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Data de início: 02-07-2012

Data de fim: 02-05-2013

Vagas: 1

Duração: 10 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 04-01-2012

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 150 €

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Resumo: This is a 24/7 accomodation project providing care and support to long term street drinkers, working to a principle of harm reduction. It provides a 'homely' environment with a high standard of accommodation and support to access to welfare rights advice, health care and other specialist services.
The project houses up to 23 long-term homeless street drinkers who have failed to or do not wish to stop drinking. The residents may have associated mental health problems, general health problems and a low self-esteem. The project accepts both men and women over the age of 18. The average age of residents is 40.
The project works within a principle of 'harm minimisation' which means that we work with residents at their level to provide the best possible interventions for them. Because of the needs of the residents we work with, the project has allocated 'wet areas' where residents are able to consume their own alcohol on site. This is managed by a keyworking system so that residents have support from an allocated project staff member.
Volunteers should be aware that this can be a challenging project. Volunteers must take a mature approach to the issues that they may face in the project. Alcoholism and associated mental and physical ill health can lead to many residents to withdraw from life outside the project. Therefore volunteers can play a key role in bringing a positive outlook and meaningful activities into the project. Even seemingly small activities can make a big difference to the well being of our residents.

Tarefas: Volunteers run a diverse programme of activities in arts and crafts, music and film and quiz nights. The can also help staff with life skills and awareness raising about issues around health or good money management. The volunteers also help to organise outings or special events for residents. The association has a dedicated Volunteer Co-ordinator who manages both EVS and part time volunteering. Volunteers who are placed with us also enjoy an intercultural experience. Volunteers are generally on induction for the first two weeks of the project. During this time they participate in a tour of the host city with the volunteer mentor of the project. They are also given the opportunity to visit sites of historical and cultural significance.

Condições: Volunteers are housed in rented accommodation. They live in a house with shared, kitchen, living room and bathroom. They will have their own bedrooms. All utensils, sheets, towels etc will be provided by Depaul Ireland. Depaul Ireland pays for all rent and bills for this house. Volunteers will be required to maintain cleanliness in the house and the house from time to time will be subject to agreed house checks by the volunteer co-ordinator.

Formação: Our projects are aimed at socially excluded people and in particular the homeless, drug users, offenders, youth, care leavers or those at risk within their local communities. We have hosted 2 full-time EVS volunteers in Northern Ireland since 2005 in our hostel and have hosted 2 more in our Homeless Families Project since 2008. We have a strong ethos of volunteering and initally the volunteer programme was established to enable local individuals to become involved with the work of the organisation. The programme aims to develop the skills of the volunteers whilst simultaneously enabling Depaul Ireland to offer a more multifaceted approach to our service.
By adding a European dimension to the volunteer programme we feel that our residents and working practice has greatly benefited from new cultural experiences. The EVS programme also offers the opportunity for young people using Depaul Ireland services to volunteer abroad. We actively promote EVS to the participants of our "Drive Ahead" training project. The project is a free 10 week course to enable unemployed young people to gain skills to acess employment and get a driving and forklift license. Depaul Ireland would fully assist any particpant in the sending process. Currently we host 10 EVS volunteers within our Dublin and Belfast services.

Documentação: CV, Carta de Motivação e application form.

Download: Depaul NI EVS Volunteer Application Form 2012doc - with IE.doc