

Workshop leader Mental Health
Kopfsachen e.V.
- Kids & Teenagers
- Education & Language Support
- Health Promotion
About the volunteering opportunity
Do you share our passion for promoting the mental health of young people and would you like to get involved? Become a workshop leader and empower young people to take good care of themselves.
As a workshop leader, you will carry our mission to the outside world and teach young people mental health skills through science-based workshops.
Your Tasks
- You will independently lead scientifically based psychological workshops with versatile, experience-based methods in your city.
- You will take part in our revision session every two months.
What's needed
Volunteers must be native German speakers.
- You have a Bachelor's degree in psychology or are at least in your 5th semester.
- You would like to apply the theoretical knowledge you have learned during your studies in practice and make it tangible.
- You enjoy working with young people and are willing to interact in a playful and creative way.
- You are self-reflective with regard to your own privileges and are aware of the responsibility in your role as a workshop leader.
- You are empathetic and flexible. You can adapt to the needs of different age groups and the often unpredictable school environment.
- At the moment we can only offer our workshops in German. For this reason, German language skills at level C2 are our minimum requirement. Other foreign languages are welcome.
Time required
You have time for at least two workshops per month (6 school hours each) as well as preparation, follow-up and intervision.
Important notice
For your work as a workshop leader and regular participation in the intervision / further training, you will receive an exercise management allowance of 110€ / workshop.
Where?
Kopfsachen e.V.

We are a young non-profit start-up for the promotion of mental health.
Since 2020, we have been energetically pursuing our goal of empowering young people mentally. We rely on scientifically sound educational formats and teach pupils, parents and school staff the basics of mental health skills and methods for actively promoting them. Particularly important: our team of professionally trained workshop leaders meet the participants at eye level and as close as possible to the reality of their lives.