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VOLUNTEER IN CONCEJALÍA DE JUVENTUD
CARTAGENA
GENERAL INFORMATION
Start: 06.09.2024
End: 07.08.2025
The schedule of volunteer activities will be between 30 and 38 hours per week.
The volunteer will support the work of the staff of the various services and programmes of the Youth Department with activities such as:
- Providing support in the organization and development of the different programmes, workshops and leisure activities organized to benefit the young people of Cartagena (mainly, but not only, the linguistic exchange programme Bolsa de Idiomas and the Eurodesk Network local information point).
- Creating content and helping boost the social networks of the Youth Department.
- Erasmus Student Network
- The promotion and dissemination of youth programmes in workshops and presentations in youth organisations and Secondary Schools of the city of Cartagena. The volunteer will contribute with their knowledge, culture, language, interests, concerns and motivations on topics related to European citizenship, cultural identity, etc.
- Designing and implementing socio-cultural activities with children with special difficulties or at risk of social exclusion from the assotiation Botica del Libro, Also promoting and facilitating the knowledge and experience of different and complex realities.
- The volunteer will have to develop a personal project that responds to their interests, feelings, identity and professional objective. The Youth Department will provide them with the necessary resources for the development of a personal proposal with added value.
In terms of learning opportunities, we offer our volunteers:
- Knowledge: getting to know new working methodologies in the framework of Non-Formal Education, systematising their learning, reflecting and getting to know new economic, social, political and cultural realities (of Murcia region), and learning to develop and integrate their European awareness and values.
- Attitudes: developing their tolerance, empathy, assertiveness and positive attitude towards conflicts. Developing a greater European awareness.
- Competences: management of non-formal education activities, facilitation of workshops, language and communication skills, digital competences and conflict prevention and conflict resolution skills.
Our volunteering project seeks to promote the values promoted by the EU and the ECS Programme, such as solidarity, equality, justice, respect, fight against exclusion and xenophobia, etc.
FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE VOLUNTEER´S LIVE
Practical arrangements: The schedule of the volunteer activities will be between 30 and 38 hours per week. The volunteer will work max. 38 hours on 5 days per week.
Holidays: According to the rules of ESC, volunteers must have 2 working days off per month.
Accommodation: The volunteers will live in a room in a shared flat located in the city of Cartagena together with other volunteers. The room and the flat will be fully equipped, and electricity, water, gas and internet will be covered by the lead organization (till the amount of 30€ per volunteer).
Pocket money: The volunteer will receive the monthly rate foreseen by the Spanish NA, 186€ per month.
Food: The volunteer will receive 184€ for food every month.
Local transport: Every volunteer will have a chance to choose a bike or bus card provided by the hosting organization if it is needed.
Language support: The volunteer is entitled to receive language support with an online platform, as stated on the ESC programme guide.
Medical insurance: The volunteer will be covered by a private insurance that will cover all the expenses not covered by the public health system (health, accident and civil liability insurance).
Travel costs: The volunteer will receive financial support for travel from his/her country to Spain and from Spain to his/her country once the project is completed, up to a maximum amount established by the European Commission according to the distance band.
Visa and residence permit fees: The volunteer will receive financial support for visa arrangements (if required).
Deposit: The volunteer will have to make a 370€ deposit that will be reimbursed once the project is ended and the volunteer leaves tidy, clean, and with no damage in the private room and common areas, and if the volunteer doesn't leave the project without a justified reason before it ends.
HOW TO APPLY
Anyone interested after reading the info above, fill in the ONLINE APPLICATION FORM and attach their CV and motivation letter (in English or Spanish).
VOLUNTEER PROFILE
This project is aimed at young people between 18 and 30 years old who have not participated in any European volunteering project (EVS or ESC) before. We will give priority to the selection of young people with fewer opportunities.
The selection will be made based on the attitude, the willingness to participate, the motivation and the commitment to the values of the project rather than knowledge and skills of the candidates .
We value the responsibility, the spirit of initiative, the patience and the ability to step back from interpersonal conflicts in order to deal with them more effectively, and the enthusiasm and willingness to participate in the different activities offered.
No young person willing to participate in our project will be excluded for any reason (economic difficulties; social or geographical obstacles; cultural or ideological differences; sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, gender and gender identity, etc.).
About CONCEJALÍA DE JUVENTUD DE CARTAGENA
The Youth Department of the City Council of Cartagena is a municipal public service aimed at meeting the demands and needs of young people in Cartagena in any field in which they arise, from employment to housing, health, education, social care, rights as citizens, international mobility, training and healthy leisure. Responding to the very diversity of the youth group, attention is provided in a personalised way, from services such as the Youth Space, the Informajoven or the qualified multiplier point of the Eurodesk Network, which allow a personal listening and the establishment of individual itineraries for each young person, including the monitoring of their results, or aimed at the youth population in general through programmes such as Mandarache Literary Award, the local volunteer programme Implica2, Bolsa de Idiomas, the T-LA (alternative free time), Entre Cuerdas y Metales and Urban CT, among others.
General objectives:
1. To enable adequate conditions for young people to develop their lives, make decisions and solve their personal and collective problems with the highest possible level of autonomy, as well as to know and be able to adopt healthy behaviors in the biological, psychological and social.
2. To promote that young people acquire values, attitudes and behaviors based on individual and collective responsibility, coexistence, respect, equality, dialogue and consensual decision-making, which favor social cohesion.
3. To educate and encourage the participation of young people, promoting associations and volunteering, as active agents in the social, cultural and community fabric to which they belong, so that they can improve their quality of life and that of the people around them.
4. To offer practical, objective and clear information, guidance and advice on various issues of personal and collective interest, according to the needs, priorities and demands of young people in Cartagena.
5. Facilitate spaces, resources and services that promote moments of encounter and interaction between young people in the locality in their leisure and free time.
6. Promote the design, management, organization, dissemination, implementation and evaluation of actions aimed at young people.
7. To promote networking (cooperation and coordination) among agents involved in working with young people and youth policies.
The Youth Department of Cartagena (Concejalía de Juventud de Cartagena) has a great experience in European Volunteering (EVS, European Solidarity Corps and local Voluntary Activities), acting as a hosting and sending organization since 2005.
EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY CORPS PROGRAMME (ESC)
As a volunteer, the European Solidarity Corps lets you learn through non-formal experiences, improve existing skills or acquire new ones for your personal, educational or professional development.
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