Volunteering at Insel - Haus der Jugend

Activity description

Insel - Haus der Jugend is a day-care centre for 5 to 15 year 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 centre has 10 rooms for all kinds of activities for children. Special areas are the trampoline with 4 large nets, a skatepark, swimming pools, 2 big gardens with old trees, hills and playing corners and an Indian bonfire place. We also have a story telling rail coach, a pottery, a pizza oven, a streetball ground, a Zen-garden, playground, beach volleyball court, football ground, willow Tipis, amphitheatre 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

A local standard accommodation (host family, students dorm or apartment) is provided. The volunteer is provided with 3 dishes per day at the host organizations. For weekends and bank holidays he/she receives monthly food money. Local transport is provided by the host organization in form of tickets for public transport and/or a bicycle.

Training during the activity

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

Participant profile

The volunteers 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 or don’t know the language yet). Bring a certain feeling of responsibility concerning taking care of someone. The volunteers will help in the organization for about 30 hours a week. It is quite likely that they will select at least one volunteer from a non-EU member state and thus disadvantaged economic area. Important: Only applications with CV and motivation letter via e-mail (woelfe@inselsalzburg.at) are accepted.

Activity dates

A total of 51 week(s) during the period 01/10/2020 to 30/09/2021

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Activity location

Franz-Hinterholzer-Kai 8, 5020 Salzburg Austria

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Looking for participants from

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Estonia, Egypt, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Georgia, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Moldova (Republic of), Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russian Federation, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Kosovo * UN resolution, British Antarctic Territory, Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curaçao, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Greenland, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cayman Islands, Saint Martin (french part), Montserrat, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, St Pierre and Miquelon, Pitcairn, Turks and Caicos Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Virgin Islands (British), Wallis and Futuna

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Activity topics

Education and training

Creativity and culture

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Deadline for applications

Application deadline: 01/08/2020

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