News – September 2025

Call for applications: Federal Volunteer Service at the "Open Door" in the Polyclinic

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Call for applications:

Federal Volunteer Service at the "Open Door" in the Polyclinic

We are advertising a position in the Federal Volunteer Service for our open door as of 01.01.2026.

The organisation

The Solidarische Gesundheitszentrum Leipzig e.V. is a district health centre in the

Leipzig district of Schönefeld. Our approach is to think health holistically and interdisciplinarily.

interdisciplinary approach. Above all, we focus on the social causes of illness and health

instead of seeing health as an individual responsibility.

The position

The vacant position in the Federal Voluntary Service is part of our Ag "Open Door" with the following tasks:

- Supervision of the open door (on fixed days)

  • First point of contact in the district health centre and welcoming

    people who come to us

  • Advising visitors/clients of the centre about the centre's services

    of the centre, reducing fear of contact

  • Occasional representation at the open door, at the open interdisciplinary consultation hours once a week on Wednesdays

    open interdisciplinary consultation hours, which means

    above all coordinating admissions

  • Telephone and personal contact person for information and appointments, transferring clients between the centre's services

- Participation in team, working group and collective meetings

- Participation in the plenary session every fortnight on Thursday evenings (6-8 pm)

We see the BFD as a low-paid voluntary position. The so-called monthly

pocket money of €250 paid out each month is not deductible from the citizen's allowance. The conditions

as fair and transparent as possible.

We offer

- an interesting job with high socio-political relevance

- freedom to organise workflows and processes in the project

- a low-hierarchy and non-discriminatory working environment

- Collaboration in a motivated team that works on an equal footing

- Opportunity for regular supervision, group weekends and supra-regional networking meetings

networking meetings

We are looking for

- You are over 18 years old, reliable, communicative and interested in neighbourhood work

- An open-minded attitude towards a wide variety of people

- Interest in grassroots democratic working methods (you are no stranger to consensus voting)

- German and English spoken and written, mega plus point would be another language

- Reliability and a conscientious way of working

We are happy if applicants have these experiences and skills. However, we also see a BFD as a learning environment.

How to apply

Send a short letter of motivation without a photo with a few details about yourself by 5 October 2025 to the following address: info@poliklinik-leipzig.org or by post to Poliklinik Leipzig - Taubestraße 2 - 04347 Leipzig

Further general information on the Federal Volunteer Service

at https://www.bundesfreiwilligendienst.de/

You can find information about our organisation at https://poliklinik-leipzig.org/

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