Lituânia

4839

Data de início: 05-03-2015

Data de fim: 13-10-2015

Vagas: 2

Duração: 7 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 31-01-2015

Financiamento: Aprovado

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 80 €

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Resumo: The care home for the elderly was established in 1948 and 1950 was moved to its current location on the shore of the river in the city. From the initial fifty the number of residents over time has increased to two hundred. This is a governmental institution currently accepting residents from all municipalities of the country. The organization is working according to the Social Services Act and the Social Security and Labor Ministry procedures.

Since 1994 Lithuania carried out intensive reforms of social care institutions. Social work programmes were created and first social workers started working in Prienai care home greatly improving rehabilitation and medical services for the elderly and the disabled. Our major goal is to provide for the residents various services, taking into consideration their needs, likes and interests.

Today the personnel of the organization provides a comprehensive capital quality of services, promotes residents’ independence and self-fulfillment, the desire to live active and get involved in home care activities. The organization acts as a methodical center social workers from all over the country can advance in their qualifications.
Prienai Care home has strong focus on residents’ adaptation and rehabilitation. Some rehabilitation areas undergo continuous improvement: applied physical therapy, water therapy, traditional methods of treatment, psychotherapy, various activities’ therapy, and many others.


Our office is a contact point for Lithuanian young people and volunteers willing to go abroad, searching for information, volunteering projects, willing to help, interested in intercultural issues. It is also a place for international volunteers (from different parts of Lithuania) to have EVS related meetings, plan common activities or simply socialize.

The city is one of the most significant cities of Lithuania. It is not only a city of old traditions, but also a large centre of business and industry. It can also lay claim to be a city of young people with over 35,000 students studying at one of the seven universities here.

Hundreds of years of cultural heritage are preserved in the historical and architectural monuments, museums, theatres, art galleries and churches. In the city we are proud of the importance that our people have played in contributing towards making the rich cultural, historical, and academic tapestry that is Lithuania.

Volunteers have all the possibilities to enjoy a full scale city life (cafes, pubs, cinemas, night clubs, shopping centres, parks and so on) and also volunteers’ community. As mentioned, volunteers from other places of Lithuania are able to visit the city on a regular basis.

Perfil: The main principle is volunteers’ strong motivation to take part in our activities. Work in the office greatly relies on meetings and communication with people so naturally candidates should have some communication skills, to be open minded and with strong affiliation to people. Volunteers should be ready to learn how to work independently as well as in a team. We expect to receive active volunteers, willing to take initiative in volunteering promotion and development.

Age:17-30

Tarefas: Volunteer’s activities could be:

- about 40% of the time - he/she has an active task with the clients in the therapy workshops (in the role of assistant he/she supports/leads activities like handicrafts, arts, cooking, doing pottery and working with wood, knitting).

- about 30% of the time the volunteer proposes games for old people during their leisure time, helps them to do shopping, accompany to doctors.

- about 20% of the time the volunteer takes part in other activities related to their initiatives: teaching them new games, dances, preparing exhibitions, taking part and helping in excursions, art workshops, education trips, administrative work etc., also informal one-to-one conversations.

Volunteers will be involved in social rehabilitation, working with people suffering from diseases of old age, activity therapy programs, assisting in daily household chores, landscaping, catering and other activities, to improve the quality of their life. For example one volunteer can work in age dimension group, where the care home residents are involved in mobility and occupational therapy (exercises with the ball, simple crafts, outdoor activities, art, painting, games). The second volunteer can work with more independent elderly clients assisting with a similar range of activities (sport activities, work in the garden, cleaning the area of the care home, handcraft groups, theatre, songs and dances group, computer classes, language lessons, shopping, excursions etc.). According the volunteers wishes they can work with a different group of old people each week of the month.

Each of the volunteers will be working with different groups, but we will encourage an inter-change of ideas among them and there may be an opportunity for some "job-swapping" so that one volunteer gets to experience the range of activities on offer at the other two sites.

We are keen to discover and utilise each volunteer's particular interests, experience, cultural background and skills, as far as possible, so there will be some flexibility in the design of the volunteers' timetables to accommodate this.
The volunteers will have possibility to learn about the social care environment and will have the opportunity to gain tolerance, clear communication skills and team-working skills. They will learn it from the day-to-day experience of working alongside some of the most marginalised members of society – the elderly.

Working with an experienced workers volunteers will also learn how to organize various events and workshops (activities in the interests, needs and interests of the calendar of religious holidays and the organization of various courses under the voluntary capacity). Volunteers are able to learn from the experience, wisdom, and receive valuable advice from and elderly people, learning and creativity in adapting to life changes and opportunities for socialization, diversity.

The EVS volunteers will be considered as a full team members with the same rights and responsibilities similar to those of the employees. As such s/he will assist to the weekly team meetings and can influence the development of the activities and projects s/he will be involved in but also to accomplish the tasks for which s/he took responsibility. Together with the supervisor a work plan will be established and followed-up in regular talks also in terms of learning outcomes for the volunteer.

Condições: 1

Documentação: CV + Carta de Motivação em Inglês