ESC: Kårkulla samkommun / Dagtek workshop & life skills activities

Name: ESC: Kårkulla samkommun / Dagtek workshop & life skills activities
Start: 2023-08-15
End: 2024-08-14
Location: Ekenäs, Finland

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Finland Art Culture People with disabilities European Voluntary Service Social work Art Culture +4 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Dagtek Serviceenhet is one of several social service units of Kårkulla samkommun (Kårkulla Joint Authority). Kårkulla Joint Authority's Primary function is to provide service and care for intellectually disabled Swedish-speaking persons in Finland. Other functions are to provide work for people with disabilities according to the Social Welfare Act, to provide substance abuser care in Swedish, to maintain a work clinic and youth counselling. The inauguration date was on the 1st of August,1960. Maintained by all 33 Swedish-speaking and bilingual /Swedish and Finnish) municipalities in Finland (excluding Åland Islands).

💼 What the programme involves

--- DAGTEK is a part of Kårkulla joint municipal authority (Kårkulla samkommun in Swedish), which offers services for people with intellectual disabilities or autistic spectrum disorders. The activities Dagtek offers are divided into several sections in different areas. The volunteer will assist either in Dagtek's arts&crafts workshop or life skills activities – or in both if the volunteer wishes so. Dagtek is located in Ekenäs, which is a small town with about 15 000 inhabitants situated by the sea in Southern Finland. Now, Dagtek is looking for a young person to join their team for a year of European Solidarity Corps volunteering. Got interested? Learn more and apply as soon as possible!

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer will be accommodated in a local host family if a host family is found. Otherwise, the volunteer will live in a shared flat together with another volunteer of Dagtek. Lunch will be offered at Dagtek. Other meals will be provided by the host family or cooked by the volunteer (in which case the volunteer will get a food allowance). The possible daily commuting costs will be covered for the volunteer.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We are looking for a volunteer interested in working with adults (18–60-year-olds) with different types of intellectual disabilities, autistic disorders, or minor learning challenges. It is important that the volunteer is socially active, flexible, and motivated to participate in community life, meaning being there for the clients and communicating actively with them. It is also important that the volunteer has open communication with the staff team and shares their ideas and observations with them. >> Read more: https://maailmanvaihto.fi/en/volunteer-in-finland/esc-available-projects
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.