ESC: Lehtimäki Special Folk High School

Name: ESC: Lehtimäki Special Folk High School
Start: 2022-08-20
End: 2023-06-19
Location: Lehtimäki, Finland

Code: 29955 Copied

Finland European Voluntary Service Social work Education European Voluntary Service Social work +1 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

IF YOU WANT TO APPLY, PLEASE FILL OUT THE APPLICATION FORM FROM THE WEBSITE: https://maailmanvaihto.fi/en/volunteer-in-finland/esc-available-projects AND SEND IT TO [email protected] BY 24th APRIL 2022. YOU CAN ONLY APPLY BY E-MAILING THE APPLICATION FORM! A full description of the project can be found in the same website. | Lehtimäki Special Folk High School is a boarding school for youth and adults with special needs. We offer 70 places for students, and there are short-term courses for youth, adults, and elderly with disabilities and their families. We offer rehabilitation courses, such as riding therapy. Our school builds its activities around values of respecting individuality and uniqueness of people, equality among people, participation, safety, community, and lifelong learning. The volunteers will interact with students during their lessons and leisure time and support them in their daily activities. They also help the kitchen staff and may work at the stables, too.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteers will live in an apartment in the campus area or in a house about 2 km away from the school. If latter, they can use the school’s bicycles for their way to work. The school restaurant provides the meals. When it is closed (weekends and holidays), the volunteers will receive a food package. Lehtimäki is situated in the countryside. The only public transportation nearby is one bus during the weekends to the nearest city Seinäjoki. The volunteers will get reimbursement for 1 weekly return trip between Seinäjoki and Lehtimäki. The staff might assist with moving around in the area.

🎒 Leisure activities

On-arrival training and mid-term evaluation training organized by Opetushallitus (Finnish National Agency for Education). The volunteers will also be welcome to join the on-arrival training and mid-term evaluation training of the youth exchange organization Maaimanvaihto – ICYE Finland, which coordinates the project.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profil: It is important to be motivated to work with people with special needs and have good social skills and an open attitude. We are especially looking for volunteers with knowledge on horseback riding and stable work, as well as volunteers with a musical background. It is important to be prepared to carry out different kinds of tasks and to live in a small village in the countryside.
Deadline: Application deadline: 24/04/2022

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.

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📅 Available sessions

FI29955

20/08/2022 → 19/06/2023

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Deadline: 24/04/2022

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Opistotie 1, 63500 Lehtimäki, Finland

Finland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Eastern European Standard Time

Local time: 21:19 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Finnish