“Frontline” project is an opportunity for you to be part of a volunteers team and the community of IASIS in order to organize a series of experience-based activities for people with mental health issues residing in boarding houses, as well as people with disabilities and other social vulnerable groups, aiming at developing both their soft and hard skills, in order to become more functional for their daily-life activities. Moreover, plan events and activities in order to mobilize volunteers from the community.

You will share a human experience of living together with 14 more people in the heart of the city and use it as a chance to build up an atmosphere of creativity, social inclusion, selflearning and fresh ideas.

An open and non-judgmental space will be created for all the volunteers, in order to create an implement their own projects, addressing of course the needs of the community.

• Create, facilitate and organize learning and leisure activities for each other, youth of the local community, people with mental health issues and other social vulnerable groups.
• Implement solidarity activities through our services or by your own initiative
• Meet the community od IASIS (volunteers, interns, staff) and work together for various projects
• Interact with different organizations in Greece throughout IASIS big network of partners
• Interact with other young people by participating in CYC’s Local Youth Council and take action for your new neighbourhood
• Support the design and organization of a large scale event for the broader public and be part of the Connected We Stand Festival
• Share rooms, cook, clean, do gardening, maintain your living space, promote the actions and activities through several channels (social media, blogging, video making, photography, mobile app, pop-up events…)
• Live in an intercultural environment

• Arrivals: 1 September (all day) – start of the project
• Departures: 31 august (all day) – end of the project

*Early arrivals and late departures are not financed. If you want to explore Athens for some more days, you can extend your trip on your own cost!

1. Welcoming: the 1^st volunteer who arrives home is responsible for welcoming the others. How to do that depends on you!
2. Induction week: your 1^st week will be dedicated to get to know each other, meet the staff and the facilities of IASIS, as well as get trained in order to gain necessary skills and abilities.
3. Select your team? at the end of your 1^st week you will be ready to get actively involved to the project activities!
4. Make it viral: leaving your home stability for such a long time, in order to provide your support in vulnerable groups is really great! Let the whole world know what you are doing, mobilize them and inspire them to follow your example!
5. Hold the fort: one of your duties is to maintain a proper sustainable household! Living, working, creating impact, and spending free time with other 14 people from different countries might be challenging, but it will make you the most “intercultured” person in your gang!

You will be hosted in a 270 sq.m shared apartment at IASIS headquarters, located near the center of Athens. In Ano Patisia (2 minutes from the metro station of Ano Patissia). The apartments capacity is for 15 people.

You will be 15 volunteers in total, so leave some space for everyone!

• Amenities: 5 bedrooms where you will stay in shared rooms by 3-4 people each, 4 bathrooms (where it is better to go by yourself), 1 shared dinning and living rooms (so you can meet each other either wise), a big balcony (for you to hangout) . We will provide bed linen, blankets and towels. The accommodation has 2 washing machines and 2 fully equipped kitchens with all the necessary items for 15 people (where you can cook together). There is Wi-Fi access too! Last but not least the building has a large, amazing rooftop for the spring and summer period as well as a gym and a studio for photo shooting, video shooting and playing loud music. (under construction)!
• The activities: The activities – depending on the group and the context – take place in CONNECT ATHENS Youth Center, our Boarding Houses (Aghios Nikolaos and Aghios Kosmas), our Day Center and all over Athens. Also there is CONNECT YOUR CITY Training Center in Porto Rafti, an ideal place, 35 minutes from Athens, where you can sunbathe on the beach, support the local community if needed, mountain bike, hike, swim in the pool, barbeque, meet more volunteers, aim with a bow and arrow, implement sport activities, organize your own trainings and activities focusing on the community and other environmental actions, eat the best fish ever!

• Pocket money: You are entitled to 5€/day for all 365 days of your stay in the project. In total you are going to receive 1.825€ during the project. The money will be distributed to you monthly, counting from your 1st (arrival) day.
• Food and living money: You are going to receive individually 150€/month per person in vouchers and together with the rest of the volunteers you will have to arrange the shopping list. How are you going to achieve that is one of your first tasks for the project? The vouchers will be distributed to you monthly, counting from your 1^st (arrival) day.
• Travel reimbursement: travel costs from and to Athens will be reimbursed up to the maximum amount of budget according to the distance from your supporting organization to Athens. Participants from Greece are not eligible for reimbursement. You will receive the reimbursement 1-2 weeks after your official arrival date, provided that you hand out all the relevant document (itinerary, receipt, proof of payment)

Insurance

CIGNA Health insurance is provided to you for the whole duration of the project. This insurance covers all the medical costs planned or occurred during the service. We suggest the participants to arrange the European health card prior to their arrival in Athens. Your supporting/sending Organization will be provide to you all the necessary support for issue your CIGNA Health  insurance (code).

Transportation

As soon as you arrive in Athens, we will issue a 12month transportation card. Having this card, automatically means that you will be able to move for 12 months, counting from your arrival day, all over Athens (except from the Airport) in every means (metro, bus, train, tram). In addition, IASIS has mini vans, which can be used for our out-of town activities.

Certificates

After successfully fulfilling the project you are going to receive the Youthpass certificate, the official recognition tool for non-formal and informal learning in youth projects. It is a self-assessment certificate that is well recognised Europe-Wide. Internal certificate of IASIS indicating: hours of service, type of support that the volunteer offered to the organization and to local institutions, set of skills they acquired, with a personal recommendation. This certificate can also be used as a letter of recommendation for future employment reasons.

The working language is English, however you can use as well body language a some super basic Greek would be important for social interactions.

The working hours are 30h a week and they usually are Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm (with an hour lunch break). Saturdays & Sundays are free days and you can spend them the way you want. In total you have 24 extra days for vacations. Training hours cannot be skipped and are included in the working hours.

Free time and informal time is up to you how you are going to divide it. However, it has to be in a coordinated way since, besides work, you have a house to maintain, a menu to execute and housemates to live harmoniously with.

The rest of the crew will be composed by the professionals of IASIS and you will be supported in your journey by:

• Activity Coordinators that will guide you through work and be the reference persons between you and your facility of action.
• Mentor that will guide you through your personal learning journey as well as support you in adopting in the new context.
• Trainers that will train you on how to develop and deliver training activities.
• A project manager that will support you in all the practicalities of the project.
• Technical assistant that will support you in practical issues about the house, the activities and anything else.
• The marketing department of the IASIS that is going to support you in creating and sharing your own publications online.
• The permanent staff members of the IASIS team, which consists of psychologists, social workers, nurses, doctors that are going to be on standby.
• A pool of active volunteers and interns that are surrounding the activities of IASIS