A. Project environment: profile of the organisation and local community
The Youth Centre JUKUS is located at the city center of Graz which is the second largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state Styria. Geographically, city is situates on the Mur river, in the south-eastern part of Austria. With six universities and over 40.000 students, Graz is known as a student city and has a multicultural atmosphere. As the city has many historical monuments and very well preserved "Old Town", Graz was the Cultural Capital of Europe in 2003 and included in the list of World Cultural Heritage Sites of UNESCO in 1999. More than 280.000 inhabitants are living in Graz.
The Youth Centre JUKUS is working "for youth" and with the "energy of the youth". As our target group is composed of youngsters with migration background, our main aim is to make our society to be aware of that these youngsters don't only have problems, but also they have different needs, demands and a potential power. We see them as a natural part of our society, our city and country and we are trying to support their integration to the social life. We serve them an additional support to deal with the problems of daily life, to develop self-confidence, to encourage their willingness to learn, to improve their sense of responsibility, tolerance and respect.
We are working with youngsters between the age of 12 and 25, who are coming from Armenia, Chechnya, Former Yugoslavian States, Iran, Rumania and Turkey. Currently our Team is composed of 5 people that two of them are Social Workers. We are also working with volunteers from our local community, who are students and spending their spare time by helping us to organise events at the Youth Centre.
Our Youth Centre represents an open space for youngster to spend their spare time with different cultural, sportive and social activities. We offer them a library, café, internet, video and music room, some games like table soccer, billiard, dart and a place for them to play volleyball and football. During the year we are organising various events and activities like trainings, workshops, festivals, concerts, holiday camps, trips at the countryside, sports competitions. They can take part at the regular activities of the Youth Centre and also they have the opportunity to organise special events according to their own interests. Furthermore the social workers of the Youth Centre are always ready to support youngsters through individual counselling when they have difficulties with their families, friends, in school or at work.
The Youth Centre is composed of a building with three floors which includes a garden, café, play room, party room and office rooms. It is open 5 days in a week, from Tuesday to Saturday. During the week Youth Centre is open for youngsters from 15:00 to 20:00. On Friday and Saturday it is open till 22:00.

B. Proposed activities for EVS volunteers
First of all the Volunteer will be encouraged to learn German and to get to know to Austrian culture. During his/her work at the Youth Centre he/she will find the opportunity to meet different cultures and to observe the situation of migrant youngsters. In addition to cultural learning, the Volunteer will gain organisational skills and learn more about the Youth in Action Programme. He/she will join the educational facilities provided by the National Agency and we will be encouraged to attend seminars and conferences related to Youth Work.

The role of the EVS Volunteer will be contributing to the daily work of youth-workers and supporting youngsters at the Youth Centre. He or she will work with work with young people, organise activities for them and help our office work.
Fields of Activities for the Volunteer;
30% office work and organisational work (working on the web-page, preparing the announcements, designing flyers, helping for the arrangement of office work, organising various activities, such as; workshops, trainings, seminars, conferences, cultural nights, trips, games)
30% participating at the events ( the Volunteer will supposed to take part in the events going on at the Centre, he/she will take care of the café and guide the participants)
40% work with youngsters (listening to youngsters, playing with them, giving them information about the general activities of the Youth Centre and the possibilities of Youth in Action Programme, giving consultation to youngsters about their problems at daily life, talking with youngsters to apply for Youth in Action projects)

The Volunteer will help our staff members to work on these areas. He/she will be asked to do what he/she likes and we will re-arrange the tasks according to his/her skills, interests and motivation. The Volunteer will work approximately 30 hours in a week and he/she will attend our team meetings which take place twice in a month. The Volunteer will have a separate working place at the Youth Centre.

An example of the daily programme of the volunteer will be like this;
12:30 - 15:00: Office work, preparation for activities
15:00 - 18:00: Working with youngsters, giving information, consultation
18:00 - 20:00: Participating in activities with youngsters, playing games

C. Volunteer profiles and recruitment process
We are looking forward to work with a young, open-minded, respectful volunteer who is interested in youth-work. The volunteer is expected to be very motivated to work with youngsters with migration background and he/she should easily get in contact with them. Although the working language at the office is German, we are also able to work in English and knowledge of Turkish will be useful. We would like to invite a female volunteer as we are trying to improve the participation of girls at our Youth Centre. To ensure an objective recruitment process we will discuss about the applications for our project in our Team. We are open to work with any kind of organisations.


D. Special needs (if applicable)
JUKUS is open for a Volunteer with different cultural background; we believe that this would enrich the work of our Team and Youth Centre. We would like to encourage young people who are facing with economic difficulties and who have fewer opportunities as we think that EVS Programme would have a bigger impact on their life.

E. Risk prevention, safety and protection
After the arrival of the Volunteer, there will be an orientation training, to ensure his/her adaptation to the city and working place. At the first week of his/her stay, he/she will receive a info-kit including the contact details from the organisation, Austrian emergency phone numbers, map of the city, plan of his/her living place, rules about the working and living places, information about the AXA insurance. We will also give the Volunteer a cell phone with an Austrian card. His/her mentor and tutor will help and support him/her to get used to the working conditions and give all information about the Youth Centre. He/she will not be alone at the Youth Centre.
In case of conflicts, first the mentor and then the tutor will talk directly with the Volunteer and he/she can get in contact with the LOGO, EVS Coordinating organisation in Styria. LOGO will also help the Volunteer to get in contact with the other Volunteers in Graz.

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