ESC @ Youth Club 'KAOS' in Leipzig

Kindervereinigung & KAOS Kulturwerkstatt

Kindervereinigung Leipzig e.V. (KVL) is an organisation for child and youth service. Kindervereinigung runs 13 children day-care centers, takes care of 25 daymothers, carries out school social work at 24 schools as well as school clubs at 7 schools in Leipzig and surrounding. In addition, KVL has 13 open clubs for youth and projects and organizes holiday activities for children and teenagers. KVL currently employs around 380 full-time staff. The work of the association is supported by about 200 volunteer workers including Bufdis (german volunteer service).

Project

The hosting place for the ESC volunteer is planned in Haus Wasserstr. 18 / KAOS Kulturwerkstatt. Here, five projects of the Kindervereinigung Leipzig e. V. are located: the Competence Center for International Youth Work and non-formal Education (KIJA), the Cultural Workshop KAOS!, the playbus project, the Workshop-Studio Inside/Outside  and the Counselling Center to Worldview Issues.

Tasks

The volunteer can be involved in different projects in the house. It is expected that he/she/they is present at the Competence Center for International Youth Work and non-formal Education for about 50 percent of the time. Depending on their skills, the focus of their work can be on public relations, organising meetings or working with young people. In addition, the volunteer can choose which other projects in the house he/she/they would like to be involved in. Volunteers can gain experience in organising international projects, in open youth work with the play mobile or in cultural youth education. We would like to determine the focus of the work together with the volunteer at the beginning of the placement year.

Conditions (short overview):

• The volunteer has a mentor, who supports with regular feedback talks at the hosting organization
• The weekly project time is 35 hours and weekends are free, as well as holidays such as Christmas, etc.
• The volunteer has two holidays per month, which can be collected to take a longer time off (Some facilities have closing times and then some vacation must be taken then.)
• There is a basic language course to support the volunteers in the beginning. The ESC is a non-formal education program and therefore no professional German course is provided, but the goal is to learn the language during the project time and outside in the free time.
• Costs for food, travel and insurances are covered, and the volunteer gets additionally 210€ pocket money per month; VISA costs are covered if needed.
• The volunteer has to visit two seminars organized by Jugend für Europa (national agency of Germany). In addition, there will be realized several project days towards topics of Europe / mobility in Europe for all ESC volunteers.
• The volunteer lives in a single-bed room in a flat share with other volunteers in Leipzig. In the shared apartment, residents must take care of cleaning themselves.

Selection criteria

We would like to see

• Interest in working with young people,
• some organizational skills, open-mindedness, own ideas.
• We are little focussed on specific selection criteria, having a great potential of integration.
• Measles vaccination is mandatory!

Selection process

Please complete the online questionnaire you find on the link/ button below. We collect all applications until the deadline, then all applications that are complete will be forwarded to the responsibles of the Kindervereinigung/KAOS who decide about the candidate. We will let you know as soon as possible about acceptance or rejection.

Apply here: 

https://forms.gle/D5zYut3CFjn4XqRF6