Itália

7077

Data de início: 10-03-2017

Data de fim: 26-02-2018

Vagas: 1

Duração: 12 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 03-03-2017

Financiamento: Financiamento por aprovar

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 115 €

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Resumo: Opened in 1983, the rest home is a social activity set up by the Italian Christian Adventist Church to offer a peaceful place to self-sufficient and not self-sufficient elderly aged from 60. Today, the house hosts 82 internal residents, 6 residents living in external apartments and 10 daily guests assisted by 63 social workers and about 10 volunteers.
In addition to the nursing activities carried out by the medical-specialisted staff (personal care, nursing, physiotherapy, podiatry), the organization offers to all the elderly a wide range of activities which aim to create socialization and inclusion and promote at the same time the development of phisical, psyichic, cognitive and relational abilities among the residents.

Tarefas: The European volunteers will have the possibility to develop their own competences taking part in various activities of the rest home and learning to communicate with the guests, the social workers and volunteers.
In particular the volunteer will join the staff in the organization of workshops, in everyday tasks and recreational activities and also in giving visibility to the rest home through the updating of its website and facebook profile thus sharing their enthusiasm and personal abilities with the people in organization and developing at the same time new ideas and proposals.

Through a process of growth during which they will be assisted by a supervisor and a mentor, the volunteers will improve their transversal competences such as communication skills, target orientation, sense of iniciative, attention to personal relationships and team work but they will also develop intercultural competence thanks to the contact with other International voluntees (coming from the Adventist communities around the world) and young Italians, Europeans and extra-EU living in Forlì.

The role of volunteers in the rest home will always be of support to the staff but will be mainly targeted to the socializing dimension as they should involve the elderly in the different moments of the day (leisure activities, meals, workshops and individual or group displacement within or outside the house). In particular volunteers will be asked to actively participate in the following:
1. Cognitive and handicraft work – support to the staff and the elderly in the different activities and workshops that usually involve the five senses: for example, stimulation of sight through newspaper and magazine reading or through painting and graphic expression according to the interests of the residents; stimulation of touch by creating small objects with recycled material; stimulation of taste and smell through regional, national and International kitchen activities; stimulation of hearing by listening to and producing music also with the help of a music therapist and by encouraging the commemoration of one’s life in front of others.
2. Relational area and music therapy – support and active participation in recreational and socializing moments in which residents are stimulated to establish contacts and exchange experiences. These moments can be dedicated for example to the presentation of the place of origin of the residents and of the volunteers and can be helped by the use of typical songs and traditional music.
3. Psychomotor area – support to the elderly in specific activities linked to spacial perception, cognition, relax and non verbal communication (for which the volunteers will recieve specific indication and training by the social workers), walking in the near park and short trips in the neighbourhood.
4. Management of the rest home and of the common spaces – support to the staff in the tidying-up and decoration of the building.
5. Organization of parties and special events with the professional staff and the elderly.
6. Development of the Communication area - collaborate in the execution of simple administrative tasks and support to the updating of communication instruments of the organization such as the website and Facebook profile by producing for example photographic material in particular events and parties, support in editing leaflets, video and other kind of advertisement.

Documentação: CV + Motivation Letter