"Kanal-4" is the internal television station of the clinical centre Ibbenbüren and radiates as such via transmission loop (loop) a self-produced 24-hour-programm every day in a week. Our centre works with professional requirement.
Kanal-4 works since 1984 with honorary and additionally since 1986 with full-time co-workers. Kanal-4 works with the digit S, the S-VHS and the DVCam system. We are responsible for all steps, which are necessary for the production of a TV-program, in all, from the topic search over filming and cutting the contributions up to the presentation and radiant remittance.
Kanal-4 is a community of interest world- vivid of not bound honorary and full-timeco-workers, which produces a television programme for the patients of the clinical centre Ibbenbüren. Approximately 600 spectators of all age groups have daily the opportunity to pursue the program from Kanal-4.
Kanal-4 carries information, clearing-up, documentation and maintenance for patients, in order to bring them the used environment to the bed and to give them a part at the local and regional events. To it belong cultural, religious, social and political topics, in addition, the recording and presentation of cultural meetings (concerts, cabaret, theatre). Beyond that Kanal-4 presents information and clearing-up contributions of medical kind and informs about clinical centre-internal topics and contents.
The team of the honorary workers and co-workers of Kanal-4 covers on the average 20 persons, mainly young people and young adults. Beside two full-time leaders there work two social service workers at Kanal-4. Occasionally the team is extended by trainees from school and study. In a rule belong to the team two participants of the EVS program. They are merged into the team of the full-time workers and honorary ones as well as into all fields of activity of our transmitter.
The seat of the media centre "Kanal 4" is Ibbenbüren, a central centre in the Tecklenburg country ( state North Rhine-Westphalia). Ibbenbüren counts at present approximately 52,000 inhabitants and is economically strongly shaped by the dismantling of hard coal (bill city). Ibbenbüren is situated in the midst of the Tecklenburg country of extremely delightful landscape and at the border to Münsterland. It has very good traffic connections (own main station, railroad line Rheine - Osnabrück; regional bus connections; motorway A30, quick accessibility motorway A1; Airport Muenster - Osnabrück). For its size Ibbenbüren has an expressed versatile cultural program (emphasis: concerts, theatre and cabaret). A cinema is just as present as numerous cafés and taverns. On two days in a week there takes place a market which offers together with different supermarkets and businesses of the retail trade numerous possibilities for the purchase. Ibbenbüren offers most diverse possibilities of the leisure activities. Because Ibbenbüren is situated in a beautiful surrounding field of the landscape, Ibbenbüren offers for example an own swimming pool with artificial waves as well as an open-air swimming pool, idyllic lake, which is Aasee, and which environment offers also to sportsmen numerous possibilities. In direct proximity of Ibbenbüren there are the large cities (upper centres): Osnabrück (approx. 25 km) and Münster (approx. 40 km), which can be attained by train and by bus quickly and comfortably. A visit in these cities with their various cultural and other offers is always worth while.

EVS participants of the media centre "Kanal 4" are integrated into the team of the full-time and honorary workers. They are equally guests as colleagues and should bring into the work of the team their own ideas and proposals, with commitment as well as with their whole creativity. In this way can become a fruitful and creative cooperation with one another among all team members. "Kanal 4" offers to EVS participants the possibility of becoming acquainted with all ranges of the medium work relevant for our media centre and unfolding in these. To the tasks belong above all:
- planning and organizing of transmission contributions and for this resulting preliminary work
- search
- filming at turning places as well as in the studio
- direction
- cutting of the film - materials to a contribution
- moderating contributions
- radiating contributions
- providing current transmission plans
- participation in mixer recordings of meetings (e.g. concerts).

The EVS participants receive fundamental and large views of journalistic and technical fields of the activity, can acquire the technical authority or develop an already existing one. In the technical regard this is valid in particular for the camera work and cutting contributions; "Kanal 4" has accordingly some professional technical equipment and can ensure for this a professional guidance and company. The editorial guidance and company are incumbent on above all the editorial leader of "Kanal 4", who is a trained editor. On the part of the members of the full-time team (technical and editorial leader, social service) the EVS participants are integrated into the work with the honorary workers of "Kanal 4". Since the honorary co-workers of "Kanal 4" are mostly young people and young adults, there is offered the possibility to interested EVS participants to get experienced not only in the medium work but also in the youth work. The medium and youth work go at "Kanal 4" due to its personnel structure hand in hand. The work at "Kanal 4" is in substantial parts and phases teamwork. This is contributed to the character of our work. But also in the teamwork it depends also on individual initiative, individual creativity and individual commitment. EVS participants, who decide for an employment at "Kanal 4" are invited to develop independently ideas, to seize initiative, to notice independently responsibility for projects and to take over the line from film projects. Here they can count on the full support of the whole team.

Possible personal activity emphasis of an EVS participant in the context of the work at "Kanal 4" can be clarified and specified, if such desire exists, gladly before or at the beginning of the activity. Here we are on our part very flexible, since we understand our offer in the context of the EVS program also as talent promotion within the range of the medium work.

The work at the media centre "Kanal 4" requires a high measure of responsibility, readiness, self initiative, commitment and creativity. The readiness to bring themselves and also to integrate into a team are indispensable, since medium work is general and the work at "Kanal "4 is teamwork in some special substantial parts and phases.
An EVS participant, who decides for an employment at "Kanal 4", should be able to work independently and be always oriented on the success of the product; in this way they reach relatively briskly successes, which are very motivating for EVS participants. The readiness of the EVS participant to take over the delegated tasks should be important for them in the sense of an effective and good teamwork.
The readiness of the EVS participant to learn German language is indispensable since we cannot fall back always on other auxiliary/traffic languages (English, in parts also French). Gladly we support EVS participants, who work with us, if necessarily in their efforts to learn German language. An ideal way for an EVS participant is already to know the German language at least in parts or to complite a language course in their homeland before their project. (The EVS participant, who works at Kanal-4, will be able to register largest personal successes when they feel relatively safe as far as German language is concerned). If no German knowledge is present, an applicant should speak at least English or French well (i.e. in a form suited for everyday life) provided that they are ready to learn German (see above).
The possession of a driving licence for a passenger car is of large advantage. But also prospective customers, who (still) have no driving licence, are regardless of it welcome. Generally someone, who would like to work in the context of the EVS program at Kanal-4, should be a communicative person and have joy in the contact with other people. An EVS participant, who would like to work at Kanal-4, should float with the head in creative heights,however stand firmly at the same time with both legs on the ground of life.
Applicants for an employment at Kanal-4 should give up in their written applications if possible the meantime popular stereotyped formulas as well general empty phrases and instead of it describe their motivation and their personal nature very concretely and descriptive.
EVS applications are independently sighted and evaluated at Kanal-4 by the technical manager as well by the editorial leader. Both leaders give thereupon a personal opinion of the applications, they exchange their estimations, discuss their opinions, compare again the favoured applicants and make finally a common decision over applicants. In all rule three applicants receive an addition on our part.
In the context of this application sounding material there play a role criteria as well as criteria concerning the personality of an EVS applicant (character). For us plays expressly no role, which nationality, culture, religion or which sex is an applicant. Also other world-descriptive aspects are of no importance. Likewise for us plays no role, which education has an applicant. The age of an applicant is only of importance in such a measure that he/she must be of age according to German right (i.e. at least 18 years old). For us count actually a person, what a EVS participant can bring into the work at Kanal-4 and what they can take back for themselves after their employment at Kanal 4. Important for us is the enthusiasm for the common thing.

The supporting organization provides an appropriate accommodation possibility for the volunteer. According to the place of the project, the volunteer will live in Ibbenbüren or Westerkappeln in a dwelling, which many volunteers are sharing or in the accommodation of the clinical center Ibbenbüren. Here the volunteer has its own room, kitchen and a bath are common rooms, which are available for several persons.
Between the tutor and the volunteer periodically conversations will take place in order to accompany progress and to help the volunteer with the solution of probably arising problems. Additionally the tutor guarantees the receive of continual support for the volunteer.
For the first time in the project a training plan will be arranged. Volunteers receive each necessary support for the realization of their tasks and enough time to get into the new job.
The training plan will help in the integration in the local district and the project surrounding field.
The supporting organization ensures that the volunteer participates in the on-arrival-training and the mid-term-meeting. EVS- volunteers receives an appropriate language training during their stay, which is organized by the supporting organization.
Co-workers of the supporting organization look after the volunteer and will take care. They are also organizing meetings, which take place every 4-6 weeks, where all volunteers of the region meet each other. In special meetings they become acquainted intensively with the German culture. In the beginning, in the middle and at the end of the EVS a conversation between the volunteer, the tutor and the supporting organization takes place and there are special meetings only for the tutors, where they can exchange their experiences. The youth-welfare-office has developed some quality-standards, which includes the on-arrival-conversation and the mid-term-conversation and also a questionnaire, which is to be filled by the tutor and the volunteer in the beginning of the EVS.