Espanha

13598

Data de início: 06-09-2024

Data de fim: 07-08-2025

Vagas: 1

Duração: 11 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 04-08-2024

Financiamento: Aprovado

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 105 €

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Resumo: The hosting organization is a non-profit organization born in 1996 from the union of families who have at least one person with autism. The main objective is to improve the quality of the life of people with mental disorders and their families. The organization Assembly includes more than 300 families spread throughout the Region. The hosting organization has a Board of Directors whose main function is to manage and represent the Association. In addition, to develop the plans designed by the Board, the organization has a professional group of one hundred people and an important group of volunteers who work with them.

Our goal is to ensure the well-being and improve the quality of the life of people with disabilities or autism and their families, throughout the different periods of their lives.

The specific objectives of the hosting organization are:
- Empower the person with autism by providing comprehensive care, starting with prevention and going through specific interventions, to carry out an improvement in their quality of life.
- Working with families (welcoming, information, counseling and training) with the aim of achieving family integration as a basic step towards social integration.

The hosting organization is a member of the Region of FEAPS(The Spanish Confederation of Organizations in favor of People with Intellectual Disabilities) and the Spanish Confederation of Autism.

The hosting organization provides the following services to its members and users:

SERVICES FOR MEMBERS / USERS: psycho Pedagogical evaluation, educational support, psychosocial support, Asperger's group, workshop activities, swimming pool, summer camp, summer school, leisure activities for adults and academics, psychomotor education, music therapy, speech-language pathology, toy library, multisensory stimulation, employment support.

SERVICES FOR PARENTS: psychological support, family care service, family rest support, school for parents, School for siblings and grandparents, family visit, general intervention in the family context and Collusion support.

Currently, the hosting organization is developing its services in the Region, intervening in more than of 100 educational centers throughout the region.

Perfil: This project is aimed at young people between 18 and 30 years old who have not participated in any European volunteering project (EVS or ESC) before. We will give priority to the selection of young people with fewer opportunities.

The selection will be made based on the attitude, the willingness to participate, the motivation and the commitment to the values of the project rather than knowledge and skills of the candidates .

We value the responsibility, the spirit of initiative, the patience and the ability to step back from interpersonal conflicts in order to deal with them more effectively, and the enthusiasm and willingness to participate in the different activities offered.

No young person willing to participate in our project will be excluded for any reason (economic difficulties; social or geographical obstacles; cultural or ideological differences; sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, gender and gender identity, etc.).

Tarefas: The volunteer will develop the activities of the project in the center. In this center, users with autism spectrum disorder receive a comprehensive treatment that includes all dimensions of adaptive skills, in order to integrate them into society. In addition, many activities are geared towards the users spend their free time and carry out different sociocultural activities. In this case, the volunteer will accompany them (with the support of one or more people) to facilitate their mobility and participation in these activities.

The main tasks of the volunteer are:
- Support in the development and implementation of employment programs and the transition of users from adolescence to adulthood.
- Support in occupational activities and basic skills workshops.
- Support in daily activities of the users, inside and outside the center, for example: swimming pool workshop (Intervention in the aquatic environment), organic gardening workshop, ecological shop, sales of products, craft workshop (ceramics, glass and leather), activities of daily living (cleaning, cooking, etc.), speech therapy and communication skills workshop, multi-sensory workshop and music therapy, employment workshop, leisure activities, sexuality workshop.

Our volunteer will also participate in:

- Promotion of European projects and programs and mobility among young people in the Region, as well as among the users of our organization.
- Participation in workshops and presentations of the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) program in youth organizations, secondary schools in the cityand the University.



These activities will take place from Monday to Friday from 15:00 to 20:00, with the possibility of leisure activities some Saturday mornings as well. The volunteer will carry out all these activities with the supervision of professionals, assistants and tutors in the different classrooms of the centers.
The organization offers the opportunity to learn with the support of our technical team the main areas related to intervention on the autism spectrum. The volunteer will acquire the basic skills and knowledge about a specific disability profile.

In order to develop activities with young people affected by autism and/or Asperger's syndrome, The organization has different methodologies and types of work:
- Non-formal educational activities.
- Psychological treatment.
- Emotional support.

Most of the activities take place mainly in the city with a population of 469.177 inhabitants (2023).

Our volunteering project seeks to promote the values promoted by the EU and the ESC Programme, such as solidarity, equality, justice, respect, the fight against exclusion and xenophobia, etc.

Condições: Practical arrangements: The schedule of the volunteer activities will be between 25 and 35 hours per week. The volunteer will work max. 38 hours on 5 days per week.

Holidays: According to the rules of ESC, volunteers must have 2 working days off per month.

Accommodation: The volunteers will live in a room in a shared flat located in the city together with other volunteers. The room and the flat will be fully equipped, and electricity, water, gas and internet will be covered by the lead organization (till the amount of 30€ per volunteer).

Pocket money: The volunteer will receive the monthly rate foreseen by the Spanish NA, 186€ per month.

Food: The volunteer will receive 184€ for food every month.

Local transport: Every volunteer will have a chance to choose a bike or bus card provided by the hosting organization if it is needed.

Language support: The volunteer is entitled to receive language support with an online platform, as stated on the ESC programme guide.

Medical insurance: The volunteer will be covered by a private insurance that will cover all the expenses not covered by the public health system (health, accident and civil liability insurance).

Travel costs: The volunteer will receive financial support for travel from his/her country to Spain and from Spain to his/her country once the project is completed, up to a maximum amount established by the European Commission according to the distance band.

Visa and residence permit fees: The volunteer will receive financial support for visa arrangements (if required).

Deposit: The volunteer will have to make a 370€ deposit that will be reimbursed once the project is ended and the volunteer leaves tidy, clean, and with no damage in the private room and common areas, and if the volunteer doesn't leave the project without a justified reason before it ends.

Documentação: CV + Motivation Letter + Aplication Form (ask to ProAtlÂntico)