📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Asilo Valdese for elderly people belong to the Waldensian Church (www.chiesavaldese.org) and it is an residential organization hosting 110 elderly people, 90 of them non-sufficient. The organization has the national health system authorization and cooperate with the local health institution for the assistance of the non-sufficient people. The objective is to respond to the need of elderly people in the rural area of east Piedmont, around the small city of Pinerolo. The center is very well organized especially for what concern the leisure activity program for elderly people. The organization feels the calling for serving the other and caring about people in situation of need. Its mission is the full sadisfaction and happiness of the guests. The main goal is to put the elderly person in the condition to keep its own dignity and the new value coming from elderly age, even in cases of total or partial loss of autonomy and self sufficiency.
The organization was funded in 1884 after the wish of a local pastor and thank to donations of the local community. The main goal was to take care of elderly people of the small village of San Giovanni. In 1929 the new area was opened and the center became a eldery house for anyone in need, not depending on the religious belonging or geographical origin. Today it also provides daily service for sufficient elderly people who want to participate in the leisure activities organized by the social workers.
💼 What the programme involves
The two retirement homes are located in two different small villages in the Italian Alps, next to the city of Turin, in Piedmont. All of the placements are staffed with doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, animators, and personal assistants, as well as kitchen, cleaning, maintenance and administrative personnel. The volunteer will be actively involved in the weekly planning of the job, and according to his/her own personal interest and skills he/she will have the opportunities to propose her/his own activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
ESC volunteers in Luserna San Giovanni will share an apartment located in a separate area of the retirement home with other international young volunteers (single and double rooms). Meals are provided and eaten at the center's lunch hall, and/or at the volunteers’ own apartment, with necessary foodstuffs provided to facilitate the volunteers’ independence.
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteers will attend a training cycle including the on-arrival training, a mid-term seminar and an evaluation seminar. During this seminars he/she will have the possibility to meet all the volunteers hosted by Diaconia Valdese. Furthermore, as foreseen from ESC project, the volunteer will attend the seminar organized from the Italian National Agency.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: We look for a volunteer, aged between 18 and 30 year old. The project do not requires any special skills, expertise or previous experience, the volunteers has only to be motivated, interested in the project and in the social field, willing to challenge her/himself and get out of the comfort zone. The volunteer need to be ready to listen, learn and start a process of change. She/He will need to be enthusiastic and willing to start a great new adventure.
Deadline: Application deadline: 17/05/2022
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.