ESC: Long-term volunteering at Shelter for Mothers and Children in Tallinn

Name: ESC: Long-term volunteering at Shelter for Mothers and Children in Tallinn
Start: 2023-10-02
End: 2024-06-16
Location: Tallinn, Estonia

Code: 36444 Copied

Estonia European Voluntary Service Social work Education Culture European Voluntary Service Social work +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Tallinn Children’s Home's main objective is to ensure a safe and secure growing environment for children and young people without parental care and to support families with disabled children. The institution provides several different social services, with the biggest and most substantial of the provided services being the substitute home service. Tallinn Children’s Home is divided into 13 units: one of them is Shelter for Children and another is Shelter for Mothers and Children, both of which have hosted volunteers already since 2005. The main objective for Shelter for Mothers and Children is to protect mothers and children, but also to help mothers to get back their self-confidence and independence.The shelter helps mothers to manage and organize their lives, find a job, register at a food bank etc. It is also important just to listen to their problems and to give them advice. More information and how to apply: https://estyes.ee/en/projects/shelter-for-mothers-and-children/

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers will be placed in a flat that corresponds to normal Estonian living standards. Volunteers will have either single or double rooms and common rooms: equipped kitchen, WC, shower/bathroom and living room. Usually volunteers share a flat with other international volunteers and use local city transport to go to work. Volunteers will be provided with monthly pocket and food money and they will buy and prepare their own meals.

🎒 Leisure activities

- Volunteers will receive On-arrival and Mid-term training organised by Estonian National Agency - The volunteer can acquire practical and social skills while interacting with mothers and children - Volunteer gets social work experience - The volunteer can work in a great team - The volunteer can practice Russian and Estonian languages.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: - The motivation for working with children - Experience in working with children or adults is a plus - Be open-minded and interested in work at social organisation - The volunteer can speak Russian at an intermediate level because the social workers at the center know only Estonian and Russian and at the same time, most mothers and children are Russian.
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.

📅 Available sessions

EE36444

02/10/2023 → 16/06/2024

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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

Tallinn, Estonia

Estonia

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Eastern European Standard Time

Local time: 22:16 (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 Estonian Russian