|
Work projects
Participants
Project selection
Responsibilities of both parties Work projects1. Our organization is interested in Katimavik, but we don’t know what kind of work the participants can do.
There are numerous ways for participants to be involved in your organization. Possibilities include: manual labour, office work, support for your daily activities and special projects. Contact your regional office to discuss possibilities for participants within your organization.
We can also put you in touch with organizations similar to yours who are current partners and can provide you with advice. Use your imagination; there’s always plenty of work to go around!
2. Our organization would like to engage and host Katimavik. What can we do to get a group of 11 participants in our community?
You will need to contact other organizations in your community to find out if they would like to be involved in the project to ensure that there will be enough work for 11 participants. You can also contact your regional office to find out what our needs are and how your community can build a partnership with Katimavik.
3. What is the LKC and what does it do?
The LKC (Local Katimavik Committee) is a coordination committee that oversees the logistics of the project and the integration of participants into the community. It is composed of partner organizations and Katimavik’s field staff. The LKC meets monthly for about one hour and a half to discuss the current project. The goal is to ensure that everything is in order and running smoothly, both for the participants and the partner organizations.
4. We need volunteers for evenings and weekends. Is this possible?
Volunteers are available for full-time work during daytime hours, Monday to Friday. Their schedule is flexible, depending on the business hours of your organization. Evening and weekends are reserved for group activities. However, if your organization should need volunteers for a cleanup or a special activity during the evening or on a weekend, it is possible to mobilize the group of participants help you out. You’ll need to ask the project leader to find out if the participants are available.
5. I don’t want to be a full-time partner, but I need volunteers for a short-term project (i.e. two weeks or a weekend). Is this possible?
Once again, volunteers are available for full-time work during daytime hours, Monday to Friday. However, should your organization need volunteers for a special activity, please contact us and we will consider the possibility of helping you.
6. Our organization is only open four days a week. Is it still possible to become one of Katimavik’s community partner organizations?
Absolutely! However, we will need to find another partner organization that can provide a project for participants for the fifth workday of the week. You can help us by contacting a local organization that could complete the participants’ schedule and asking it to fill out a proposal. Full-time partners are preferred, but our objective is to help organizations that need resources.
7. Our organization’s needs are seasonal. Is it still possible to become a community partner organization?
The number of volunteers you need each trimester can definitely vary depending on your organization’s activities. We are flexible on this, as long as there is enough work for all of the group’s participants among partner organizations within the community.
8. The project we need volunteers for involves working alone and independently, away from the office. Can we assign this kind of work to participants?
It is essential that participants be coached and supervised, so it is not possible to let them work alone and away from the office. However, they could work with another member of your organization who does this kind of work. So, if participants are properly supervised, they can work away from the office.
Participants1. Who are the participants? Do they have special skills? Can I ask for a participant with specific qualifications or a francophone?
Katimavik groups are composed proportionally to the population of our provinces and territories; this ensures fair representation of all the regions throughout Canada. Therefore, each group is made up of participants with different skills, abilities and interest. We are not able to guarantee that participants have specific qualifications.
In your online application form, you may state any special needs, but we cannot guarantee that they will be fulfilled. The choice of participants’ workplaces is made according to their interests and a meeting with your organization. You’ll have the opportunity to meet the participants and see which ones are the best fit for your needs. Just like your employees, Katimavik volunteers must follow your organization’s code of conduct.
2. Will the same Katimavik participant volunteer at our organization during the entire project?
No, it will not be the same participant, because he will live in three different Canadian communities during the nine-month program. After a trimester, participants transfer to another community and new participants will arrive in yours.
Therefore, if your organization has takes on a participant to assist in activities, you will actually host three different volunteers over the course of the program.
3. Will all 11 participants in the group work in the same place?
So that there is a wide range of work for the 11 Katimavik volunteers, many organizations participate in the program in each host community. Each organization takes in one to five volunteers, depending on its needs. If you plan to have more than three volunteers in your organization, you must have different jobs for them so that all the participants do not work together. You must also ensure that all participants receive adequate supervision.
4. Where do participants live during their stay in our community?
They live in a house rented by Katimavik, since group life is one of the central components of the program. Generally, a community representative and Katimavik staff work together to find a residence prior to the arrival of the first group of participants.
Project selection1. Our organization has a union. Could the project be rejected?
Yes, your organization’s union could reject the project. However, Katimavik’s objective is to provide organizations with supplementary resources to help them complete projects that otherwise wouldn’t have been feasible. In no way does Katimavik intend to replace employees. When the issue is explained correctly, it is extremely rare that a union opposes a project.
2. If I submit a project, what are my chances of being selected?
Organization selection criteria can be found in this section of our Web site, in the “Teaming up with us” tab. If you meet most or all of these criteria, you have an excellent chance of being selected!
Responsibilities of both parties1. Will our organization have to spend money to benefit from the program?
No financial contribution is needed for a partnership with Katimavik. The only contributions expected of you are an exchange of services and your motivation and desire to be involved.
2. Volunteers must prove that they have no criminal background in order to work for our organization. Does Katimavik conduct a criminal record check on candidates before they are selected?
Yes, Katimavik conducts a basic criminal record check on participants, and in most cases, the results are completely satisfactory. However, Katimavik cannot guarantee that participants have undergone a criminal record check for vulnerable sectors in which they might work. If a criminal record check for the vulnerable sector is required to work within your organization, it will need to be done when the participant arrives in your community, and the organization will be responsible for covering the costs.
3. We can’t provide transportation for participants from the Katimavik house to the work site. What should we do? Participants’ transportation to and from work is your responsibility. Possibilities include carpooling, public transportation, or an agreement with the paratransit service.
|
