Alemanha

3302

Data de início: 01-09-2013

Data de fim: 01-09-2014

Vagas: 1

Duração: 12 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 01-05-2013

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 105 €

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Resumo: The hosting organization in an institution for children and young people in need of special care of the soul. Its curative educational and social therapeutical work is based on the anthroposophical idea of man propagated . It accommodates children and young people from the age of 6, who are mentally or psychologically handicapped (e.g. Autism, conspicious behaviour, multiple handicapped). The schooling in the affiliated Special School comprises twelve years, from the 9th grade pupils attend at sheltered workshops like woodworking, pottery, weaving mill. According to their abilities residents can also work in house keeping, gardening or horse grooming. The residents are living in small groups which are cared by qualified staff. The institution is surrounded by a vast garden, which is subdivided in a park resembling part with playground and swimming pool, a kitchen garden for self-sufficiency and a third part for accommodation of therapy horses.

Qualified staff members are supported by students from the university of cooperative education, conscientious objectors and volunteers from the german Voluntary Service Year program.

Perfil: Age: 18 until 30 years old

Volunteers are not expected to have a special previous knowledge but they should have an interest in working with handicapped people. They should be open-minded to work with children and young people in need of special care of the soul. It's necessary for volunteers to be sociable and outgoing, to have enthusiasm, and to be tolerant to foreign cultures. They should be able to interact well with different groups of people. An enthusiastic, responsible and flexible attitude towards the work is very important. Experiences in youth work or help for disabled people would be helpful, but is not a prerequisite. To get easily in touch with the staff members as well as the children and their parents, a basic knowledge of german language would be helpful.

Volunteers should be able to get involved into the staff and to contribute to the work. They should be interested to deal with german culture and to learn to manage everyday situations in german language. The sending organisation should assure a good preparation for an assignment of the volunteer in a foreign country. A preparatory visit would be helpful
Volunteers who are not selected can ask for detailed information about the reasons..

Tarefas: Volunteers get the opportunity to contribute - under guidance of staff members - to the support and leisure time program of the orthopaedagogical institute Sonnenhalde. Volunteers can introduce their own ideas and abilities like computer literacy, graphic design, mechanical skills, music playing etc. In the beginning volunteers will only assist staff members, later they should take on responsibility - as far as admitted by legal liabilities. Emphatically volunteers are invited to bring in their own ideas. Staff members will appreciate all initiatives to develop additional proposals for leisure time activities and will support planning and realization. Volunteers could develop their own ideas for new games, activities or stories into a personal project if they so wished - creative ideas are always welcome. Major tasks in which volunteers can be actively involved are: Assistance and support for residents in all day chores and leisure time;·occupational therapy like doing handicraft, singing, playing music;·attendance at excursions and study trips.

Volunteers are invited to participate in internal vocational training seminars.The assignment of volunteers will be discussed with staff members. Volunteers are expected to accomplish a fulltime voluntary service of 35 hours per week. Overtime doing will be balanced by additional freetime.

Volunteers can take part in a language training for European Volunteers arranged by the coordinating organisation. The aim of the language training is the command of oral every day speech with a special focus on the terminology of child care. Through language training the volunteer should be enabled to manage typical situations of daily life they will be confronted with during their voluntary service.

Apart from language learning the language training serves as a weekly meeting for European Volunteers from several EVS projects situated in the region. Every month a day of studies will be organised vor the volunteers, where the volunteers can seek advise for their choice of occupations in future, meet counselors from universities and colleges, go on excursions, or take part in cultural events. The content of this program will be discussed by the group and participation is left up to the volunteers..

Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em Inglês + Ficha de Inscrição

Download: 3302 - Application Form.doc