One year volunteering with homeless people in Dublin
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About the project
One year volunteering with homeless people in Dublin
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Depaul provides accommodation services for people who are experiencing homelessness. Many of these people have other needs, such as physical or mental health problems, or addictions to drugs or alcohol. We believe that everyone deserves a safe place to live. Volunteers help to bring fun and social interaction into our services. They spend with the Service Users, learning about their skills and interests and helping them to grow and develop. Volunteers bring their own skills and interests to the role too. Some activities that volunteers have been involved in before include: Arts and crafts workshops Music performances or lessons Games and quizzes Lifeskills classes such as basic literacy, computers, cookery Outings to the cinema, local museums, or cultural places Fitness classes, sports competitions ESC volunteers also get involved in the wider organisation, helping with fundraising and training events, and with selection and induction of new volunteers.
💼 What the programme involves
Your principle role will be to encourage our service users to participate in meaningful activities within the projects and also with the local community. The most important thing our volunteers do is build good supportive relationships with our service users. ESC volunteers form a special relationship with our service users and can often identify service users’ needs, skills and interests and feed back to the team. You will get involved in many different activities, the aim of which is to boost the skills and self-esteem of our service users. Volunteers bring their own skills and abilities to the role. You will have opportunities to bring your own interests and abilities to your placement, and perhaps to develop new ones! For example:
▪ Art, crafts or music workshops
▪ Life Skills classes like basic literacy & numeracy, computers, cookery, job skills
▪ Games and quizzes
▪ Film Night, fitness classes, cultural awareness, family activities
▪ Organising seasonal events (Halloween, Christmas etc)
▪ Helping the overall org
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers live together in a house close to Dublin city centre. Each volunteer has their own bedroom; the living room, kitchen and bathrooms are shared. Volunteers are given weekly pocket money to cover their food and living expenses. They can cook separately or together in the house. Lunch is provided in some of the hostels. Depaul supports volunteers to sign up to the Dublin bike rental scheme. Four volunteers can easily walk or cycle to their place of work, a travel allowance is provided to the fifth volunteer as they have a longer journey and must take a bus.
⚠️ Requirements
French or Belgian volunteer required
Deadline for apply February 15th
Volunteers should be: Friendly, open-minded and willing to interact with people from all walks of life Flexible and willing to adjust their plans in order to meet the needs of the Service Users Enthusiastic, encouraging and able to involve people in activities even if they are suffering with low motivation Confident and assertive and able to deal with challenging behaviour in a kind but professional way An intermediate level of English is required to be able to communicate with staff and Service Users. Specific skills such as art, music, cookery etc. are welcome but not essential
ℹ️ Additional information
Volunteers receive an in depth induction training when they arrive which covers: Living in Ireland - culture and language Homelessness in Dublin - issues and challenges Depaul history, mission & values Low Threshold and Harm Reduction models of working Professional Boundaries Throughout your placement you will also learn more about: Overdose awareness and prevention Dealing with challenging behaviour Self-care
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
SVI_ESC-Depaul-Ireland
02/09/2019 → 28/08/2020
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
Dublin, Ireland
Ireland
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Greenwich Mean Time
Local time: 22:10 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
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