📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
Come to Český Těšín and become a volunteer at LYDIE. It is a center for children and young adults with physical and mental disabilities (aged from 2 to 26 years), children with autism. The goal of the social activation services of Lydie is to help develop and maintain skills of children and young adults with health disability in their natural environment. It is also to prevent their exclusion from social life by implementing therapeutic activities and meeting with peers. ACTIVITIES: Your main activity will be to support and assist the service users. In the morning, you will accompany children and young adults by walking with them to physiotherapy and to and from school. You will help service users with practical everyday activities such as movement around the centre, dressing or at mealtime. The workers will also need your help with positioning clients and getting them ready for paraffin treatment. To find out more, visit our website www.intervia.cz
🏠 Accommodation on site
Costs related to the voluntary service are covered mainly by European Solidarity Corps programme. As for accommodation, it will be provided for you. A flat is usually shared with other volunteers - don’t worry about your privacy, each person has own bedroom. Moreover, you'll receive food allowance 145 Eur/month and pocket money 6 Eur/day. As for travel costs to the Czech Republic and back home, these are reimbursed to a specified limit depending on the distance. Travel costs to your workplace/seminars/day with are reimbursed as well. You pay only your special activities in your free time.
🎒 Leisure activities
By saying YES to this volunteering opportunity, you’ll have a chance to be part of the group of 25 international volunteers within Slezská Diakonie (SD). These young people have also decided to “bring light into the lives of the needy” in the following year. You will have a chance to meet during on-arrival, mid-term and evaluation seminar to encourage each other, share and reflect on your learning journey. Moreover, you will have the chance to visit the placement of other volunteers (Day with) or to create a common project (Go for it). Join us! We are looking forward to hear from you!
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: If you're a person with an open heart for others, you want to improve your professional skills and gain new experience, you are looking at the right project. You should be patient, empathic, easy-going and willing to listen to the monologues of clients, which can sometimes be repetitive. You should also be mentally and physically git, because you will be helping with immobile clients.An important thing in working with people in general but with people with disabilities especially is to have a smile on your face.It is important to be proactive and have willingnes to learn Czech language.
Deadline: Application deadline: 31/05/2023
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.