📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Camphill Community Glencraig was established in 1954 to provide a unique approach to supporting children, young people and adults with learning disabilities. Over the years Glencraig Community has developed a reputation for providing a special holistic approach which enables everyone to reach their full potential and live a happy and meaningful life. Glencraig prides itself on the high standards of care, support and education provided in a nurturing environment.
Camphill Community Glencraig is based at Craigavad on the south shore of Belfast Lough, between Holywood and Bangor. It was the first Camphill Community established in Northern Ireland. Over the years the original School has been joined by a Training College for young people up to the age of 19 each providing curative education based upon the teachings of Rudolf Steiner and the Waldorf Curriculum, Dr König and complying with the Northern Ireland Curriculum. There has also been the development of the adult community and all the workshop areas where they can be involved including the biodynamic farm and garden and various craft and services workshops.
💼 What the programme involves
The Camphill Community Glencraig situated on a 45-hectare site between Belfast and Bangor in Northern Ireland on the southern shore of Belfast Lough. Glencraig mainly supports adults with a learning disability, there are approximately 100 people living at Glencraig and over 250 people who are employed.
Glencraig Inclusion 21 is a project where the volunteer will support people who have a learning disability in a residential setting. The volunteer will assist the residents in their personal care, provide support in social, cultural and practical activities.
Five days a week the volunteer will support people with a learning disability in one of the houses at Glencraig. The volunteer will be involved in volunteering activities for approximately 35 hours per week, either in the morning from 7am to 2.00pm or the afternoon/evening from 2pm to 9.00pm. The volunteer will have two consecutive days off per week and 2.5 days holiday per month spread over the duration of the placement.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will live in one of the houses on the Glencraig site this might be in a house where people with a learning disability live or it could be in a house with other volunteers. Each volunteer will have their own bedroom, but will have to share bathroom, living room and kitchen with others. The volunteers will have the possibility of eating together and preparing their own meals. Glencraig provides food and basic household items (bed linen, towels, shampoo, soap, etc.). The volunteer will receive an allowance of approximately €180 per month and a contribution towards funding travel.
🎒 Leisure activities
You will receive pre-departure training from your supporting organisation, which will include information about the Project, rights and responsibilities, intercultural learning and experiences and goal setting.
Glencraig will register you on the Online Linguistic Support and you will complete a wide range of other training.
At the beginning of the project, you will identify your learning goals and during the project you will complete regular evaluations at least once a month that will encourage active reflection on your progress towards the agreed goals.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: All volunteers should have an interest in the following:
• Promote and develop inclusion for people with special needs and fewer opportunities
• Willing to engage with people who have a learning disability
• Enthusiastic to work in an environment with people from a diverse range of backgrounds and a wide range of abilities
• Undertake physical work that may be outdoors in a variety of weather conditions
• Willing to engage in social and cultural activities outside of the primary volunteering activities
• It helps if the volunteer has a basic foundation in the English language
Deadline: Application deadline: 01/03/2022
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.