Your time, your impact: Youth Worker
Stowarzyszenie Akwedukt
Kwidzyn, Poland
Description
Do you enjoy working with young people? Are you interested in non-formal education methods and ready to implement that in your daily work?
Join our youth center as a Youth Worker Volunteer and make a meaningful impact on the lives of young people!
Your tasks:
-Supervise the youth club meetings, which take place on weekdays' evenings, and plan engaging activities to attract more youngsters to the space.
-Facilitate meetings for teenagers focusing on active citizenship and leadership, establish a YouthLab for youth discussions and idea incubation, and execute micro-projects to promote community engagement.
-Create Social media content from the workshops and events.
-Organize recreational activities and workshops for children, teenagers, and young adults, addressing various topics such as democracy, intercultural education, human rights, equality, art, and individual interests.
-Collaborate in the planning, programming, and execution of winter and summer holiday events.
-Own ideas
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
You will receive health insurance, monthly pocket money for food, and other expenses (180€+700PLN). Travel costs will be reimbursed depending on the travel distance (between 90-360€, based on the UE calculator). Accommodation in a double room, in a three or four-bedroom flat. Student standard, covered bills.
✨ Details here: https://www.akwedukt.org.pl/accomodation/ ✨
✨✨ Application Form and Info-pack ✨✨
https://www.akwedukt.org.pl/?page_id=7501
Training during the activity
Before coming to Poland, volunteers have to be prepared for the project by the supporting organization from the volunteer's country. Volunteers participate in the training offered by the Polish National Agency: on-arrival training and mid-term, and Akwedukt's Association inner programme: introduction training, methods of working with kids, monthly meetings and evaluation sessions, skill-oriented meetings, youthpass certification trainings, and any other preparation and trainings needed inside the Hosting Organisations.
Participant profile
Requirements:
-Independence
-Creativity
-Willingness to work with youth!!
-Willingness to work in the afternoon and some weekends
-From EU countries only
-Advanced level of English and willing to learn some Polish
-Outgoing, good communication skills
Ready to make a difference and grow both personally and professionally? Apply now!
Join us in creating a positive and empowering environment for youth development.
More info: https://www.akwedukt.org.pl/?page_id=7501
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Activity dates
A total of 52 week(s) during the period 15/09/2026 to 31/12/2027
Activity location
ul. Kościuszki 35/2, Kwidzyn, Poland
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine
Activity topics
Citizenship and democratic participation
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Deadline for applications
No application deadline
Project code
2026-1-PL01-ESC51-VTJ-000402369