Espanha

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Data de início: 15-10-2013

Data de fim: 04-06-2014

Vagas: 1

Duração: 8 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 25-04-2013

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 105 €

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Resumo:
Local community

The hosting organization is located in a quiet little town with a very strong history and tradition, where the associative movement and volunteerism is very strong, and the confluence of many organizations and social entities is notorious. The city has a high rate of people from foreign origin, and a very high rate of youth unemployment, so it is a city with great challenges and much work ahead. Its geographical location is unbeatable, about an hour by train or bus from the city and the coastal zone, with the possibility to use public transport in most cases. The people who is living and working in the city use both Catalan (language specific to the region) and Spanish language.

Place of work: special workplace for labor inclusion

The hosting organization, in collaboration with the coordinating organization, wants to provide an opportunity for 4 volunteers to conduct a special facility volunteering in the work of the
organization. This center is located in an area called "El sot dels pardals", about a ten minute walk from the historical center, inside which were established most companies and organizations in the city, and where they develop all kinds of economic activities and initiatives groups.

The users’ employees of the work center

During the year 2011 in the workplace that has the foundation, have worked a total of 48 people, 38 of these with a mental disorder, 6 professionals and 4 volunteers. In the special work center, there are working currently a total of 12 users, 66% suffer from schizophrenia, 6% with an obsessive compulsive disorder and 28% corresponds to several other diseases. Most users are between 31 and 40 years old, which represents 44%.

Perfil: - age: 18 until 30 years old
- open minded,
- flexible

Tarefas: The foundation and its relationship with the volunteer

The foundation wants to provide an opportunity for young Europeans to participate in the project of the foundation related to occupational therapy and waste management. Here the volunteers will have the opportunity to work with people suffering mental disorders, and to participate into the process of social integration. With the supervision of therapists and professionals, the volunteer will learn the techniques and philosophy to make occupational therapy and social integration being a reality. The volunteer may also participate in other activities and actions of the organization according to their motivations and capacities, such as management of humanitarian projects, participation in the artistic project ATELIER or organizing leisure activities for workers users. Here the volunteer will have special importance in the sense of participating in the themes and activities that interest may interest, in coordination with professionals. The foundation will supply all the resources, both human and material, giving the opportunity to collaborate with the activities of the organization and develop their own projects according to the principles of the organization and its capacities.

The volunteer and their role in the foundation

The foundation has had since its creation a very close relationship with various volunteer
programs. This is one of the cornerstones of the foundation, where volunteers have had and have a role in which we will tell in detail later: occupational therapy. The volunteer, in this sense, will be in contact with the users of the special work center.

Volunteers perform activities relating to waste management, while participating under the technical direction of therapists, in the process of labor inclusion. This experience will be a very positive impact on the organization, as well as users and volunteers participating in the European Voluntary Service experience. The volunteer activities which will take place during the project, always according with their abilities and personal motivations, are as follows:

1. Handiwork of waste management within the workplace in conjunction with users with the supervision of therapists and technicians from the foundation.
2. Complement and track user’s workers, led by the technicians and occupational therapists.
3. Possibility to develop own projects within the organization under the supervision of staff and monitoring committee regarding the work areas of the foundation. We will provide training in fundraising, financial principles and another aspects regarding European project management.
4. Organization of leisure and outdoor activities for users working in coordination with other entities in the city working with people with social integration difficulties, and in accordance with the objectives of the foundation and motivations of the volunteer.
5. Collaboration with the ATELIER project Trueta, as a space dedicated to the repair, reuse and creating all kinds of accessories, clothing and furniture for resale at affordable prices to finance the foundation


Occupational Therapy as the main activity of the foundation


It is a health discipline related to people who suffer any alteration, disability and / or physical or mental impairment, whether temporary or permanent that values people with purposeful activity to prevent disability and develop functional independence.


As therapists use by occupations that are meaningful to the user to preserve, maintain or improve the health of people. We explain why the projects we develop with our customers are significant even manipulative activity and repeating the same sequence: destruction of drugs, prepare bags with different materials...

The occupational therapy has an impact, which is divided into three branches: one is the environmental factor, recycling toners, films and other materials that contribute to reducing pollution that would result in throwing these materials away.

Another branch is the humanitarian project that is developed through recovering medical equipment which is then sent to developing countries.


And last but not least, the social integration, providing an opportunity for people with mental disorder getting into the labor market. This aspect makes the possibility to change the role of sick person to the role of working person, with all that means for the users. This is a key factor for the users, introducing them into the labor market and promoting the inclusion of people with mental disorder in the society in general, trying also to destroy the barriers actually existing into the labor market for people with mental disorder.

Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em Inglês