ESC: Centre for mental health JORDÁN for adults with mental disabilities

Name: ESC: Centre for mental health JORDÁN for adults with mental disabilities
Start: 2024-09-01
End: 2025-08-31
Location: Czech Republic

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Czech Republic Education European Voluntary Service Social work Education European Voluntary Service +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Intervia is an association dedicated to promoting the social and professional integration of vulnerable individuals, including youth, immigrants, and people with disabilities. Their work is grounded in values of inclusion and solidarity. They offer mentorship, coaching, and professional development programs, collaborating with businesses and educational institutions to create employment and internship opportunities. Additionally, Intervia engages in awareness and advocacy initiatives to promote social inclusion and combat discrimination.

💼 What the programme involves

Come to Třinec and become a volunteer in Jordán! It is a center for people who experienced psychiatric treatment.The mission of this placement is to contribute to the lives of the service users so that they can learn to live a normal life, even with mental illness and to positively affect the way society views people with mental illness. ACTIVITIES: Your main activities will be to participate in numerous activities organized by the centre. During the first months, you will be guided through all the activities in the centre: morning meetings where clients share their feelings, different themed clubs (literature, geography, music) and workshops, sport activities, group therapy with a psychiatrist, activities with horses, memory training exercises, therapy workshops such as ceramics and other forms of art therapy. To find out more about this project, visit our website www.intervia.cz

🏠 Accommodation on site

Costs related to the voluntary service are covered mainly by European Solidarity Corps programme. As for accommodation, it will be provided for you. A flat is usually shared with other volunteers - don’t worry about your privacy, each person has own bedroom. Moreover, you'll receive food allowance 170 Eur/month and pocket money 7 Eur/day. As for travel costs to the Czech Republic and back home, these are reimbursed to a specified limit depending on the distance. Travel costs to your workplace/seminars/day with are reimbursed as well. You pay only your special activities in your free time.

🎒 Leisure activities

By saying YES to this volunteering opportunity, you’ll have a chance to be part of the group of 25 international volunteers within Slezská Diakonie (SD). These young people have also decided to “bring light into the lives of the needy” in the following year. You will have a chance to meet during on-arrival, mid-term and evaluation seminar to encourage each other, share and reflect on your learning journey. Moreover, you will have the chance to visit the placement of other volunteers (Day with) or to create a common project (Go for it). Join us! We are looking forward to hear from you!

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: If you're a person with an open heart for others, you want to improve your professional skills and gain new experience, you are looking at thi right project. PREFERRED PERSONAL TRAITS:being proactive in the work with people and in learning the Czech language, taking responsibility, ability to work in team but also independently, be patient, empathetic, tolerant. It is an advantage if you play a musical instrument.
Deadline: No application deadline

ℹ️ Additional information

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?

Training before and after the project
Health insurance during your project
round-trip travel reimbursement
accommodation and food
pocket money
language course
Return Week-end
Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

CZ33850

01/09/2024 → 31/08/2025

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Hraniční 280, Kanada, 739 61 Třinec-Třinec 1, Czechia

Czech Republic

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Czech Republic Koruna (CZK / Kč)

Exchange rate

1 CZK = 0.041274 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 22:11 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

Czech English Slovak