📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
Geysir Clubhouse is a place where people with mental illness come to rebuild their lives. The participants are called members, not patients, and the focus is on their strengths, not their illness. Work in the clubhouse provides the core healing process. Every opportunity provided is the result of the efforts of the members and staff who work side by side in unique partnership. One of the most important steps members take toward greater independence is transitional employment where they work in the community in real jobs. Members also receive assistance in securing housing, advancing their education, obtaining good psychiatric and medical care, and maintaining public benefits. The volunteer will be asked to assist the staff and the members of the Clubhouse to carry on various tasks, such as kitchen, administration, cleaning, etc. The role of the volunteer will be based on his/her/their strength and interest. He/she/they will be a caring friend for the members.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will live in a flat in Reykjavík with other ESC volunteers and will have a private room. Kitchen, living room and bathrooms are shared. The volunteer will receive food money and a bus card will be provided for the whole duration of the stay.
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteer is obliged to attend on-arrival training and midterm evaluation in Iceland and get informed on end-of-term evaluation meetings in the sending country. The volunteer will receive some language training whilst in Iceland. Ongoing support and training will be provided by the staff of Geysir Clubhouse and personal support will be given by the volunteer’s mentor as well as the coordinating organisation AUS.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: The volunteer must be mature, outgoing and willing to work with people who have struggled with mental illnesses and want to partake in society in a constructive way. The project is open to new ideas the volunteer can bring, therefore we are looking for a volunteer who could develop his/her/their personal project (art, craft, sport, language courses, or any other ideas).
Deadline: Application deadline: 03/04/2023
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.