📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
SHINE is Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland's (SBHI)annual residential independence training programme for their members, catering for teenagers and young adults with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus (www.sbhi.ie). The primary aim of SHINE is to encourage participants to develop their independence and social skills in a fun and safe environment whilst also offering valuable respite for participants.
💼 What the programme involves
Includes encouraging and supporting participants in every way so that they have a confidence building and fun experience, assisting participants with personal care, taking part in activities and encouraging participants to take part, ensuring physical and emotional safety of participants, kitchen duty – setting up and clearing away after mealtimes (this is done on a rota basis), clamping wheelchairs onto buses (training provided). Volunteers and team members always work in pairs when helping participants. Training will be provided by SBHI at the beginning of the week.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Dorms or twin rooms. Meals provided by the centre. Due to the early meeting time volunteers must arrive in Dublin on Saturday August 13th and find their accommodation at their own cost for the first night.
📍 About the location
The King’s Hospital, Palmerstown, Co. Dublin
⚠️ Requirements
Volunteers must be motivated, enthusiastic and have a sense of fun for this extremely worthwhile and enriching experience. Volunteers working and/or studying in the Health, Education or Social Care disciplines are particularly welcome. However, experience is not essential as training is provided.
ℹ️ Additional information
Volunteers will be required to answer a number of questions/write a motivation letter, to provide two referees, a Police Check and complete a Declaration Form. There will also be an interview by skype. Important: Please send your application first and we will contact you with further information. These procedures take time and volunteers are encouraged to apply well in advance of the project start date.
There will be more local volunteers from Ireland, so the group of volunteers will be more than 5 people.
IMPORTANT! The meeting time on Sunday August 14th is at 9 am, therefore volunteers must spend the previous night in Dublin at their own expense.