Place
Dates
From 07/09/2017 to 07/08/2018
Deadline
15-12-16
project description
5 EVS volunteers are needed to take part in the longterm EVS project named «Zavod O – Kids in Action 3»,which will involve 5 local daily centers from the area of Škofja Loka,Slovenia.Despite slight organisational differences they all have common target group,which are children and youth between the age of 6 and 18 years.Volunteers will be included in the work of each daily care center as equal members of their teams and as such they will have an opportunity to show and improve their own abilities,develop sense of initiative,gain new skills and get new knowledge throught organizing and realizing different activities (workshops,courses,individual support,sports,games,plays,presentations,lectures).At the same time they will get familiar with theory of preventing work with youngsters and with social care sistem in Slovenia.Volunteers will also have an opportunity to realize projects within other local partner organizations in order to strengthen their involvement in the local society.
Tasks
accommodation, food and transport arrangements
The volunteers will be accommodated in two fully furnished apartments with WiFi within the same house located on the main square of Škofja Loka,old historical town with about 13000 inhabitants, located 25 km NW from Ljubljana. Each volunteer will stay in single bedroom with shared cooking, washing, laundry and social facilities. Volunteers will cook by themselves, monthly food allowance will be provided (180 €). They will be also entitled to receive a monthly allowance of 85 €. To each of the volunteers the bike will be provided and tickets for public transportation (if needed).
training during the project
On-arrival and Mid-term training organized by Slovenian National Agency, all the training organized by host organisations and by some other partner organizations from local community.
volunteer profile
Candidates should be motivated, flexible, patient, creative, open-minded, self-initiative, comunicative, interested to work with children and adolescents and they should be able to speak english. Some past experiences from pedagogy and youth leisure are welcomed. Ability in music, sport, manual activities, handcrafts, dances, art, multimedia would be also convenient. Future volunteer should bring in her/his own ideas into the project and be prepared to create, plan and execute her/his own projects.
We look for 5 volunteers of different nationality.
how to apply
Send an email with your CV and motivation letter to the coordinating organization Zavod O (international@zavodo.org). During the selection period we might contact you for further information through eMail and Skype!
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How to apply
Building Bridges users and/or long term unemployed (proved by scanned document) will have preference to this volunteer service.
We will study carefully all application and selected candidates will be invite for Skype interview. The selection of volunteers will take place in the coming weeks.
For the selection of the volunteers we will need:
– Europass CV with picture (made in the last month) with skype name included
– Motivational letter, writing that your sending organisation will be “Building Bridges”. We ask all candidates to send a specific letter of motivation – why they want to volunteer with us rather than just a general EVS one. The volunteer is chosen according to his/her motivation and interest to the project and to the activities. It will be paid special attention to cover letters.
Remember to write in the motivation letter that your sending institution is “Asociación Building Bridges”.
All documents written in English you can attach below with subject: “EVS Eslovenia Vouk. YOUR NAME. YOUR SURNAME” to asociacionbbARROBAgmail.com
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