APPLICATION DEADLINE: AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
DURATION: 9 MONTHS
BEGINING: OCTOBER 2015
VACANCIES: 1
PLACE: The School Complex nr 16 in Białystok (Poland)
School description:
The Complex School No. 16 in Bialystok trains and educates young people with intellectual disability. In our school there are about 205 students aged 16-24 years old. It consists of the following schools: Vocational Special School, educating young people in following professions: a hairdresser, a cook, a car mechanic, a gardener, a hotel service worker, a carpenter and Pre-Vocational Special School for students with moderate and severe intellectual disabilities and with other impairments. We provide students to develop and prepare to deal with different social roles, to live independently and lead an active adult life. Students are trained, among others, in: preparing meals, sewing, cleaning work, washing, gardening, computer use, and commercial art techniques. In school we have highly qualified stuff. Our students always have support of teachers and therapists as well. The school has a studio room with a catering service consumer, dwelling unit (Service); gardening workshop with the area for growing and greenhouse; multimedia room to learn English; hairdressing studio; a computer room, gym. After regular lessons we offer additional lessons to develop interests and talents: sports activities (gym, aerobics, swimming pool), theatre (auditorium with stage), arts, IT classes, choir, sightseeing and tourism ; compensatory classes; specialty classes. We organize carnival balls, tours, bonfires, cinema, theatre, meetings and social events. We also organize a variety of classes and workshops for parents and guardians of our students. We work with a variety of educational institutions outside the city of Bialystok, with the local community associations working on behalf of people with disabilities.
Participants profile:
- MOTIVATED TO WORK WITH YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES
- CREATIVE
- THERE IS NO LANGUAGE LEVEL EXPECTATION
- INTERESTED TO IMPLEMENT HIS/HER OWN IDEAS INTO THE PROJECT (SCHOOL/LOCAL ENVIROMENT)
Activties:
The main planned activities are:
– Supporting teachers in their daily work with disabled youth, supporting in their learning and development process,
– supporting professions’ lessons: a hairdresser, a cook, a car mechanic, a gardener, a hotel service worker, a carpenter and Pre-Vocational
– supporting indivudial classes with the students (on diferent level of disability)
– supporting professional classes for students: The school has a studio room with a catering service consumer, dwelling unit (Service); gardening workshop with the area for growing and greenhouse; multimedia room to learn English; hairdressing studio; a computer room, gym.
– supporting in sports activities (gym, aerobics, swimming pool), theatre (auditorium with stage), arts, IT classes, choir, sightseeing and tourism ; compensatory classes; specialty classes.
-organizaing and participating in school events: carnival balls, tours, bonfires, cinema, theatre, meetings and social events.
– personal project
How to apply
Building Bridges Association members will have preference, please enroll to the association here.
For the selection of the volunteers we will need:
– Europass CV with picture (made in the last month)
– Motivational letter, writing that your sending organisation will be “Building Bridges”. We ask all candidates to send a specific letter of motivation – why they want to volunteer with us rather than just a general EVS one.
Remember to write in the motivation letter that your sending institution is “Asociación Building Bridges”.
All documents written in english you can attach below with subject “EVS Byalistok. YOUR NAME. YOUR SURNAME»
Please fill the next questionnaire in order to apply for this European Volunteer Service position:
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