Commitment as a school crossing patrol assistant
Would you like to dedicate your time to schoolchildren and help us to improve safety on the way to school? We will be happy to advise and support you.
Course description
the Mobility Department offers you the opportunity to work as a volunteer school crossing patrol assistant in our urban community.
Over 500 volunteers are already working at the authorised and secured locations at primary and special schools in the City of Munich.
Help us and get involved as a school crossing patrol volunteer!
school crossing guards have the valuable task of preventing children from crossing the road unintentionally and ensuring that they cross the road safely together. They also emphasise the special duty of care that road users have towards children, but do not have any police powers.
- for your voluntary work, you will also receive an expense allowance of 8 euros (net) from the City of Munich for every hour or part thereof. If you are deployed more than twice a day, you can receive a maximum of 20 euros per day.
- You will receive weatherproof yellow warning clothing and a trowel so that you can be recognised as a school crossing patrol helper.
- During your work and on the direct route to and from your place of work, you are insured against accidents with the Bavarian Municipal Accident Insurance Fund (KUVB). This insurance is free of charge for you.
- You will be at your place of work for about half an hour before and/or after each lesson.
- One location can also be supervised by several volunteers.
Prerequisites
It is often parents and relatives of schoolchildren who help to ensure a safe journey to school. However, any adult who fulfils the following requirements can help with the school route service:
- You are of legal age and physically fit,
- You are reliable and punctual,
- You can stand outside in all weathers and always remain calm and organised, even under stress or in difficult situations.
Civic engagement takes place everywhere in urban society - regardless of origin, gender, religion or ideology, disability, age, sexual identity or orientation.
It is important for the volunteer school route services that you have sufficient knowledge of German to understand the police instructions on site. If you have a residence permit, this must authorise gainful employment so that you can receive the expense allowance.
We look forward to meeting you!
Required documents
Please send us an e-mail with the following information:
- Your full name
- Date of birth
- Your address
- Telephone number.
If you already know in advance which primary school you would like to work at, we would be pleased if you would indicate this in your application e-mail.
We will contact you as soon as possible after receiving your e-mail. Alternatively, you can also contact us by telephone.
Further steps in the application process
You will then receive the following documents from us by post or e-mail:
- A letter of request to apply for an extended certificate of good conduct. The costs for this will be borne by the City of Munich.
- A medical certificate, which must be completed by your family doctor.
As soon as we have received the extended certificate of good conduct, we will contact you to arrange an appointment to sign the agreement and issue the weatherproof warning clothing.
Please note that the medical certificate must also be available for signing the agreement.
After signing the agreement, you will receive a briefing from the police at your place of deployment. You can then start the school crossing patrol.
Questions & Answers
- School crossing patrols are adults who work on a voluntary basis for the City of Munich and receive an expense allowance in return. The contact person is the Mobility Department.
- School crossing patrols are pupils who help younger children at their school to cross the road. The school crossing guard teams are organised directly at the respective school and supervised by the police.
People with a criminal record are not allowed to work in child and youth welfare. For this reason, we have been legally obliged since 1 January 2012 to require volunteers who supervise, look after, educate or train children or young people or who are in contact with them in a similar way to provide an "extended certificate of good conduct" in accordance with Section 30a of the Federal Central Criminal Register Act (BZRG).
We will pay the fees for the extended certificate of good conduct so that you do not incur any additional costs.
A medical certificate is mandatory in order to be a school crossing patrol assistant. School crossing patrol assistants take on a responsible task in public spaces where physical fitness is essential - among other things, to be able to react quickly and safely. As school crossing patrol assistants are on duty in all weathers, it is particularly important that they are in good health.
We therefore ask for your understanding that, in line with our duty of care towards all those involved - the children, parents and the volunteers themselves - we must insist on a medical certificate of fitness.
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Landeshauptstadt München
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Sendlinger Straße 1
80331 München
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