You(th) Care - De Switch

Activity description

De Switch is a residential setting that hosts teenage girls between 14 and 18 years old. The girls come from different backgrounds and problems (behavior, family, social, psychological, economical…). We try to find out individually for each girl and her family context what is the best way to get their life back on the rails. Besides help and therapy we want to give them a house/place where they can participate at a lot of attractive activities that aren't related to their problems. In the residence, the girls and workers live together, and they carry daily activities and task from the household, and they offer experiences and activities for the girls to learn in a non-formal way. The activities can be for instance sports, arts, music, experiences with horses and other animals. The volunteer will help in the daily tasks like cooking, taking care of the house, shopping, and also proposing and joining evening activities/workshops, where volunteers can share their hobbies and passions.

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

The volunteer will live in a house near to the project(app 2km) together with other ESCvolunteers. It is located in a small village. The volunteer will have a room that he/she can lock with a key. Bathroom and kitchen are in common with other volunteers. Terras and outside places are in common with another project. The volunteer is getting a food budget to arrange his food outside the work hours. During work the volunteer has lunch in the project. The volunteer will get a bike to go to the project, the shop, the bus or train station. A bus card is provided to travel with the bus.

Training during the activity

In the first month the volunteer will get some preparation about life in the project, Language course, working in a team and living together with other volunteers. In September the volunteer will take part in an on arrival training organized by the National agency and in January again in the mid term training. During the year the project is providing some language support to learn Dutch and coaching moments for personal learning and understanding of philosophy of the work.

Participant profile

have social skills to communicate, get in contact with the youngsters through his/her tasks on the project. • mature enough to deal with, get along with non-motivated youngsters with behaviour problems. • Able to organise work by yourself, taking initiative for own projects and activities to develop. • Open minded and willing to discuss and think together with the team about your dealing with the youngsters and task, about the methods,... • able to live in rural setting (not in a city, nearest city Leuven is 12km) - transport is by bus and bike willing to learn Dutch

Activity dates

A total of 48 week(s) during the period 15/08/2024 to 15/07/2025

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Activity location

Gravenstraat 54, 3220 Sint Pieters-rode Belgium

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 Individual volunteering

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Looking for participants from

Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Moldova (Republic of), Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Kosovo * UN resolution

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Activity topics

Social challenges

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Deadline for applications

Application deadline: 15/04/2024

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