Reino Unido

8183

Data de início: 01-07-2019

Data de fim: 01-06-2020

Vagas: 1

Duração: 11 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 06-01-2019

Financiamento: Financiamento por aprovar

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 150 €

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Resumo: The Homeless Families Project (Mater Dei and Cloverhill) are supported accommodation services for vulnerable families experiencing homelessness (ie. ranging from expectant mother through to mother, father and children).
The Services have 14 / 18 self-contained family units. There are large communal areas for the service users.
The displacement of families is due to any number of factors such as inappropriate living arrangements, overcrowding, domestic violence, bereavement, family relationship break down.

Some of our resident parents are very young themselves and have had very little life experience. It is important that families are kept together and provided with high levels of support during any period of transition. Families are appointed a key worker to ensure they receive the appropriate support.
A support plan (life skills, budgeting, parenting skills and health support) is developed between the service user and worker.
The project provides the time and space during which families can address the issues which led to their housing crisis.
The project supports families to gain practical skills which enable them to adapt to life after they have left the project. Floating Support workers support service users who move into their own tenancies.

Perfil:  Empathic and non-judgmental
 Patient and self-motivated
 Ability to use initiative and be flexible and open to new situations
 Interested in, and a basic understanding of the issues around homelessness
 Willing to work with children (of all ages) and parents who are on the margins of society
 A good level of written and spoken English
Age: 18-30

Tarefas: Our aim is to open new possibilities for the project and its service users through the inclusion of volunteers. While the project staff often have to focus on the basic service provision the volunteers can concentrate solely on additional activities which will be of great benefit to the service users.

Because service users’ have their own flats in the building it can be difficult to get them to socialize and participate in activities within the Project.

On arrival, each volunteer will be inducted into the policies and procedures of the project. This will include training around safety procedures, professional boundaries, child protection, crisis prevention and intervention, importance of using team communication and other issues relating to working in a residential setting.

 Arts & Crafts: Painting, crafts, jewelry making, educational play
 Social activities – film, games, quizzes
 Keep Fit, Dance classes, sport
 Gardening: Mater Dei has a small garden area that needs developed
 Life skills: literacy, health awareness, relaxation, parenting issues, money management, job search, cookery
 Health / Fitness promotion
 Accompanying resident families on trips outside the project /Befriending
 Spending time to talk and get to know the resident families

For the first few weeks the volunteers will visit both Family Services to get an understanding of them both. This will be a supportive mechanism to ensure that volunteers become familiar with the relevant policies and procedures during the Induction phase.


After induction the volunteers will get involved in workshops and activities. Volunteers will also play a role in team meetings and debriefing sessions in which any issues are handed over from one team to another.

Documentação: CV + Motivation Letter + Application

Download: ESC Application Form.doc