Metsäkartano Youth Center for 6 months
Nuorisokeskus Metsäkartano
Rautavaara, Finland
Description
WE ARE A YOUTH CENTER focusing on OUTDOOR EDUCATION, international youth work, camp schools and family camps. We invite you to join us for 6 months. During this time you get a good understanding to the youth work we are doing as Metsäkartano. You get to have a meaningful work supporting the life of our local youth. You will understand youth work and non-profit work better. You will learn about international activities of Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps. We are looking for a MOTIVATED volunteer to join our team of youth workers and other staff members for a FULL 6 MONTHS. A possible starting date could be 27th of January or a bit later. Volunteer must be available for the whole 6 months. We prioritize volunteers who can start 27th of January. We are looking for someone who is ready to live in a beautiful nature in a remote location in North East of Finland for the whole 6 months. We ignore applications that doesn't answer all questions of this call below. Thank you for your time.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Accommodation is organised in a shared apartment. Food is provided for the whole duration of the volunteering from Metsäkartano restaurant / kitchen (either ready meals or ingredients for cooking). Ready meals are often available in our restaurant buffet table as our groups eat there anyway and volunteers can also eat there. There is no public transportation but other staff members will sometimes offer a ride to nearby places when they go themselves (to work, from work, visits in the villages nearby, etc).
Training during the activity
Volunteer will get a personal mentor for the working time, volunteer will meet the work mentor in weekly meetings to organise the shedule. Volunteer will attend an on-arrival training in another city in Finland to meet other volunteers around Finland. Volunteer will need to work on learning goals and reflect the learning in monthly meetings. Volunteer will be introduced to staff members and interns of Metsäkartano to get friends on free time. But there is not a lot of people around though, it's good volunteer has quiet hobbies and is very active themselves getting to know people.
Participant profile
Someone motivated to learn about themselves living near nature. Someone motivated to learn about youth work and leading groups, organising events and helping a non-profit education institute. Someone who is not at the moment in work or school (someone who is currently unemployed or in between two jobs or recently graduated, etc.). Someone whose values fit to the general values of ESC. HOW TO APPLY: - Add a CV AND A PROPER MOTIVATION LETTER (1 to 2 pages) in the end of your CV (edit to same file than CV): - Do not write your text with artificial intelligent. We prefer to read your own English which might not be perfect than copy paste letters from AI. - Tell us why you want to live in remote Finland - Tell us why do you want to commit to youth work in Finland - Tell us why do you want to volunteer - Tell us if you have previous experience living in international setting - Tell us if you do you have previous experience living away from home - Tell us what kind of volunteering / educational activities have you done on your free-time before this, have you worked for non-profit organisations ever? What were your tasks? - Tell us do you have experience updating social media for organisations / being an influencer - Tell us if you have photography and video making skills and send something you have made if you have - Tell us what are your hobbies and what do you like to do on your free time? - Tell us do you have a driving license? - Tell us if you need visa to work in Finland, if so - how do you organise it? - Tell us your supporting organisation name? (only applications with supporting organisation can be concidered) - Tell us if you belong to the group "young people with fewer opportunities?" (see explanation here: https://www.salto-youth.net/rc/inclusion/archive/archive-resources/inclusiongroups/inclusionoffenders/InclusionOffendersWho/) - Tell us if you have some special needs? (it's not a problem, we can organise extra support if so) - Tell us anything else that would be good for us to know about you We are sorry if we don't have time to respond everyone personally. But if you answer all questions above, we will write you back. Applications only via this portal. Any applications coming outside of the portal will be ignored. If your residence is in a country mentioned in our list but you cannot apply via the portal, write to international@metsakartano.com. We are looking forward to hear from you and host you!!
Activity dates
A total of 26 week(s) during the period 27/01/2025 to 31/08/2025
Activity location
Metsäkartanontie 700, Rautavaara, Finland
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo * UN resolution, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine
Activity topics
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 13/01/2025 23:59