Διάρκεια: από 1 Οκτωβρίου 2011 έως
30 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012.
Τόπος: Γερμανία, Weingarten.
Δηλώσεις συμμετοχής μέχρι 1 Απριλίου 2011 αποστέλωντας motivation letter προς Ekkehard Lippold στο info@iwo-ggmbh.de.
Contact person: Ekkehard Lippold
Coordinating organisation: Steinbeis Innovation Centre European Projects
Host: Integrational workshop for the Disabled (IWO): http://www.iwo-ggmbh.de
Location: Weingarten, Germany
Deadline: 01/04/2011
Start: 01/10/2011
End: 30/09/2012
The sheltered workshop of the IWO (Integrationswerkstätten Oberschwaben) conducts exemplary integration and support for mentally, physically or severely disabled people through manifold and ambitious employment opportunities and individual caregiving and therapeutical assistance.
Disabled friendly places and equipments foster equal participation in working and communal life, personal and vocational education and autonomy of disabled people.
Physically, mentally or severely disabled people can find in the IWO a reasonable employment, but final mission and objective of our work is - as far as possible - placement of disabled people on the external employment market.
For two years newly hosted disabled co-workers pass through a special training to test their abilities and aptitudes. Individual curriculums and trainings for qualification aim at a placement in the sheltered workshop or on the external working market.
We support and assist disabled people to develop their skills needed for every day life. The objective is the maintainance and development of blocked and submerged physical, mental and social skills. Therefor we create individual living spaces, quality of life and outlook on life for severely disabled people. We give an opportunity to participate in our community and in social life.
Tasks
During their activities volunteers will learn about social and emotional necessities of disabled people. Volunteers will gain competences in social care for disabled people. Having sole responsibility for design and realisation of leisure facilities will enhance self-assurance and self-confidence of volunteers. Integration in a foreign culture and the self-determined life of the local community will afford volunteers a personal orientation and increase the development of future perspectives. Participation in internal professional development activities will provide volunteers with specialised knowledge of the health care and nursery system. Volunteers get the opportunity to contribute – under guidance of staff members – to the support and leisure time program of the school and residential home. Volunteers can introduce their own ideas and abilities like computer literacy, graphic design, mechanical skills, music playing etc. In the beginning the volunteer will only assist the groupleaders, later she/he will take on responsibility – as far as admitted by legal liabilities. Emphatically volunteers are invited to bring in their own ideas. Staff members will appreciate all initiatives to develop additional proposals for leisure time activities and will support planning and realization. Volunteers could develop their ideas for new games, activities or stories into a personal project if they so wished - creative ideas are always welcome. Volunteers are expected to accomplish a fulltime voluntary service of 35 hours per week. Overtime doing will be balanced by additional freetime.
Criteria
Volunteers should have an interest in social work and should be open to interact with disabled children and young people who are threatended with social exclusion. Previous knowledge of work with disabled children and young people could be helpful. It's necessary for the volunteers to be sociable and outgoing, to have enthusiasm, and to be tolerant to foreign cultures. Volunteers should be able to act on their own initiative, but also cooperate in a team. Volunteers should have a basic knowledge of German and the willingness to learn german language. A driving license class B would be helpful.
Procedure
Candidates should describe their motivation for a voluntary service in this project in a detailed motivation letter. Important are neither national or social background, gender, language skills nor level of education, but a convincingly motivation. Furthermore candidates have to fill in a questionnaire they will get upon request from the coordinating organisation.
