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10 months volunteering project in a social enterprise in Catania, IT TRUE - Together Realize Unique Experience

ARCI COMITATO TERRITORIALE CATANIA APS

Il Nodo Consorzio di Cooperative Sociali

Catania, Италија

Description

Tasks of volunteers: In the first month, the volunteers will be visiting different communities where the foreign minors or adults are hosted, to get to know about each context. Later on, the volunteers will be deciding which community they would like to pursue their volunteering experience. Volunteers will support the social and youth workers in the communities during the accompaniment of political asylum seekers and their integration: • dealing with practices for obtaining international protection (appointments at police headquarters, office immigration, municipal offices); • the conduct of health practices (enrollment in the NHS, medical check-ups, medical examinations specialist); • integration activities in the territory (meetings and workshops in associations, schools, sports tournaments, cultural events, out-of-town trips, twinnings with reception projects of neighboring territories, public events, awareness raising about citizenship); • tutoring in employment guidance

Сместување, храна и транспорт

Accommodation The 4 volunteers will be hosted in an apartment, in single rooms, fully equipped with all the facilities, and provided with kitchen equipment, bed sheets, blankets, and towels. Internet connection will be provided. The apartment will be in the Centre of the city. Address: Via Conte Ruggero, 28 Catania Food The food money is 170 € per month according to Erasmus+ rules for Italy. Payment will be made monthly as bank transfer in each volunteer’s bank account. According to their shifts, volunteers can also have lunch or dinner in the communities together with the beneficiaries

Training during the activity

Volunteers will have online course of Italian through the European platform OLS. The Italian courses for basic level (A0-A1) provided for the foreign beneficiaries in Consorzio Il Nodo are available also for the ESC volunteers. They will be required to make an Italian language test before the arrival and at the end of the service to check their linguistic improvements. Orientation The volunteers will register for the participation of on-arrival and mid-term evaluation meetings organized by Italian National Agency.

Participant profile

Interest in main field of work of the hosting organisation: immigration and reception, protection and education, family support, active labor policies, disability, and social agriculture. Will of work concretely in inclusion process of young people with asylum/immigration background or social difficulties/ young offenders or young people at risk to offend. Capacity to adapt to a professional working context of a social cooperative and to a challenging urban context like Catania.

Activity dates

Од 25/09/2024 до 24/07/2025


Activity location

Via Vincenzo Giuffrida 203/C , Catania, Италија


Individual volunteering


Looking for participants from

Албанија, Ерменија, Азербејџан, Босна и Херцеговина, Бугарија, Canary Islands, Хрватска, Турција, Кипар, Република Чешка, Данска, Франција, Грузија, Естонија, Финска, Германија, Грција, Летонија, Литванија, Унгарија, Црна Гора, Србија, Словенија, Словачка, Романија, Норвешка, North Macedonia, Шведска, Ирска, Холандија, Белгија, Австрија, Полска, Украина, Russian Federation, Moldova (Republic of)


Activity topics

Reception and integration of refugees and migrants

Education and training

Shelter


Deadline for applications

Краен рок на аплицирање: 22/07/2024 23:59