Bélgica
8971
Data de início: 01-02-2020
Data de fim: 30-01-2021
Vagas: 1
Duração: 12 mes(es)
Data limite de candidatura: 05-01-2020
Financiamento: Financiamento por aprovar
Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 105 €
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Resumo: The service created in order to improve the quality of life of people with mental disabilities and their families. The organization was born in 2007 and at the beginning, when the center opened, just three young adults with disabilities decided to try the chance. In 2009, they became 13 to believe in the project and to flourish thanks to various activities. Nowadays the service counts more or less 30 young users who are in between 18 and 40 years old.
Our staff is made up of 7 workers working full time or part-time. We are also constantly supported by several local volunteers and we host very often students from the local schools who come at our place for their school internship.
The beneficiaries (adults with mental disabilities) of the organization generally quite autonomous and independent adults but the service aims at encouraging their social inclusion by offering them to participate in social and collective activities and by providing them with personalized daily support starting from their personal needs, interests and wishes.
The staff supports the beneficiaries following 3 axes:
1) Individual support based on personal needs expressed by the people with mental disabilities. The wishes expressed by the beneficiaries can be very diversified.
Examples: find an accommodation; discover the work in a field they are interested in; daily work in a local partner organization; learn new specific skills (IT; woodworking; gardening;…).
2) Collective support ex: information sessions about health and sexuality;
3) Community activities ex: gardening in the public park in partnership with the municipality.
Perfil: Age requirement to take part in ESC programme: 18-30 years old
Prior to departure, the volunteer should be in contact with a support (sending) organization in order to receive information and preparation. Our project is open to anybody motivated by volunteering and who wishes to be involved in our organization and working in the field of youth work, regardless to their nationality, religion, believes, diploma, professional experience;
The volunteer will have to provide a certificate of good conduct (CGC) related with the work with disabled people;
It is advised that the volunteer has some basic knowledge of FRENCH or a strong motivation to learn it as the beneficiaries do not speak foreign languages;
Thanks to this volunteering experience, the volunteer can really expect to acquire or improve many different skills (communication, adaptation, plan making, organization, French, interpersonal and social skills), to be part of a very friendly team and to be part of a local as well as international communities. In parallel, we think that to get the most of this project, the volunteer is expected to be:
-At ease with people;
-Patient and calm;
-Ready to build an atmosphere of confidence and safety with the public;
-Ready to involve him/herself in the several tasks we do with them;
-Able to work in team;
-Interested in the topic of people with mental disabilities;
-In tune with our philosophy of equality and openness to the difference;
-Willing to listen, communicate and care about adults with disabilities.
Tarefas: We expect the ESC volunteer to take an active part into the staff work. S/he will support and accompany the young adults with disabilities during their daily activities. S/he will facilitate their investments in the tasks realization:
1) Collective support: with the help of the staff, accompany the people with mental disabilities to their working place at partners’ or on collective activities, perform the tasks next to them (ex: gardening, little reparations, cleaning, serving the clients at the Alterboutique). During the first weeks, s/he will meet the different partners we work for and will be introduced to the several tasks. Then, according with the agenda of the staff and his/her preferences and skills, s/he will have the opportunity to choose the activities s/he’s more interested in.
2) Individual support: listen to the personal needs of the beneficiaries and proceed to a personalized plan of action with the support of the educators. The volunteer is also a person who can support the beneficiaries in the process of assimilation of their learning outcomes and their daily progress. However, a distinction is made between educators and the volunteer: the volunteer will not be in charge of the whole educational plan but will support them in the concrete steps within the process. In a second phase of the project, when the volunteer is acquainted with the beneficiaries, he/she can offer them to help them out in the management of their accommodation (ex: test new cooking recipes, do the shopping, furnishing, DIY,…);
With the support of other workers, the volunteer will play a big role in the maintenance of a good relationship with the different partners, the beneficiaries and the staff of Service. The volunteer is a point of contact, someone who has more time to give in order to open a space of discussion for the beneficiaries with the aim of creating a social link.
The volunteer’s activities can be adapted according to his/her skills and interests. There is a
space for personal projects to be implemented and s/he will surely have the support of theteam. It is expected from the volunteer to suggest some ideas in order to improve the Service, having the will to evolve constantly. No matter which activities the volunteer will prefer, her/his ESC will always foresee very varied tasks! The volunteer will
also have the opportunity to participate in other activities out of the Service but linked with the same target group such as board games evenings, movie nights organized by the coordinationg Association or in various activities organized by the local youth center, both situated very close from volunteer’s accommodation and Service
office.
Documentação: CV + Motivation Letter + Application Form
