Volunteers are expected to have basic skills in german language, for school project an intermediate level is required.

The volunteer could find out about his/her abilities and potentialities.
The volunteer could experience herself/himself as a part of a team, where all members are working on an equal footing on the same task.

The cooperation in a social project will afford the volunteer a vocational orientation and a perspec-tive for the professional life.
Having sole responsibility for design and realisation of leisure facilities will enhance self-assurance and self-confidence of the volunteer.
Participation in internal professional development activities will provide the volunteer with special-ised knowledge of the educational system.
Integration in a foreign culture and the self-determined life of the local community will afford the vol-unteer a personal orientation and increase the development of future perspectives.
Tasks:
Volunteers get the opportunity to contribute - under guidance of staff members - to the support and leisure time program of the school and residential home. Volunteers can introduce their own ideas and abilities like computer literacy, graphic design, mechanical skills, music playing etc.
In the beginning the volunteer will only assist the groupleaders, later she/he will take on responsibil-ity - as far as admitted by legal liabilities.
Emphatically volunteers are invited to bring in their own ideas. Staff members will appreciate all ini-tiatives to develop additional proposals for leisure time activities and will support planning and reali-zation. Volunteers could develop their own ideas for new games, activities or stories into a personal project if they so wished - creative ideas are always welcome.
Major tasks in which volunteers can be actively involved are:
Assistance and support for virtually impaired and blind pupils and students in school and leisure time
occupational therapy like doing handicraft, singing, playing music
attendance at school field centers and study trips
European Volunteers are expected to keep the rules of our work with young people:
acceptance of young people in their particular personality
ability to cope with strain by challenging behaviour
full cooperation with staff members
loyal and responsible acting according to the particular objective of our work
loyal and responsible acting according to the particular objective of our work
to be courageous to act creative and flexible
Like all staff members volunteers are expected to carry out some work of routine like:
in assisted living groups: going shopping, housekeeping and support of homeworks
in the field of leisure time activities: support in organisation and realisation of all kinds of activities
service and maintenance of materials and equipments
active participation in lasting several days leisure time activities
Volunteers are invited to participate in internal vocational training seminars.
Volunteers are expected to accomplish a fulltime voluntary service of 35 hours per week. Overtime doing will be balanced by additional freetime.
At the volunteer's own request can be offered learning opportunities in other departments of the in-stitution like housekeeping, canteen kitchen, caretaker etc. Especially in the beginning the volunteer will pass through all departments of the institution to familiarize himself/herself with the structure and the functioning of the organisation (not longer than 3 weeks). After this introduction the volun-teer will support mainly the work with young people.