ESC: ARCIL on the way to BLOOM

The mission of ARCIL is to promote care and rehabilitation services to persons with disability or in a situation of exclusion, aiming their social and professional integration. ARCIL develops several activities, structured in Rehabilitation Services and Production Unities. Rehabilitation Services includes: Childhood and Youth Program- to promote personal, family and social development of children and youth with special development problems and/or with trouble in their social insertion process; CAO Program (Occupational Activities Centre) - to stimulate and develop lingering capacities, promoting self- valorisation, social integration and well-being; to promote self- sufficiency through the development of socially useful activities; Professional Training Program - to raise jobs and encourage social and economic insertion through information, evaluation and professional guiding, training, job insertion and follow-up; Sheltered Employment Program (CEPARCIL) - to assure employment in production or service units, as a means of personal and professional valorisation of disabled people, and making it easy for them to have access to regular job market; Residential Program - to promote the development of personal and social abilities, to raise self sufficiency and cooperation and solidarity relations and to promote communitary integration; Complementary activities - sports, music, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, hipotherapy, clinical psychology, expressions (dance, music, acting, painting, adventure sports), holiday trips, snoezelen, work medicine, dentist and physiatrist. The area of Production involves: Production and services unities that assures employment as a mean of personal and professional valorisation of disabled people and as a mean to self-support financially the association • ARCILMADEIRAS wood sawing, pallets production, carpentry, wood boxes • ARCILAGRO, agriculture and cattle breeding • ARCILSAÚDE, physiotherapy, physiatrist and hydrotherapy • ARCILVERDE, conception, maintenance and irrigation systems of gardens • ARCILCERÂMICA, production of handicraft ceramic products to adornment and use • ARCILLAV, laundry and cleaning services.