Volunteering to help people with mental disabilities
Concordia Aquitaine
Cadillac , Francie
Popis
The main task of the volunteer is to work with mentally disabled people who live on their own in order to break their cycle of loneliness, restoring or maintaining social links and helping them to regain their self-confidence. In particular the volunteer will : -Help out the social workers -Organise activities with the association members about the country or passions of the volunteer (cooking, relaxation, helping them to write the newsletter, painting, acting…) -Participate in outdoor activities with them -Participate in the weekly meeting with the team -Being involved in the life of the association The detailed activities will be proposed by the volunteer according to their skills and interests and with the support of the pedagogical team. The project will also allow the volunteer to know and develop new pedagogical techniques in terms of working with mentally disabled people.
Ubytování, stravování, doprava
The volunteer will be accommodated in a shared big house in Langoiran with 3 people ! The volunteers will have to adopt a collective life which means cook, eat and take care of the place together. There is few public transport in this area, it is possible to find bicycles and the volunteer will have access to the car of the association to go to work!
Odborná příprava během činnosti
We encourage volunteers to develop a personal project besides their initial missions, with the support of the team. To facilitate their integration we propose French Foreign language lessons through local partners. Each volunteer can participate in different trainings based on non-formal education methods, also according to their own interests (Youth Exchanges, European trainings, local seminars ...) The volunteer can also participate to a training to become an animator of international workcamp during the summer.
Profil účastníka
*Basic knowledge of French *Motivation to work with disabled people (experience in the field will be a plus) *Be flexible and open to meet/live with new people, to think outside of the box *Cultural, artistic or sport skills are more than welcome *Be willing to develop a personal project *Motivation to discover the associative world and its activities *Active participation and involvement *Driving license (the mission place is 20 minutes by car from the volunteer house, with no public transport)
Období činnosti
od 07/04/2025 do 31/01/2026
Místo činnosti
14 rue de l'église, Cadillac , Francie
Typ činnosti
Individuální dobrovolnictví
Vyhledávání účastníků z
Belgie, Bulharsko, Chorvatsko, Dánsko, Estonsko, Finsko, Francie, Irsko, Island, Itálie, Kypr, Lichtenštejnsko, Litva, Lotyšsko, Lucembursko, Malta, Maďarsko, Nizozemsko, Německo, Polsko, Portugalsko, Rakousko, Rumunsko, Slovensko, Slovinsko, Česko, Řecko, Španělsko, Švédsko
Témata aktivity
Social challenges
Health and wellbeing
Creativity and culture
Lhůta podání přihlášky
podle lhůty přihlášek: 07/03/2025 23:59