ESC in ITALY at "Casa Colonica" with people with disabilities
Consorzio Solidarietà Sociale Forlì-Cesena società cooperativa sociale
Cooperativa Sociale L'Accoglienza
Forlì, Italy
Description
The role of the volunteer will always be of support for the professional staff in order to understand the behaviour and attitudes of the 12 people with disability hosted in the house. He/she will help the social workers in recreational and educational group activities and in general in every aspect of everyday life. In particular his/her tasks will be: -support the people with disability in knowing the neighbourhood, the local resources and the community where they live, -organization of leisure moments aimed at developing guests and volunteers personal hobbies and specific abilities in creating objects to use during everyday life, - collaboration in planning socializing moments in the stimulation of guests' creativity in creating new activities together with them.
Accommodation, food and transport arrangements
He/she will live in a flat with other ESC volunteers, the apartment has 3 bedrooms and it’s in a residential area, not far from the city centre. The volunteer will share a double room (in the apartment there are 3 double rooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen, a big living room and a big entrance). Once a day you will eat in the canteen of the centre and have some money to buy your own food that you can cook in the kitchen of the house. You will be given a bicycle to move freely in our city during your free time!!
Training during the activity
The volunteer will have the opportunity to learn how to deal with people with disabilities, how to work in a team, how to work in a social organistaion, he/she will be offered an italian course to improve/learn the language. He/she will have the opportunity to attend some specific trainings about multiculture, volunteering, etc. In the same project we have other volunteers from different countries so this will be a very international experience!
Participant profile
What we are looking for in a volunteer? - It’s preferable that the volunteer have a strong interest in people with disability; - It's preferable that the volunteer have flexibility and desire to get involved; - Some knowledge of the Italian language, or a strong will to learn it
Activity dates
From 05/09/2025 to 04/12/2025
Activity location
viale dell'appennino 373, Forlì, Italy
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Activity topics
Social challenges
Health and wellbeing
Creativity and culture
Deadline for applications
Application deadline: 29/08/2025 11:00