📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteer will work in the Katharina-von-Bora-Haus, which is a residential project for people with disabilities run by the Stephanus Foundation. The house offers diverse living and support opportunities for people with severe disabilities. There are six residential groups living in the KvBH, with eight residents each. The residents are between 25 and 82 years old, but most of them are elderly people with severe physical and mental disabilities, e.g. dementia, in need of a lot of care. The volunteer will support the staff in one of the residential living groups with eight mostly elderly residents who live there together as independently as possible.
The volunteer will assist them during leisure activities as playing music or shopping, helping in daily activities as getting up and getting dressed or light physical activities as walks and mobilization/physio. The volunteer will also support the stuff with housekeeping/domestic chores like grocery shopping and helping in the kitchen.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will be living in one apartment (2 rooms, kitchen, bathroom) in the living home. Maybe he/she has to share this apartment with another volunteer or intern; each one gets a single room.
The volunteer will receive food in the project.
The volunteer will be reimbursed for the costs of a monthly public transport ticket (reduced fee).
🎒 Leisure activities
There is a mentor who is responsible for answering any questions and supervising the work of the volunteer, and who speaks English. The volunteer can take part in the regular capacity training for staff members. The project has much experience with German volunteers and has been a host project for the European Voluntary Service for several years now.
The volunteer will take part in on-arrival training and mid-term meeting in Germany.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: The Stephanus Foundation has the following expectations towards the volunteer’s required skills and interests:
- motivation to work in the project
- ready to work with people with mental disabilities (experience in this field would be welcome but not necessary)
- be open to work in a responsible, independent way
- be open to living with people with disabilities
- be prepared to work in care and support
- basic knowledge of German language would be an advantage
- reliability and punctuality
Deadline: Application deadline: 20/04/2022
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.