ESC: Volunteering in a residential community for minors in Equality, Italy

Name: ESC: Volunteering in a residential community for minors in Equality, Italy
Start: 2024-07-07
End: 2025-04-07
Location: Italy

Code: 40936 Copied

Italy European Voluntary Service Social work Education European Voluntary Service Social work +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

EQUALITY is a social cooperative constituted in 2008 with the purpose of pursuing the general interest of the community for human promotion and the social integration of people living in conditions of social exclusion and marginalization with special attention to victims of human trafficking, italian and foreign minors and young adults in specific conditions of vulnerability. Equality avails itself of a Mobile Outreach Unit reaching out about 900 people a year involved in street prostitution, presumed or potential victims of sexual exploitation and offers them preventive and promotion health care services to bring the exploitation out into the open. Besides, Equality runs residential care house for non accompanied minors, minors victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation, minors who committed juvenile penalties and are remanded in custody, and vulnerable minors. The general objective is to support social, educational and work inclusion programs oriented to individual autonomy.

💼 What the programme involves

We work for the social integration of people living in uneasiness and social marginalization with special attention to people involved in prostitution, victims of trafficking in human beings for sexual or labour exploitation, minors and young adults in specific conditions of vulnerability. The proposed activities for the volunteers will mainly be directed to the minors hosted in our residential care house. The volunteers will primarily support the educators’ job with unaccompanied minors, victims of human trafficking, minors who committed juvenile penalties and vulnerable minors with: the creation of an environment where it is possible to build social ties and relationships based on respect, sharing and legality, domestic activities such as cooking, cleaning and management of the rules within the house, accompaniment to autonomy of the beneficiaries, accompaniment to social-health services, organization of workshops, orientation and support for research and work placement.

🏠 Accommodation on site

The volunteer will live in a shared flat in Padova with other international volunteers or local/Italian people, will live in a single or double room upon availability and have the use of a kitchen, bathroom and of the common spaces of the house (wi-fi is not always guaranteed). He/She will monthly receive some money to buy food and the pocket money. He/She will have a bus card to move around in the city.

🎒 Leisure activities

A part from the OLS provided by the program, we will offer internal Italian course and help the volunteer to find an integrative Italian language course in Padova, if needed. The volunteer will receive specific training about the topic of integration of refugees and related topics (educative relationship and educative projects, team working, mediation of conflicts, participative tools).

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We would appreciate candidates who are already involved in the topic speak at least a basic Italian, but especially motivated to take part and available in the given dates. Please note that the activities will take place in a proper house working 24/7, several people support the activities and daily chores of the house: volunteers will work 7 hours a day/5 days per week in shifts, so please consider that you will be likely working many weekends (of course getting other 2 days of rest during the following week) and on holidays as well.
Deadline: 30/06/2024 23:59

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 ?

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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📅 Available sessions

IT40936

07/07/2024 → 07/04/2025

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Deadline: 30/06/2024

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

Province of Padua, Italy

Italy

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 22:08 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Italian