Η ΕΛΙΞ σας προτείνει το "YMCA FAIRTHORNE MANOR" ένα Πρόγραμμα Εθελοντικής Εργασίας Μακράς Διάρκειας (LTV) στις δυτικές ακτές της Αγγλίας κοντά στο Southampton. Η διάρκεια του προγράμματος είναι 8 μήνες.
Το θέμα είναι δραστηριότητες με παιδιά και καλύπτει πλήρως την εκπαίδευση σας, την διαμονή, την διατροφή και £70 κάθε εβδομάδα ως "pocket money".
Αναζητούνται συνολικά έως 11 εθελοντές. Η προθεσμία για τις αιτήσεις είναι έως τις 17 Ιανουαρίου 2016 αλλά ως γνωστό στα προγράμματα εθελοντικής εργασίας η/ο πιο γρήγορη/ος έχει περισσότερες πιθανότητας. Δείτε παρακάτω την αναλυτική περιγραφή και τι πρέπει να κάνετε για να κάνεις αίτηση.
Αναλυτική περιγραφή:
Dates: 14th March – 4th November 2016
Work: Kids
Vols: 11
Age: 18 – 30
Location: Southampton
After a very successful four years of running our LTV project with the YMCA Fairthorne Manor. The YMCA would love to give the opportunity to 11 Volunteers to do an 8 month project starting in March 2016 that will provide valid experience and training, working and running activities with children.
YMCA Fairthorne Group is a fast growing charity. There mission is to champion and add value to young lives by providing experiences that challenge, enable and develop the individual. Fairthorne Manor, part of the Fairthorne Group, delivers outdoor education and environmental programmes to over 20,000 children and young people each year on both a residential and day basis. The Outdoor programme consists of a wide range of activities, including canoeing, climbing, bushcraft, abseiling, archery and a range of team games and pastoral activities. During term time, we deliver a diverse outdoor education programme to school and community groups, whilst during the holidays, we run an enormously successful Daycamp programme for children aged 4 to 16 years, catering for up to 500 children per day. We also run children’s birthday parties and family open days and camping, corporate team building days and community events such as Youth band practice, church meetings and counselling groups. Fairthorne Manor delivers services and programmes 7 days of the week throughout most of the year.
Work: Based at Fairthorne Manor, you will be trained to lead a wide range of outdoor activities. These include traditional outdoor pursuits such as Kayaking, Climbing and Archery, Low Ropes, Land and water Ecology, Bush craft, Initiative tests, Aqua slide and many more. You will also act as the link between the groups and the organisation, hosting their visit, preparing their accommodation, eating meals with them and providing evening activities. You will be based within the Outdoor Learning Team and supported by the permanent team. (δείτε περισσότερα)
Responsibilities:
As a Volunteer Activity Leader your main responsibilities are:
• To lead and take responsibility for activity sessions.
• To link with groups and host them during their stay.
• To ensure the correct and safe use of appropriate equipment.
• To give clear instructions to enable individuals to participate in the session.
• To have an awareness of the customers’ aims and objectives, and wherever possible
• To be part of the duty system. Particular tasks associated with this include serving meals to the residential groups in the dining room and liaising with group leaders and responding to any issues.
• To make the appropriate Head of Department aware of any defective equipment.
• To take an active part in maintenance on a regular basis.
• To be aware of, and put into practice, all Health and Safety regulations.
• To have a working knowledge of Fairthorne Manor’s operational policies.
Other Duties:
• To assist with the maintenance and cleaning of the estate.
• To assist with duties in the kitchen and dining room.
• To assist with the delivery of ‘off site’ youth and children’s work.
• To assist with the delivery of the Family Park and Campsite
• To act in the interests of your own safety & the safety of others at all times
• Anything else reasonably requested by the management of the organisation
• To follow YMCA Fairthorne Group’s Safe Guarding, Child Protection and Safer Working practice policies at all times. Taking any concerns regarding a health or/and wellbeing to your line manager or senior management.
Volunteer profile:
• An outgoing and friendly personality, able to communicate well and engage a wide range of people, including children, staff and group leaders.
• A genuine enthusiasm for working with children
• A genuine enthusiasm for the work of the organisation.
Location: Fairthorne Manor is located in a village called Curdridge which is near the city of Southampton on the South Coast of England. It is about 15 minutes walk from Fairthorne Manor into the village where there are shops and pubs. The nearest train station is Botley which is about half an hour’s journey into Southampton.
Terminal: London or Southampton Airports and Botley train station for arrivals and departures.
Working Hours: You will normally volunteer five days per week, some weeks you may be required to volunteer around 60 hours (during May, June and July – as this is our peak season), but your average should be no more than 40 hours per week, including evenings and weekends.
Holiday: During your volunteering period you will receive two days off in 7 (sometimes non-consecutive) and in addition you will accrue 1.5 additional free days per month which can be scheduled with your line supervisor.
Special Requirements: Volunteers will need to provide a certificate of good conduct /police check from home country, motivational letter, and provide two references, including one from their most recent school/ college or employer.
Extra Fee: 30 Euros
Once applications have been shortlisted, a skype interview will be conducted before confirming a place.
Volunteers will be provided with £70 per week ‘pocket money’ and food and accommodation. The job description is available from the UK Volunteer programme co-ordinator.
• An aptitude for and interest in a wide range of sports.
• Willingness to learn new skills and undergo training.
• As this post involves working with children and living on site, all applicants must be aged between 18 – 30 years old.
Experience
Some experience of working with groups of young people in educational, youth or sporting environment.
Training: The YMCA offer full and comprehensive training in all elements of running outdoor activities. Combined with work experience here at Fairthorne Manor, this should secure you some National Governing Body Qualifications, such as British Canoe Union level 1.
Accommodation: Volunteers will be allocated a basic room, which may be shared with up to 4 other instructors. This is your own space and as much as possible we allow you to treat it as your own. Three meals a day will be will be provided in the dining room and there are toilet and shower facilities and a washing machine. Please note, we are not a 5* hotel. We are more like a youth hostel with dormitory-style accommodation and basic facilities.
Closing date for application is 17th January 2016.
Για να δηλώσεις συμμετοχή στη διαδικασία επιλογής πρέπει:
1. πρώτα να κάνεις την αίτησή σου online επιλέγοντας εδώ και αμέσως μετά
2. να συμπληρώσεις στα Αγγλικά το "Motivation Letter", ένα βιογραφικό σου, αντίγραφο του "Ποινικού Μητρώου" (Certificate of Good Conduct) και δύο συστατικές επιστολές (από την σχολή σου ή κάποιον προηγούμενο εργοδότη).
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