Volunteering in a community home shelter for kids 0-15 years old
ASSOCIAZIONE DI PROMOZIONE SOCIALE JOINT
Istituto Walden Società Cooperativa Sociale onlus
Menfi, Italy
Description
The following main tasks will take place in Casa di Accoglienza Istituto Walden center, a shelter for women and minors that are survivors of abuse or coming from a difficult social background : - Support of the educators in carrying out of the following activities: - Afterschool activities (homework, lessons of the foreign language, workshops) - Clown-recreational workshops: cooking, theatre and music, art-attack - Linguistic workshop in the mother tongue of the volunteers - Organization of festivities events: carnivals, Christmas, Easter, etc - Management of daily life in the community or in the halfway house: preparation of food, cleaning of the rooms and common areas, personal cleaning of children - Accompaniment of users to doctors, hospitals, gyms, swimming pools, trips, sea, etc
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
Volunteers will work 5 days per week, for maximum of 35 working hours per week. They will have 2 consecutive days off. Volunteers will get 2 additional free days per month. The days off cannot overlap with the days of other volunteers (meaning that the volunteers will not be able to take the days off together) and will not be the weekends. - Accommodation Volunteers will share a flat in Menfi, with DOUBLE bedrooms, a kitchen, 2 bathrooms and a dining room. Pocket money of 6 euros per day will be provided plus 100 euro for a month for covering the food expenses.
Training during the activity
On-Arrival trainings with the coordinating organization and the Italian National Agency. Italian online course. Specific training for tasks.
Participant profile
Available for WHOLE duration of the project: June 2025 - December 2025 * Legally resident in EU * Ready to live in a small town * Ready to share the spaces, and food with guests and staff * Strong motivation to work with children * Outdoors lover * Big plus previous experiences in the socio-educational context * Has a strong respect of the rules, patient and creative * Ready to take responsibility * Ready to learn Italian or already knows it. We expect your CV and Motivation to be in ENGLISH! (aged between 19/20 - 30 y.o.)
Activity dates
From 16/06/2025 to 23/12/2025
Activity location
Via Cavour 54, Menfi, Italy
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine
Activity topics
Social challenges
Education and training
Creativity and culture
Shelter
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 08/06/2025 00:00