Áustria
11417
Data de início: 19-09-2022
Data de fim: 11-08-2023
Vagas: 1
Duração: 11 mes(es)
Data limite de candidatura: 03-07-2022
Financiamento: Aprovado
Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 110 €
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Resumo: (work with people with disabilities)
The hosting organization is part of an international community of people with and without disabilities, who live and work together based on the international Charter of the Community. This Charter states that every human being has a unique value. We have contacts with many Arche communities abroad (primarily Germany).
The organization was founded in 1992 and is a Christian–ecumenical community. In our daily routine there is place for spirituality. The work here considers the UN convention for people with disabilities.
Currently, 10 people with a disability are accompanied in two houses.
The main tasks are care/nursing, housekeeping and creating a familiar and welcoming atmosphere for the disabled people. To achieve this goal, we share life and work, sing and celebrate together and try to organise happy and exciting days for the residents. Household chores include cooking, tidying, laundry and cleaning.
We offer people with cognitive impairments a comprehensive everyday life. For example, we have many weekly leisure activities. The Volunteers accompany them (for example: dancing, swimming, hiking...).
Perfil: We are looking for an open-minded volunteer, who wants to collect experience in working with disabled people. We expect that the volunteer brings high motivation for the project and is open for the target group.
We would be happy to host a volunteer who:
wants to get to know our organisation,
is interested in working with people with mental and multiple disabilities,
has a stable personality, in order to be able to work with people with disabilities, can imagine to live in a community for 10,5 months (in an own separate room),
is open-minded, friendly, enthusiastic, creative and communicative,
wants to work in a team, is motivated to learn German,
wants to gain social, intercultural, communication and nursing skills,
brings her or his own culture and interests into the project,
is ready to volunteer for 10,5 months starting in September.
You can apply for this project, if you live in an EU country, Iceland, Liechtenstein, or Norway. Only for people between 18 and 30 years. The volunteer must be available for the project full time. (You must not study, work, be in training or any other side occupation that keeps you from volunteering.)
We are open to host volunteers with different backgrounds and especially encourage participants with fewer opportunities to send their application.
Tarefas: We want applicants to know that it is important to engage with the process of living in this community. You should be willing to communicate, take over responsibility and accept challenges. The volunteer in our organisation brings an important and unique quality to our work, but she/he must also be willing to accept challenges.
The main tasks and activities of volunteers are:
being part of the team
living together and working in our community,
supporting/caring for people with disabilities in daily life (basic needs, leisure time),
doing household chores and other necessary jobs,
participating in regular team meetings and meetings with the tutor,
participating in projects in the local communities of the Arche houses,
creating and implementing a personal project with professional support,
participating in the activities organised by the coordinating organization.
The EuSC service is 35 hours per week
The volunteer lives and works in the hosting organization with a professional team (pedagogues, nurses and psychologist) who have multicultural backgrounds. The Arche staff has team meetings two times a month and supervision 6 times a year. The volunteer will join these meetings.
The volunteers’ task is to work with, care for and support the residents. The volunteer accompanies their daily life. She/he can help them in several situations - changing clothes, hygiene, eating, managing morning routine, free time, workshop, cooking, going to bed etc.... Our team gives the volunteer time to get to know the people with disabilities and the other way round also.
Slowly the volunteer will take over more and more responsibility. We try to create a balance to encourage the volunteer while not demanding too much. The volunteer can discover his/her potential and we are open for new ideas and opportunities. Communication is the key.
Horário: The volunteer will work five days a week, around 35 hours a week including a German course. There will be a weekend, this means two consecutive days off every week. The volunteer has 24 holidays during his/her project time. National Holidays are free days for the volunteer.
Documentação: CV + Motivation Letter + Application Form
