Áustria

1066

Data de início: 01-05-2012

Data de fim: 31-12-2012

Vagas: 1

Duração: 8 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 08-01-2012

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 110 €

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Resumo: It is a project in the form of a pub, with the goal to offer
occupational therapy that brings the clients into contact with the local community and the world. Its target group is adults, who have a psychological illness. The organization teaches 27 clients during this social therapy how to work in a pub, how to cook, to serve, to do the accounting etc., but also how to take over responsibility, how to work in a team. The concept is to integrate modern technology with traditional technics: on the one hand there is free acces to the internet and there is a beamer and other technologies to organise events during the evening, on the other hand is the central point of our gastronomy the traditional stone oven, where the typical unleavened breads of the pub are baked and prepared.
As mentioned before one of the goals of the project is to get the clients in touch with the local community and the world. This is done in the followings ways: since nearly 10 years the association has been developing with the goal to make the pub into a communication centre in the neighbourhood. Therefore, one special focus are the regular events: lectures, music evenings, cabarets etc, in this way inviting the local neighbourhood to come to the café and integrating the clients and their neighbours. These activities are integrated with another characteristic of the pub: getting the clients in touch with the world.

Perfil: The volunteer should be interested in working with people with phsycological difficulties. We would also appreciate if the volunteer is motivated to learn German and have some ideas of starting his/her own little project during the EVS period.
The volunteer should be prepared to expect the unexpected- the target group of the pub might be difficult to get used to and to work with at first. We would like a volunteer to think about his/her concept of people with psychological illness before coming to Vienna, to realize prejudices and possible ways of working with this group. The personal contact of the volunteer with the clients, communicating on a personal basis during the regular work, in the breaks and during quiet times, we also consider part of the project- as it will mean an enrichment of the daily life of the clients in a european way. We hope that the presence of a volunteer, who might not speak german yet, will challenge the clients to learn english or to communicate in another way. It is highly appreciated, when the volunteer begins his/her work with basic geman knowledge. Most of our clients do not speak and understand a foreign language, the communication is mostly verbal.

Tarefas: We expect the volunteer to work together with the clients of the daily work: helping them with their tasks, participating in their projects and the projects planned by the team. In this way, the clients are challenged to work with a different language and in a different team. The regluar tasks for the clients are to prepare the typical breads, prepare the orders, to clean the pub, and together with the staff prepare the special events. The volunteer will partly work on the same tasks: keeping an eye on how the clients are coping and assist them when necessary. This will be a learning-bydoing process for the volunteer, where he/she will be supported by the seven project trainers. The staff will also assist to make the volunteer feel at home and finding his/her own position within the team and the group. He/she will also be involved in the promotion of the project: speak to visitors of the pub, as well as visiting events in the district together with the clients, handing out brochures(designed by the own grafic workshop), speaking to people about the pub and its goals, promoting special events.

As specific task for the volunteer, we would like him/her to think of activities that could be offered in the pub: this could be an international afternoon/evening, where music of the country of the volunteer is played, some culinary specialty of the country served etc. Together with the social workers in the team, he/she can think of ways how to invole the clients in this project: do a workshop on the food, tell the clients about the country, so that they learn something new, to plan the programm of such an event. Another possibility could be a music evening, if the volunteers is involved in music. These events will stimulate the integration effect of the pub in the local neighbourhood. We would also stimulate the volunteer to organise a social afternoon/evening for the other volunteers in Vienna, stimulating mutual contact between the volunteers and the clients.

Horário: The volunteer will be in the project from Monday until Friday. Twice a month the volunteer will work on the weekends and will have additional days off during the week.

A typical project day would look like this:
9.30-10.00 Arrival of the clients; Supporting clients while arriving, planning of the day together with
the staff of Kolar Psy
10.00-11.30 Opening the pub for public;Observing and supporting the clients while managing the
daily pub business
11.30-13.00 Lunchtime: Support clients with preparing the Lunch
13.00-15.00 Observing and supporting the clients while managing the daily pub business

Condições: All applications will be collected and forwarded to the Team . The team will select their preferred volunteer. The applicants are welcome to inform about the current procedures an ask questions at any time. Upon request, the hosting placement can be asked to give reasons for their selection.

We do not host volunteers aged under 18. The volunteer will never have the sole responsibility and will not be left alone during the project. The volunteer will also get clear instructions whom to contact in emergency the staff will intervene and provide support and deal with crisis management with both the volunteer and host organisation and will in turn report, if necessary, will liaise with the volunteer's family.
The volunteers will be provided with the needed emergency contacts in Vienna and a phone through which, in case of emergency, the Staff can be reached.

Formação: Once per year the team and clients go on an international trip,visiting similar projects in other countries. These trips enable the exchange of experiences and offers a new insight to similar work in other countries, for both team and clients. We would like the volunteer to look for the possibilities to visit a similar project in his/her country: do research on the kind of projects that exist, make contact to these organisations, try to set up the trip etc. The team of social workers will of course support with this.

Documentação: CV, Carta de Motivação e application form.