📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
The objective is to accomodate mental handicapped people within an educational framework structuring and opening out by taking account of the individual problems of life of the person, in partnership with the family and the whole of the social workers. We also want to allow to the person an optimum development with all the levels: autonomy, emotional, physical, psychological .The project aims primarily:
- to take part in a teaching project through activities of animation and daily contacts,
- to live a human experiment within the framework of an institution integrating the social, psychological and medical aspects of the assumption of responsibility of mental handicapped people,
- to be able to bring their own contribution to the project in particular in the field of animation
The tasks of the volunteers are:
- activities of animation (representing more than 60% of the time of the volunteers) such as: parlour games, painting, gardening, small animal breeding, craft,...
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will be accommodated in the city Tournai near the French border and will dispose of their own room (with common cooking facilities and showers)
They will have a season ticket to travel into the city of Tournai and to the hosting project by bus (about 30 Min)
The meals are foreseen in the project during the service. They will have a monthly amount to buy food to be prepared in the lodgment.
🎒 Leisure activities
A French course is foreseen in a public school in the city of Tournai
in principle two-three seminars will be organized by the National Agency (arrival, mid-service and before the departure)
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: - Basic knowledge of French
- The interest of (the) volunteer for a social purpose mission, centered on the disabled people
- Ability to live in a rural region.
This profile is assessed jointly by the coordinating and host Org -based on the application file and on a telephone interview with the candidates (coordinating Org in charge).
A CV with photo and a letter of motivation are required. The name of the sending organization has to be given in the application letter.
-Duration: from 10 to 12 months
Deadline: No application deadline
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.