What the practical team at SIP does:
The practical team gives people with fewer opportunities the chance of learning how to work. This includes basics like working from a schedule or following specific work instructions, but also more practical knowledge about tools, construction and secure work gear. The team spend the work days mainly outside, in any weather conditions (a common saying here in Sweden is "there is no bad weather, only bad clothing").
As a volunteer you will work in the team together with the other team members, learning about carpentry, welding and construction. In addition to that, the projects also offer the volunteer the possibility to develop their leading skills by leading the practical team and supporting the team members within it to come closer to the labor market. The team members change from month to month and the target groups differ. There might be Swedish interns or short-term international volunteers as well as people who need work training
before they are able to enter the labor market. You will have a mentor and supervisor who will be the responsible person for your project and daily tasks.

Work-schedule
The working time is from 9 am until 4 pm. The volunteers will be working for 35 hours per week from Monday to Friday. The volunteer is encouraged to take courses in Swedish as not all the team members feel comfortable speaking English. The volunteer decides together with the supervisor the amount of time spent on learning it every week.
Besides 2 days off per week, volunteers are granted another 24 days off for 12 months (2 days off per month).

​Activities for volunteers:
Your tasks will include many practical tasks like:

• Constructing, screwing, painting, cleaning, digging, cutting wood as part of different projects

• Driving different cars with a trailer (e.g. go to the trash station or to buy material)

• Leading a team consisting of people with fewer opportunities

• Supporting your team members

We are looking for a volunteer who is:

• Motivated to learn Swedish

• Open minded

• Interested in supporting and leading others

• Able and motivated to work manually

• Enjoys working in a team with people from different backgrounds

• Flexible

• Interested in social work

• Not afraid of heights

Food, accommodation, and transportation
The volunteer will receive food money and pocket money every month. The pocket money will be 180 euros/month and the food money will be around 2500 SEK/month. In the office, you can eat your homemade lunch together with colleagues or other volunteers in our lunchroom, and there are private spaces to change into working clothes
The volunteer will live in a shared house/apartment with other volunteers, students, or workers. He/She will have a single room and share bathroom, a fully equipped kitchen, and other common areas. There is Wi-Fi in the accommodation. The housing is either situated inside the city of Växjö or in the surrounding towns of Växjö.
The volunteer will be provided with a yearlong bus card or a bicycle to travel from home to the office, depending on the distance in between them.
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​Application
If you are interested in this project, you are welcome to send your CV and a motivation letter (both documents in English) to: praktik@globalakronoberg.se Applications should be sent to us before the deadline in the European Youth Portal. Only the countries listed in the add will be eligible to participate in the project!

Note that you should write “SIP Practical Team’s project” in the email's subject, so we can easily recognize which project you are applying for.
​We will only consider applications sent to the email address stated above!

We’re looking forward to receiving your application!