Estónia

4045

Data de início: 05-09-2014

Data de fim: 06-06-2015

Vagas: 2

Duração: 9 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 26-02-2014

Financiamento: Candidatura

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 85 €

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Resumo: The hosting organization is based in a city with around 400 000 inhabitants. Estonia has temperate climate. We have all four seasons. Autumn, winter, spring and summer. Last years winter are really cold (-20 to -30 even sometimes). But summer is also nice, the city is close to sea and beach.

The hosting organization has three different departments and we host volunteers in two of them. One volunteer activities take place in 24-Care Centre, where the main activities take place in the afternoon, from 2pm to 8pm (6 hours). During the day clients are in the others centres (our organisation centres – Work Centre and Development Centre. This Centre is surrounded by nature even its close to town city centre. Everything what volunteer need –shops, library, cinema, theatre, pubs, sportcentres – all those things can find in that city.

The second volunteer activities take place in Development Centre. The main activities take place in the morning when groups goes to the centre from 9 am to 3 pm (6 hours). This centre is arounded by nature as well. To town town is arounded 20-30 minutes.
Our organisation is celebrateing all legal holidays and the others quarter days what may find written in calender. And its good oppurtunity to volunteer to see estonian traditions/customs.
Both services are independent from each other, but as their own initiatives volunteers can make joint projects to facilitate workshops in both of them.

Perfil: Young person easy going, calm, friendly and not afraid of physical work with disable people. Good communication skills in English and will to do activities for and with people with disabilities. Previous experience with mentally disabled people is taken in good consideration.
Age: 18 until 30 years old

Tarefas: Working as a volunteer in the organization with disabled people is a good learning opportunity for the young person. Through the work they will get very good experience from the social field. Work with people with disabilities may be emotionally hard in the beginning without any previous experience, but it also gives very much for the volunteer in terms of personal development and reviewing the values to life. Volunteer will get good understanding of the Estonian social care system. Volunteers creativity and communication skills will develop strongly as volunteers needs to find ways how to get contact with the clients of the centre, none of the clients speaks English, and many of them have difficulties to communicate verbally in general. Also the volunteer will get experience working with different types of disabilities, possibility to gain knowledge about different types of therapy (from therapists who visit place), you can develope 'soft' skills like empathy, raise your sensitivity, openess among others.

I Volunteer will mainly work as an assistant for the tutor in the centre, helping in different activities. With time and some experience she/he will gain also more responsibilities and according to her own interests and skills can take propose and initiate also new activities for the target group.
One volunteer will mainly work in the 24-Care Centre. Examples of the activities volunteer will be involved in are following:
- preparing activities with and for the residents of the centre for the leisure time (games, workshops, group activities etc)
- helping residents in shopping for the meals and preparing meal with them
- guiding residents in other everyday activities (cleaning rooms, doing dishes, washing clothes etc).
- assisting tutor of the centre in planning activities for the residents outside of the centre etc.
- assisting tutor preparing the meals

Besides working in the Centre for 24-Care, it is possible for the volunteer to get more involved also in the activities run in Working Centre, also help in the Day Activity Groups.

II Volunteer will work in Development Centre. The Development Centre Prepares the disable person for a reintegration in the society and gives the social and labour skills to support that integration. The main activities for the volunteer would be:
- taking clients for outdoor (swimming pool, forest) and cultural (museums, art galleries) activities
- preparing classes (for example about one´s own country), having a presentations
- helping teachers during the classes
- assistance in activities like preparing a tee, wahing dishes
- taking part in a different art activities (ceramics, paintings, glass art)
- assistance in cooking class, computer class, music therapy
- participate in activities prepared for workers (like “energy day”, poetry evenings, coffee afternoons etc)

Both volunteers can eat in the organisation, but food money is also given to them each month and they will manage on their own. Local transport to work place is covered by the program. Volunteers will share flat with other volunteers in the city or students.

Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em Inglês + Application Form

Download: 4045 - Application Form.doc