Grup Esplai Blanquerna

Organisation description: 

Blanquerna Scout Group is a non-profit association founded in Tortosa, Catalonia (Spain) in the 1980s with the aim of offering summer activities to a group of children and young people from the city.  The project began with holiday  camps, overnight camps, outings and other leisure activities, primarily aimed at those with fewer opportunities to access them. The organisation, which was born out of volunteering, has since grown and incorporated projects through professionalisation. It has been recognised as a Public Utility organisation since 2016.

It is an organisation rooted in the local area (Terres de l'Ebre) that is dedicated to the promotion, facilitation, management and monitoring of projects aimed at improving equality of opportunity for the people of the area.

The mission of the Blanquerna Playgroup is to promote an integrated and inclusive society, based on community personalism within the framework of Christian humanism, with special attention to people and sectors at the highest risk of exclusion.

The Blanquerna Leisure Group aims to be a leading organisation in the local area for social action, committed to the most vulnerable. An organisation that, through its critical reflection, responds to the changing diversity of social needs with quality, using its own resources and/or supporting other organisations and institutions working in this field, always seeking equity.

Job Title:

The volunteer will take part in the following tasks:

• Supporting the educational leisure team, with the possibility of offering a specific activity or workshop (sporting or artistic).

• Support for the facilitator of the Punt Òmnia Tortosa in running digital skills workshops (for employment, older people, migrants, etc.). In the afternoons, during the school term, support in educational support and guidance workshops.

Selection process:

Grup Esplai Blanquerna will conduct an initial interview with each volunteer to assess their profile and will then refer them to the appropriate project. The organisation provides initial training and ongoing supervision from the volunteer coordinator.

The organisation provides volunteers with training sessions related to the specific actions of the programme or service they are involved in, as well as other general training related to social intervention (e.g. respectful treatment, restorative approach, etc.). Volunteers working on a project learn the specific intervention methodology used, as well as the wider network within which the organisation operates, and receive support and guidance from the technical team.

A clean criminal record certificate for sexual offences is required to volunteer.

Location: 

Volunteering takes place in Tortosa, either at the organisation's premises or in educational centres and at the Tortosa Òmnia Point.

Language requirements: 

Proficiency in Catalan and/or Spanish is required (minimum B2)

Time period: 

School holidays (Christmas, Easter and summer; mornings).

School term (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm).

All year round except for August.

Insurance:

Volunteers are responsible for arranging their own travel insurance. Depending on their country of origin, they will need to have a European Health Insurance Card or private health insurance.

Flights and Accommodations:

Flights and accommodations are not covered and are the responsibility of the student.

Contact:

Contact Grup Esplai Blanquerna by sending an email to blanquerna@esplaiblanquerna.com and indicating “OpenEU student” in the subject line.

Organization website: https://esplaiblanquerna.com/