📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
This long term ESC project is still selecting 1 remaining volunteer of the total 7 foreseen:
3 for "Città Solidale" hosting organisation (work with mentally disable people hosted in live-in communities)
2 for "Tangram" hosting organisation (social work with under aged girls hosted in a live-in community - included foreign unaccompanied minors and adults with social and physical disadvantaged)
2 for "Insieme" hosting organisation (working in job integration programmes for disadvantaged people through different services: bar/kitchen, second hand shops, bike repairing and reuse promotion)
THE VACANCY IS FOR THE PROJECT HOSTED BY CITTA' SOLIDALE.
The project take place in Vicenza, an Italian city in Venice area, from November 2021 to November 2022. The availability of candidates should be for the whole project period (no chance to change project dates).
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will be hosted in 2 independent apartments placed in Vicenza city and well served by public transports. The 4 of Insieme and Tangram will live together in one apartment (2 shared bedroom taking care to separate males and females), the 3 of Città solidale in the other one. Volunteers will receive a monthly allowance of 140€ to be used for the personal shopping, in addition to the EU pocket money of 5€ per day. 2ways international travel is covered by EU funds according to the distance band (180€ up to 499 km; 275€ from 500 to 1999 km). Volunteers will receive a bike and bus tickets.
🎒 Leisure activities
- On arrival training (1 week, maybe online)
- Mid term evaluation (4 days, maybe online)
- Italian language course at school (3 hours per week)
- Training about social and environmental topics
- Training about third sector in Italy and what being a cooperative means
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: Motivation to spend 8 months in a foreign country working with disadvantaged target groups. We'll prefer volunteers with high motivation to discover the social work run by the hosting organizations, with the mind open to take care about the tasks the social work implies (spend time with beneficiaries, do practical activities with them, etc.) and with the will to adapt to the new environment. Previous experience (also of volunteering) in the social topics addressed by the project is welcome. Basics of Italian or at least of English are needed. In case of Tangram driving license is required.
Deadline: Application deadline: 30/04/2022
ℹ️ Additional information
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:https://www.youthpass.eu/en/
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label. The Quality Label certifies that the organisation is able to run projects in compliance with the principles and objectives of the European Solidarity Corps.