📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Radicà is a non profit organisation settled in Calvene (VI), a small town in the north east of Italy, about 30 km far from Vicenza and 100 km far from Venice.
It mainly provides educational services and activities for children with fewer opportunities and youth to promote equal opportunities and active participation at local level.
The mission is to promote rights and equal opportunities for all minors and young people, through diversified educational services and activities. It is made up of 21 worker-members.
The regular activities are:
- reception and territorial education services for children and young people with fewer opportunities including social difficulties (for example families in a state of hardship);
- non-formal education of young people, with particular attention to promoting the active participation of young people and from learning to participation;
- active citizenship and legality.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteer will be involved in the activities carried out in educational community.
He/she will help the educators in everyday life of children with difficulties related to problems of the family of origin and personality, which can lead to behavioral, relational, affective, and psychological disorders, carrying out the following activities:
• to support the animators in daily tasks;
• to support the animators in the preparation of meals and houseworks;
• to participate in the community life through the organization of outdoor activities, craft workshops and others educational activities relevant for personal’s projects (according with the individual education project of the child).
Pet therapy, land art, bio-agricuture, open air activities, cultural trip are organized with the support of volunteer according with kid interest and potential. If you like nature and sport, it is a great environment for hiking, bycicle, sun bath in the next cascade pak.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Food: the receiving organization directly supplies food. In the holiday period (2 day per month and 7 days for Christmas the volunteer will receive 5 euro/day)
Accommodation: independent small apartment next to the educational community (1 kitchen/dining room + 2 single bedroom/ 1 bedroom is occupied by a young educator). Facilities available.
Address: via Divisione Julia 42, Calvene (VI) - Italy
Working hours: 30 hours/week + 1 of tutoring + 2 hour/month of mentoring+8 hours/month with other esc volunteers in the area
Driving licence is required to move in the week end.
🎒 Leisure activities
Language support: the coordinator will organize an Italian language course with a professional teacher (80 hours). The course will be shared with volunteers of another organization of the area called Samarcanda. The course will be in Calvene and in Schio.
Group mentoring to develop leadership and soft skills (1 time per month with other esc volunteers in the area).
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profil: • creative, patient and proactive person;
• a friendly, communicative and active attitude;
• wishing of developing interpersonal relationships;
• strong interest in volunteering in the context described below and to have intensive experience of work with youth and children suffering;
• willingness for live in a small, traditional and provincial town;
• able to drive (driving license);
• open-minded and with a responsible attitude to better understand the learning process and the rules of cohabitation;
• aware to live a personal experience and not working experience.
Deadline: Application deadline: 20/05/2022
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.