Depaul Homelessness Project - Northern Ireland
Depaul Northern Ireland
Depaul
Belfast, United Kingdom
Description
Depaul is a charity which works with people who are homeless, or who are at risk of becoming homeless. We are recruiting two volunteers to work within our Stella Maris service. Stella Maris is a residential service for people who are homeless and have long term alcohol addictions. Please note that these placement can be very challenging and volunteers must be sure that they are willing to partake before applying. Applicants MUST submit an application form before the deadline. These can be obtained using the Apply button. Please note we will not accept CVs or Motivational Letters in place of a CV. We will interview shortlisted applicants by Skype.
Gisting, fæði og ferðatilhögun
Depaul provides accommodation and travel cards for the duration of the project. Volunteers are provided with a weekly allowance which they must use to buy food and other essentials.
Training during the activity
Volunteers will attend organisational and local inductions. They will attend all mandatory training as required by the National Agency. Volunteers will also be able to attend in house and external training as and when the opportunities arise.
Participant profile
Volunteers do not need any specific requirements but they must: -Be empathetic -Be compassionate -Be flexible -Be resilient -Be non judgemental -Be open minded -Be able to use their own initiative -Be interested in homelessness issues, as well as addiction -Have a decent standard of English. We are particularly interested in volunteers with fewer opportunities.
Activity dates
Frá 01/09/2020 Til 01/08/2021
Activity location
449 Antrim Road, Belfast, United Kingdom
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden
Activity topics
Social challenges
Health and wellbeing
Deadline for applications
Umsóknarfresti: 10/04/2020 23:59