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Female volunteers needed - see availability

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The experience

Hostel placements are ideal for people needing to complete a student placement as part of their course or if you would like to simply lend hand on a residential basis. You can expect to volunteer for four days out of seven with three days off each week. In your free time you will be able to explore the local area. You will receive free accommodation in a shared single-gender dorm and breakfast.

Please read all the information carefully.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Housekeeping: Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.

What you get

3 days off per week

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English

Over 18 years old

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

The minimum placement is 3 weeks and the maximum is 8 weeks.

Please note that all hostel placements are on a voluntary basis and we do not enter into a contractual agreement with individuals or placing organizations. With that being said, we do rely on our volunteers to cover certain shifts at the hostel. If you are not able to make a commitment, then please refrain from applying.

We recommend you purchase travel and medical insurance.

As part of our safeguarding measures, we require all candidates to submit a Criminal Record check from their home country. You cannot start volunteering with YHA or reside in our staff accommodation until this check has been returned to us. Please note that it's your responsibility to check if there is any cost associated with this.

Activities & Shift

• Housekeeping (10am-2:30pm/no break included). You’ll undertake housekeeping tasks efficiently and effectively to a high standard of cleanliness throughout the hostel. You’ll take a proactive approach to reviewing and maintaining excellent standards of cleanliness throughout the hostel. You’ll report faults or damage to a member of the hostel management team.
Tasks may include: making beds, hoover, dust, carry linen, clean general areas.

• Food and Beverage. You’ll comply with all Food Hygiene standards in the storage, preparation, and delivery of food. You’ll promote the sale of food and beverage to generate revenue, contributing to the achievement of your hostel’s F&B targets.
Kitchen morning shift: 7am-1pm (30-minute break included)
Kitchen afternoon shift: around 5-10pm (no break included)
Tasks may include: washing dishes, cutlery, pots and pans, cleaning the kitchen, sweep and mop the floors, some light food preparation

• We publish the rota about 2 weeks in advance, and all volunteers do 4 shifts per week. After the rota is published, no amendments can be made. We expect the volunteers to be flexible and available for the 3 different kinds of shifts (kitchen morning, kitchen evening, and housekeeping). If you work and there are specific days or times that you are unavailable, please refrain from applying for this placement. Flexibility and reliability are very important to us.

• Volunteer facilities, such as dorms, showers and kitchen, are the volunteers' responsibility to maintain clean and tidy. We do a weekly cleaning rota for all volunteers, to ensure that everyone participates in the cleaning of the shared facilities.

Rules

-Smoking, drugs and alcohol are not allowed in the hostel.
-Quite time: 11pm - 7am. Be respectful of other volunteers sleeping in the room.
-If you want to have any visitors at the hostel, they are only allowed in the common spaces (not in the volunteer rooms/facilities), and only during the day until 10pm.

Please note that our Wi-Fi is only available in the communal areas of the hostel (not in the rooms).