Volunteering at Insel Haus der Jugend

Activity description

Insel-Haus der Jugend is a day -car center for 5 to 15 years old children and teenagers. It provides lunch, helps with the homework under academic supervision, leisure time activities in the field of sport, creativity/art, culture and fun. At the organization various, little or big projects, such as holiday camps are also organized. The Island Campus is a spacious area with garden, lots of green, hills and central island. The day care center has 10 rooms for all kinds of activities for children. Special areas are the trampoline, a skate park, swimming pool , two big gardens with old trees, hills and playing corners. We also have a story telling rail coach , a pottery, a pizza oven, a street ball ground, Zen garden, playground, beach volley court, football ground, willow Tipis , as well as conference room and seminar rooms in the main house. The Island means day care in a familiar surrounding but we also offer holiday program.

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

The volunteer receives 3 dishes pro days. For weekends and bank holidays he/she receives monthly food money. Local transport is provided by the hosting organization in form of tickets for public transport. If needed, for example if the daily way is too long, a standard accommodation will be provided.

Training during the activity

The Volunteer will take part in on arrival training and mid-term training organized by the Austrian National Agency. All costs are covered.

Participant profile

We are looking for one volunteer that is going to stay with us for one year: The volunteer should be patient and creative and you should like working with children. Openness and the will to talk to people, ( even if you are shy and you don´t know the language yet). Bring a certain feeling of responsibility concerning taking care of someone. The volunteer will help in the organization for about 30 hours a week . Important : only application with CV and and motivation letter to inazoto@hotmail.com are accepted.

Activity dates

A total of 48 week(s) during the period 30/10/2023 to 30/09/2024

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Activity location

Franz-Hinterholzer-Kai 8, 5020 Salzburg Austria

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 Individual volunteering

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Looking for participants from

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Canary Islands

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Activity topics

Health and wellbeing

Creativity and culture

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Deadline for applications

Application deadline: 23/07/2023

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