The number of BAFA holders is constantly decreasing, a trend that has been observed for several years and which poses many organizational problems in leisure centers and summer camps.
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amuse, distract, play a child cannot be improvised. It can be learned. At the end of April, there are about fifteen young Ch’tis, from 17 to 18 years old, to devote a week of their holidays to follow a deepening internship at the training center at the aptitude certificate for the functions of animator ( Bafa) Aroéven de Lille, located at the foot of the belfry of the town hall. This joyful band is perfect for setting up treasure hunts, evenings, shows in a studious and funny atmosphere. As of this summer, they will be responsible for taking care of children aged 3 to 15 in summer camps and leisure centers. But the pretty summer camps more and more to seduce; The animators are rare and the childhood reception centers are struggling to recruit.
If 31,000 BAFA were issued in 2020, it is 12,000 less than the previous year. And this fall in vocations is not only the result of the health crisis. After reaching 54,800 in 2016, the number of graduates had already dropped by almost 12,000 between 2016 and 2019 (- 28 %) according to national institute of youth and popular education . A few months before the long holidays, more than 80 % of the youth supervision structures have difficulty recruiting, according to a study carried out by Fonjep and hexopée in October 2021.
The brakes on the training of animators are multiple. The first thing is “that it costs expensive,” explains Farah, 17, student of Terminale and intern Bafa. “When you come from a popular district with a large family behind you and you have to put 500 euros from the first week of training, it’s difficult,” she explains.
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The patent is obtained in three stages spread over several months: the first is a general training course of eight days, the second a two -week practical internship with children and the last stage a deepening internship of six days. As for the prices, they vary according to the training organizations, but are around 900 euros. A deterrent cost and time for many potential candidates. To partially erase the difficulty of financing, the government grants in 2022 Help 200 euros for young people who wish to train, under resource condition.
The BAFA is paid, and “the jobs it allows to obtain are not very profitable”, adds Sylvain Bailleul, director of BAFA training. There are three types of jobs for which the patent holders are requested: to ensure the animation of a leisure center, the employee works five days a week, from 8 am to 6 pm, outside the school period, and can claim to a salary between 1,500 to 1,800 euros per month. In summer camp, the duration of the mission is often fifteen days, the host is mobilized in the morning or evening for a remuneration of around 450 euros.
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