Financiamento: Candidatura
Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 105 €
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Resumo: The EVS project will therefore by in the framework of a young community rich in cultural contrasts. Murcia contains excellent examples of the 19th C. architecture (City Council, Hotel Victoria, Theatre Romea, Casino,...). It also has museums (archeaological, arts, Salzillo,...). Hydraulic Museum and its bridges,... Murcian Art can also be found outside the city. Baroque Architecture: Sanctuary of the Fuensanta, Monastery of San Jeronimo. Murcia is also a modern city with all the needed equipments and infrastructures, a large university campus, auditorium, congress centre and many hotels. This makes it an ideal place for meetings and events. The traditions are still kept in Murcia. Easter shows the Salzillo's sculptures in the city. It is the capital of the region, with about 550,000 inhabitants. It is a modern, creative cities.
In its 2 universities, it has over 35,000 students and almost 2,000 teachers and researchers.
Perfil: Open to any adult young person. The selection process is transparent, we have an open call through the e-mail, Internet and European channels. Candidates shall send a motivation letter. We usually do the selection between January and February. A multidisciplinary team integrated by the mentors, instructors, present volunteer and directive will asses the merits and motivations of each candidate, and will select the most appropriate one for the vacancy. We follow the rule that EVS should be a unique enriching experience for the volunteer and a contribution for the project.
Volunteers with fewer opportunities are a priority.
Tarefas: We have established the EVS guidelines in a document. The document has the steps and stages to carry out the project, as well as the people participating in it: mentor, person in charge of projects, collaborators, etc. Stages: Selection of volunteers, monitoring, evaluation, integration; Language training: in a course in the University of Murcia. Volunteers obtain a diploma at the end.
Volunteers will join a department and work on a project which will be evaluated. They will work in a team; participation and initiatives will be supported.
They will participate as one more member. They shall provide ideas, show initiative and involve themselves as far as possible. Volunteers are collaborators. They will be accompanied by someone in charge of the activities.
There will be no job substitution.
ACTIVITIES
They will support the activities of the Youth Service.
They will participate in the following activities:
" Promotion and dissemination of youth programmes in talks, decentralisation of information in schools, dissemination of European programmes.
" Support with the organisation and management of programmes, workshops, leisure activities, up-date of data base of participants, helping to fulfil application forms, organise activities related with European and participation and integration programmes.
" Volunteers contribute with their knowledge, culture, language, concerns, worries and motivations in the Language Club, Europe in Schools (European Programme activities), workshops in schools, organisations, youth houses, etc. Subjects: European citizenship, cultural identity, value education,...
Volunteers may design activities of their own depending on their specific learning aims and initiatives.
Tasks
Tasks will be defined according to the learning aims of volunteers. They can collaborate in different sections.
Promotion and dissemination of youth programmes in talks, decentralisation of information in schools, dissemination of European programmes.
The tasks of the volunteers will be the following:
" support preparing talks and schedules.
" Gather documents for talks.
" Agree on dates for talks with the centres.
" Collaborate preparing material and needed for sessions.
" Talks.
" Evaluation, registration and report of talks.
Volunteers don't have to do the whole activity, only the tasks agreed.
Support with the management and organisation of these activities:
" workshops, leisure activities,
" up-date of data base of participants,
" helping to fulfil application forms,
" helping to organise activities related with European and participation and integration programmes,
" help organising planned programmes,
" contact members,
" contribute with the design of activities and workshops,
" support service staff to start workshops, evaluage and register aims,
" feedback with mentor about activities to adapt activities.
" Support potential EVS volunteers telling them about their experience.
" Tasks will be established in the Activity Agreements, as they will vary through time.
" Volunteers contribute with their knowledge, culture, language, concerns, worries and motivations in the Language Club, Europe in Schools (European Programme activities), workshops in schools, organisations, youth houses, etc. Subjects: European citizenship, cultural identity, value education,...
" Volunteers will design activities, carry them out, evaluate them and register the results, together with the coordinators.
The integration in the local community is a main aim. Most of the activities take place with other young people. This enables their participation in cultural and leisure activities.
Horário: Participation: maximum 32.5 h./week. No more than 10% will be administrative tasks. Holidays: 2 days per month of EVS service. Usually, new volunteers come in September, though this may vary.
Condições: -Support: accompaniment by 2 local volunteers during their free time.
-Telephone: 1 free call home every week, from the City Council.
-Internet: at the residence. Informajoven also has Internet.
Mentorship: The mentor has ample EVS and volunteering experience. She is available for any emergency. She supports and accompanies the volunteers throughout the project. Los voluntarios pueden comunicarse con ella cuando lo necesiten.
Working teams: Volunteers participate with entertainers, technicians and local volunteers. This is a chance to know and develop team work.
Letter of introduction: they will get a certificate and a letter of introduction with the skills and experience acquired.
Our aim: that volunteers develop personal, professional and social skills. Learning aims, related to the 8 key competences established in Youthpass:
" Interpersonal, intercultural, social and civic skills to face challenges, team work, responsibility,...
" Cultural development and expression in a multicultural environment.
" Communication in mother and foreign tongues: Spanish language and learn teaching the mother tongue.
" New Technology Skills: manage and process information and communication.
" Develop initiative skills: learning to learn.
" Learning opportunities.
The City Council of Murcia will enable participation in training sessions organised by the NA.
Our volunteers always participate in the whole EVS training cycle. We adapt our schedules, so they can participate. If assistance to training is not possible, we will provide the needed training.
Needs will be examined individually.
According to the specific needs, we will have the needed support in our town and adapt the place of work and accommodation to volunteers. If we need something we cannot find, we will try to add it to the initial project.
Regarding special needs due to disability: we have done the project "Ice-breaking" Seminar, with volunteers willing to host volunteers with disabilities.
These volunteers will receive more monitoring from the mentor.
The Programme of European Projects and Youth Exchanges includes projects to adapt places for disabilities. The staff members in this programme have participated in courses about disability, relations with blind people and sign language.
The Information Centre Informajoven's web site is accessible for these young people.
The residence is adapted for people with disabilities.
We have technicians qualified to work with young people, being 7 of them accredited as Social Workers. We also have Social Workers and Social Educators at the Project for European Projects and Psychologists and Pedagogues at Informajoven and the Youth Spaces. The staff members have carried out disability workshops at ONCE and FESORMU.
The mentor is qualified and has skills and experience hosting volunteers with special skills. People with disabilities are a priority in our sending projects. Mentorship is reinforced with them.
Our staff has training regarding intercultural matters and awareness of people with disabilities. We have agreements with organisations supporting people with disabilities. Hosting volunteers with special needs is a priority for us.
When hosting volunteers with disabilities, we establish a more constant contact with the sending organisations. We then contact ONCE, FESORMU or FAMDIF to work together with them, depending on the specific disabilities.
We will make sure that volunteers count with:
-AXA insurance.
-Municipal insurance for municipal activities.
-Training and support to avoid risks, as well as tools to solve conflicts. The residence where they live has 24 h/security guard. The residence is adapted to disabilities.
Mentor: there will be weekly meetings to assess activity, training or any suggestion to improve the project, personal situation and relations with the local community. The mentor works in the Youth Service, from 9 to 15, but they can contact him when needed, if there is an emergency. Volunteers also count with the support of the people responsible for the activities and the local volunteers. Before the activity, we will also contact volunteers frequently to avoid any crisis. They receive information about the AXA insurance. During the activity, they are supported by the mentor, supervisors and programme manager. After the activity there will be a session to prepare the dissemination of the results and to prepare volunteers to go back to their countries.
We try to foresee crisis and take the needed measures.
Usually, crisis can be solved. The aim is always the welfare of volunteers.
All crisis up to now have been solved favourably and have shown us to avoid new ones.
Hosting minors is not foreseen.
Formação: -Language intensive course: for people with no knowledge of Spanish, during the first 2 months. A language exchange will take place with another young person.
Specific training: a course about the tasks and the programme. Specific courses: youth information, participation, integration, European programmes, etc. We try that volunteers learn about the fields of their tasks.
Documentação: CV e Carta de Motivação
