ESC: Stephanus Stiftung (support for children and youths with disabilities)
Code: 38447 Copied
Germany
European Voluntary Service
Social work
European Voluntary Service
Social work
Fixed dates
About the project
ESC: Stephanus Stiftung (support for children and youths with disabilities)
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Stephanus-Stiftung (Stephanus Foundation) is a Protestant charitable foundation that runs over 80 social welfare institutions and residential projects in Berlin and Brandenburg. We offer housing and support for people with disabilities – to children, youth, elderly and families in need. We are active in the fields of education, work, support and recreation.
The nonprofit company “Stephanus gGmbH Wohnen und Assistenz - Living and assistance ” is part of the Stephanus Foundation. The company offers housing and support for children, youth, adults and elderly people with disabilities. The inhabitants normally live there livelong and therefore pass through different stages of living and support with us.
The Stephanus-Stiftung wants to make a contribution towards achieving more equality for people with disabilities in their everyday life while creating more awareness of cultural as well as human diversity, also partly through their work with ESK volunteers since 2011.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteer will work in the Margarete-Steiff-Haus, a residential facility for children and youths with disabilities in Berlin. She/he will assist them in everyday life to enable them to live as normal as possible and to participate in society in a variety of ways: The 8 residents live as independently as possible, everyone has his / her own room. The residents should be accompanied and supported in their personal development, in their process of becoming indepentent and in their everyday life, especially in situations in which they cannot cope independently. Here it would be nice if the volunteer would support the care staff. This includes leisure activities, household chores such as assistance with eating, shopping, and cooking, help with everyday activities such as getting up, getting dressed and undressed, evening activities, etc Depending on their age and disability, residents also need support with light physical activities such as walks and mobilization.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteer will be living in one apartment (2 rooms, kitchen, bathroom) in a shared apartment with other volunteers. Each volunteer will have a private room. The volunteer will receive 7 Euro/day as pocket money in monthly payments. The volunteer will be reimbursed for the costs of a public transport ticket (Deutschland Ticket 49€/month). The volunteer will receive a food fee of 313€/month. The volunteer will receive a financial contribution to his/her travel costs from his/her place of origin to Germany and back. The amount depends on the distance traveled.
🎒 Leisure activities
The volunteer will participate in OnArrival Training and Midterm-Seminar. There is an English-speaking mentor, responsible for answering any questions and supervising the volunteer´s work. The volunteer can take part in the regular training for staff members.
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: The Stephanus Foundation has the following expectations towards the volunteer’s required skills and interests:
- motivation to work in the project
- ready to work and live with people with mental disabilities (experience in this field would be welcome but not necessary)
- willing to take responsibility and work independently
- be prepared to work in individual care and support
- basic knowledge of the German language would be an advantage
- reliability and punctuality
Deadline: Application deadline: 14/02/2024
Deadline: Application deadline: 14/02/2024
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 ?
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.
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.
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03/10/2024 → 02/02/2025
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Deadline: 14/02/2024
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
Albertinenstraße 20, 13086 Berlin, Germany
Germany
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Summer Time
Local time: 21:45 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
German