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ESC: On the way to BLOOM

Code: 8538 Copied

Portugal European Voluntary Service Social work European Voluntary Service Social work Fixed dates

About the project

ESC: On the way to BLOOM

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The mission of ARCIL is to promote care and rehabilitation services to persons with disability or in a situation of exclusion, aiming their social and professional integration. ARCIL develops several activities, structured in Rehabilitation Services and Production Unities. Rehabilitation Services includes: Childhood and Youth Program- to promote personal, family and social development of children and youth with special development problems and/or with trouble in their social insertion process; CAO Program (Occupational Activities Centre) - to stimulate and develop lingering capacities, promoting self- valorisation, social integration and well-being; to promote self- sufficiency through the development of socially useful activities; Professional Training Program - to raise jobs and encourage social and economic insertion through information, evaluation and professional guiding, training, job insertion and follow-up; Sheltered Employment Program (CEPARCIL) - to assure employment in production or service units, as a means of personal and professional valorisation of disabled people, and making it easy for them to have access to regular job market; Residential Program - to promote the development of personal and social abilities, to raise self sufficiency and cooperation and solidarity relations and to promote communitary integration; Complementary activities - sports, music, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, hipotherapy, clinical psychology, expressions (dance, music, acting, painting, adventure sports), holiday trips, snoezelen, work medicine, dentist and physiatrist. The area of Production involves: Production and services unities that assures employment as a mean of personal and professional valorisation of disabled people and as a mean to self-support financially the association • ARCILMADEIRAS wood sawing, pallets production, carpentry, wood boxes • ARCILAGRO, agriculture and cattle breeding • ARCILSAÚDE, physiotherapy, physiatrist and hydrotherapy • ARCILVERDE, conception, maintenance and irrigation systems of gardens • ARCILCERÂMICA, production of handicraft ceramic products to adornment and use • ARCILLAV, laundry and cleaning services.

💼 What the programme involves

The mission of ARCIL is to promote care and rehabilitation services to persons with disability or in a situation of exclusion, aiming their social and professional integration. Activities and working methods in ARCIL: Leisure Time Centre Activities: There is an annual activities plan structured with the monitors, including activities like music, body expression, plastic expression, nature activities, sports, thematic discussions and others; Activities for disadvantaged young people: the activities are flexible and can be adapted to the talents of the volunteers; Other punctual activities: beside these daily activities, the volunteers will be able to participate (preparation, realisation and evaluation) in other activities like the Youth week-end, organisation of fairs and exhibitions, school information sessions.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Covered according to European Solidarity Corps programme rules.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profil: We appreciate young volunteers that are: open-minded, feeling confident with the objectives of the Host organisations, are creative, taking initiatives, having a sense of responsibilities, organised and able to adapt to different conditions of living and work, flexible to establish relations with different persons. It’s very interesting when volunteers have special abilities to contribute to the projects, although it’s not necessary to have any special knowledge, education, skills.
Deadline: Application deadline: 11/06/2021

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

PT8538

01/07/2021 → 30/06/2022

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
♂ 0/1 ♀ 0/1
Deadline: 11/06/2021

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

Lousã, Portugal

Portugal

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Western European Summer Time

Local time: 21:02 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Portuguese