Hëllef Um Terrain (HUT), the organisation set up to replace Caritas, is currently seeking to fill around a dozen posts in Luxembourg and is also calling on volunteers to join its ranks.

Among the most sought-after profiles on the charity’s website are for social workers and educators, but the organisation is recruiting across a range of areas, to work with groups including the homeless, children, families and refugees.

Almost all of the vacancies are for permanent staff contracts of 40 hours a week, with sucessful candidates joining different services run by HUT, such as the reception centres in Contern, Munzen and Ulysse or the shelters in Ettelbruck, Kirchberg and Frisange, among other locations.

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Volunteers also wanted

In addition to filling job vacancies, the new association is looking for volunteers for the Wanteraktioun, organised by the Red Cross, Inter-Actions and HUT. The annual initiative aims to provide support and shelter for homeless people during the coldest months of the year.

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At the beginning of October, the government revealed in parliament that more than 300 people had already signed an employment contract with Hëllef Um Terrain, after it was created to take over the majority of the tasks previously carried out by Caritas Luxembourg, which ran into major financial difficulties following the theft of €61 million from the charity.

Unions had protested against the manner of the transfer of employees from Caritas and had encouraged staff not to sign, saying that workers had not been given sufficient time to review and analyse the documents.

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Prime Minister Luc Frieden had said last month that it was not feasible for Caritas to continue, since “every euro that comes its way could end up in banks that are demanding repayment of loans”. The government had approved a bridging loan of €5 million to Caritas so that the charity could continue its remaining activities – those not taken over by HUT – in the short term, Frieden said at the beginning of October.

(This article was originally published by Contacto. Translation, editing and adaptation by Tracy Heindrichs)