VOLUNTEERING WITH

UNEMPLOYED YOUTH -
JOB TRAINING & BASIC SKILLS

Apply for a 12-months project in

Wörgl, Tirol, Austria!

Volunteering starts in September 2019

Hosting organisation
BETA (Berufliche Eingliederung Training Ausbildung) ist a project of the association
Volkshilfe Tirol

https://volkshilfe.tirol/hilfe-angebot/arbeit-integration/beta/

Located in Wörgl, Austria

Some info on the hosting organisation:

*  This project will involve you as a volunteer at the organisation Volkshilfe Tirol in the

project BETA for unemployed youngsters in Wörgl in Tyrol, Austria.

* BETA qualifies young people between 16 and 24 years for work and for finding a job.

Most of the youngsters who come to BETA are school drop-outs, have attended special

schools for people with learning difficulties, have achieved only poor school marks or very

bad reports and they face difficulties in finding a job.

* About 10 youngsters are employed at BETA for one year at the same time. During this

year they have the possibility to learn a lot of things and to acquire job qualifications for

their future. Soft and hard skills are taught through working with wood, metal, doing

gardening, in working as a caretaker or in fulfilling simple office duties. All these activities

focus on the most realistic job situations; sometimes the youngsters even work as interns for

real companies.

* The youngsters are also trained in applying for a job. The goal is that after this year the

youngsters find an employment at a company where they have completed an internship or

practical training during the year.

* The youngsters often lack basic mathematics, German or English skills and need to be

trained in these, as well as in social, organizational and other skills.

Coordinating organisation + funding
The coordinating organisation of this project is InfoEck, a youth info centre in Innsbruck.

InfoEck coordinates 8 volunteers in the region of Tirol.

This project will be submitted by InfoEck to the Austrian National Agency of the European

Solidarity Corps programme. We will know whether it will be funded in the beginning of July

2019. We are optimistic, due to good experiences in the past. This Solidarity Corps

volunteering project will be financed by the EU, InfoEck and BETA. The only possible

contribution that the volunteer may need to undertake is a small share of the travel costs.

The responsible coordinator is ready to answer open questions and to prepare the project

with SRV, the selected volunteer and the supporting sending organisation.

The coordinator's name is Erika: erika.mischitz@infoeck.at (send applications to Astrid, not

to Erika!).

Infos about InfoEck: www.mei-infoeck.at, InfoEck Facebook, Instagram and Youtube

Location, housing, money

The volunteer will have a studio apartment in the hosting organisation’s building in the

centre of Wörgl. The town Wörgl lies in the middle of the Alps and there are warm summers

and cold winters. There are several possibilities for summer and winter sports. Wörgl has

good infrastructure, numerous bars and stores or outdoor and indoor facilities for leisure

time and good train connections to Innsbruck, the capital of Tyrol. Innsbruck is at only 30

minutes by train. Local people speak a German dialect (“Tirolerisch”). The majority of

people in Tyrol can speak English, especially young people.

The volunteer will receive monthly EUR 450,--. This includes pocket money and money for

food.

Project Duration
12 Months: This volunteering project starts in the first week of September 2019 and lasts
until the 31st of August 2020.

We ask you to be committed to participate the whole duration, it’s important for the

project, your own learning development and for the hosting organisation!
Tasks & Activities of the volunteer
The volunteer will be involved in the one-year-development process of the 10 young persons

who are supported by BETA. The volunteer will get to know and participate in BETA’s work.

The volunteer should assist the youngsters in their preparation for working life and will get

to know the working areas. The volunteer’s role is to support the trainer’s team in the daily

work with the youngsters – examples are: talking to the teenagers, especially training

school subjects (Maths, German, English…) on a daily basis, helping them with easy tasks

when using the computers (e.g. writing CVs and job applications, researching…), assist

them in doing school exercises, monitoring some orders of external partners, social training,

welcoming new youth to BETA, playing and healthy lifestyle (healthy food awareness).

Furthermore, the volunteer could accompany the youngsters when they work in the

gardening or in the sheltered workshops. The volunteer can also implement special offers

and activities for the youngsters.

* Getting in contact with the target group / supporting them in their tasks:

The volunteer will be a young contact person for the youngsters - a person they can talk to,

a person who is interested in their work and with whom they can share their thoughts. There

could be many approaches to getting in contact with our young people. The volunteer will

find out his own approach to the work, supported by employees.

The volunteer might accompany the youngsters when they go on excursions or if they have

a job interview. As most of the teenagers have some problems in integrate themselves in a

social environment, the volunteer could be a helping hand in teaching social skills.

With the group of 10 youngsters, the volunteer can learn to be a kind mediator if conflicts

between young group members occur. The volunteer also has the chance to cook with the

youngsters and raise their awareness on health topics. If the volunteer has awareness for

gender problems the volunteer is welcome to implement such issues in the daily work as

well. There will always be the support of the whole team of BETA.

*  Developing own ideas:

BETA’s daily work has the big goal to support and empower young people to use their

resources. We would like to invite the volunteer to develop and implement a few of his/her

own ideas during the project. The volunteer’s projects can be of different kinds and can

either happen spontaneously or be sustainable (doing a special workshop, developing

documentation material, organising an excursion, doing a creative or participative project,

health or cooking project…).

Profile of the volunteer
We are looking for a volunteer who identifies with the project description and is willing to

enrich our team. We are open to host a volunteer who is a youngster with low educational

background or jobless youngsters and young people with similar economic difficulties.

·        You are open, friendly and interested in communicating with youngsters

·        Beginner German skills are important, as our youngsters do not speak much English

·        You are interested in working with young unemployed people and in social work

·        Mechanical skills, computer skills or creativity would be appreciated, as the project
can offer manual working tasks

·        Be ready to bring in your own background, ideas and interests into the project
 

Be ready to live in a small town and to live on your own next to the hosting organisation’s

office building!

Only for EU residents and people who live in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

support during the project

The volunteer may have regular meetings with her or his external mentor and with the

hosting organisation, to talk about the wellbeing or about the project activities.

In the hosting organisation the volunteer will receive orientation and support for the

activities from the main responsible employee and from the entire team.

The coordinating organisation InfoEck will hold a regular group meeting with all volunteers

in Tyrol in order to share experiences, give support to one another and to stay connected.

The volunteer will be invited to participate in occasional free-time activities. The volunteer

will be able to attend a 4-months-long German course at the University in Innsbruck.

At the end of the project we will evaluate it together with the volunteer and look at what

he or she has learned and which competences he or she has gained and as a result the

volunteer can fill in the Youthpass certificate.

how to apply
To apply, pease send your CV and the enclosed APPLICATION FORM to the
coordinating organisation InfoEck: erika.mischitz@infoeck.at
We accept applications only via e-mail, not via the Solidarity corps portal!

You need to address Mr. Oliver RODLMAYR from the BETA / Volkshilfe Tirol in your

application. The applications will be passed on by InfoEck to him after the deadline.

The deadline to apply is the 10th of April 2019!

Only for EU residents and people who live in Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway.
Only complete applications via e-mail will be considered.

InfoEck or the BETA team will get in touch with the applicants after the deadline, so check

your e-mail regularly. A few applicants will be invited for a skype / phone call. The final

decision will be taken about two weeks later by the host and all applicants will be informed

about their status.

We are looking forward to getting to know you!

Embrace the challenge. Be open to leaving your comfort zone several times. Be
curious about yourself and others and ready to meet inspiring people.
Try new things and learn for a lifetime!