📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
This voluntary activity will be held in the “Ca' Rossa” (Red House), a residential house where about 12 disabled people between 18 and 65 years old live. The users have a mild mental illness and/or disability, with mainly rehabilitative needs and no need for continuous health care. The living environment fosters individual and social emancipation processes and the personal independence of the guests who are invited to develop their hobbies and abilities and express specific needs. The volunteer will be involved in the everyday activities connected to the autonomy of the users in daily life, ricreactional activities and creative workshops.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will work Monday to Friday in a total of 32-35 hours a week. The volunteer will have two consecutive days off per week (normally Saturday and Sunday) and two day holidays per month to be used according to the volunteer’s needs but always to be agreed with the supervisor. He/she will live in a flat with other esc volunteers, the apartment has 2 bedrooms and it’s near the city centre. The volunteer will share a double room (in the apartment there are 2 double rooms, a bathroom, a kitchen, and a big living room) The volunteer will have a bicycle to move freely in the city.
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteer will have the opportunity to learn how to deal with people with disabilities, how to work in a team. he/she will be offered an italian course to improve/learn the language. He/she will have the opportunity to attend some trainings about multiculture, volunteering, etc. and to meet other volunteers hosted in the same city.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: WE CAN HOST ONLY VOLUNTEERS FROM EU COUNTRIES for this project. We are looking for a motivated person with interest in working with people with disability and in knowing italian language and its culture.
Deadline: Application deadline: 22/02/2022
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.