MUNTERwegs Mentoring Children
MUNTERwegs is a mentoring project that connects volunteers and children with and without a migrant background. The program thus contributes to integration, cultural participation, and equal opportunities, and creates opportunities for its participants to actively participate in social life. The primary target group is children between the ages of 5 and 12 with a migrant background or from vulnerable Swiss families at the various MUNTERwegs locations. Volunteers are supported through regular group events and coaching sessions.
MUNTERwegs mentors are enablers: as cultural guides, they take the little ones to museums and libraries or show them great leisure and cultural venues in the surrounding area.
Your responsibilities
As a personal mentor, you will accompany a child aged 5 to 12 regularly twice a month during their free time for at least eight months.
- Help with learning the German language
- Support with integration
- Promoting cultural participation and equal opportunities
As a mentor, you will offer the MUNTERwegs child meaningful leisure and learning support, in which fun and play also play an important role. Through individual attention and the development of a relationship of trust, you will strengthen the child's self-confidence. The exact tasks depend on the age and personal needs of your protégé.
Requirements for you
- You enjoy working with children and have
- Empathy and patience
- An understanding of other cultures and values
- Good German language skills
Support for your role
MUNTERwegs offers
various services to support you in your role as a mentor
- Introductory evening for new volunteers
- Get-to-know-you party
- Exchange of experiences in the group of mentors/coaches (some also via Zoom)
- Themed workshops and further training led by an expert on social-educational topics
- Advice and support from the MUNTERwegs project team throughout your assignment
- Two group events, e.g., in collaboration with a museum educator, a forester, etc.
- Certificate for your personal skills portfolio, $400 expense allowance, insurance
Time commitment and start
You meet with your mentee in your free time, as individually agreed, for approx. 2-3 hours every two weeks over a period of eight months.
The MUNTERweg mentoring program can be started in Basel-Stadt in the fall.
Sie können sich als Mentor*In an allen MUNTERwegs Standorten engagieren. Der Verein bietet regelmässig Informationsabende an seinen Standorten an.
- Kanton Zug: Baar, Risch/Rotkreuz, Stadt Zug
Bitte nehmen Sie einfach mit uns Kontakt auf :)
MUNTERwegs offers various services to support you in your role as a companion
- Introductory evening for new volunteers
- Get-to-know-you party
- Exchange of experiences in the group of mentors/coaches (some also via Zoom)
- Themed workshops and training courses led by an expert on social education topics
- Advice and support from the MUNTERwegs project team throughout your assignment
- Two group events, e.g., in collaboration with a museum educator, a forester, etc.
- Certificate for your personal skills portfolio, 400 CHF expense allowance, insurance
Milestones
Enjoyment of children
- Reliability
- Trustworthiness
Skills
Nice to have
Languages
Must have
UN SDGs supported
Verein MUNTERwegs
Der Verein MUNTERwegs fördert die Chancengleichheit von unterprivilegierten Kindern, Jugendlichen und Eltern im Bereich der Bildung und steigert ihre Lebensqualität.
MUNTERwegs bringt Freiwillige jeden Alters mit Kindern und Jugendlichen zusammen. Klein und Gross unterschiedlicher Kulturen teilen das Geschenk des Lebens: Zeit und Erfahrung.
Unsere drei aktuellen Mentoringprogramme funktionieren nach dem gleichen Prinzip. Ein(e) Mentor*in unterstützt vor Ort als Freizeitbegleiter ein Kind oder eine junge Erwachsenenperson. Als Mutmacherin oder Mutmacher auf Zeit wird das Potential des Mentees durch ausserschulische Förderung gefestigt.
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