ESC: Supporting children/youth with disabilities in a boarding school
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Poland
European Voluntary Service
Social work
Education
European Voluntary Service
Social work
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About the project
ESC: Supporting children/youth with disabilities in a boarding school
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
CREiO is a complex of institutions providing education, treatment and welfare for children, youth and adults. The scope
of CREiO activities includes the support and rehabilitation of disabled people at different ages as well as the training of
specialists to work with disabled and socially excluded people. The Centre specializes in treatment of children with Central
Nervous System dysfunctions.
The Centre consists of public and autonomous institutions listed below:
- Special Education and Treatment Centre of the Society of Children’s Friends - a boarding school (Specjalny Osrodek Szkolno-Wychowawczo-Rehabilitacyjny TPD - internat),
- Specialist After School Centre of the Society of Children’s Friends (Pozaszkolna Placowka Specjalistyczna TPD),
- Sue Ryder Special Kindergarten of the Society of Children’s Friends (Przedszkole Specjalne TPD im. Sue Ryder)
- Autonomous Special Secondary School of the Society of Children’s Friends (Niepubliczne Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace TPD),
- Special Professional School of the Society of Children’s Friends (Szkoła Przysposabiająca do Pracy TPD),
- Autonomous Health Care Centre (Niepubliczny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej),
- Hippotherapy Centre of the Society of Children’s Friends,
- Prevention and Developmental Support Centre (Pracownia Profilaktyki i Wspomagania Rozwoju),
- Complex of Public Special Schools (Zespol Szkol Specjalnych),
- Graduate Club (Klub Absolwenta).
💼 What the programme involves
“Helenów” is a complex of institutions providing education, treatment and welfare for children, youth and adults with disabilities. It specializes in treatment of children with Central Nervous System dysfunctions - it runs a kindergarten, schools and offers various forms of therapies such as hippotherapy, physiotherapy, music therapy, art therapy, etc.
The main role of the volunteer is to support the students who stay in the boarding school - helping them with preparation for classes in the morning, helping with self-service routine, organising after-school activities, transporting pupils around the area of the Center, giving personal support and spending time together.
The boarding school serves as a place where students can gain autonomy in everyday routine activities. There are teachers and educators who take care of the students professionally - the volunteer is a person of extra personal support.
https://sites.google.com/view/infopackhelenow/the-projects/2-boarding-school?
🏠 Accommodation on site
- Accommodation: Shared flat on the premises of the host organization. Possibly shared room with one more volunteer of the same gender
- Food: Volunteer receives 150 EUR per month and should be cooking on their own
- Pocket money: 150 EUR per month
- Language support: online Polish language course provided by the program
- Local transport: Volunteer receives city transport pass which allows to use all means of public transport in Warsaw
- International travel: Reimbursement up to 180 EUR, 275 EUR or 360 (or a bit more in case of "green travel")
🎒 Leisure activities
- Orientation training (coordinating organization): introduction to the project, getting to know the cooridinators and the organization, integration with other volunteers and mentors, planning
- On-arrival training (National Agency): Getting to know Poland, ESC introduction (5 days)
- Mid-term training (National Agency, 5 days)
- Final evaluation (coordinating organization)
- Evaluation meetings/trainings (coordinating organization): intercultural education, learning, cultural adaptation, communication (once every two months)
⚠️ Requirements
The Participant profile: - Friendly, making relationships with people easily
- Willing to work with children and youth with disabilities
- Patient, open and understanding
- Communicative English
- Reliable and diligent
Deadline: No application deadline
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 ?
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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02/10/2023 → 11/08/2024
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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
Hafciarska 80/86, 04-725 Warszawa, Poland
Poland
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Poland Zloty (PLN / zł)
Exchange rate
1 PLN = 0.228363 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
Central European Standard Time
Local time: 21:52 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
Polish