EDEN Český Těšín

The Centre is for: Adults with middle-severe mental disabilities (15 - 60 years)

Address: Frýdecká 34, 737 01 Český Těšín

Duration: September - August

WEBPAGE: EDEN ČESKÝ TĚŠÍN

The mission of the placement:

The mission of EDEN placement is to support service users with mental disabilities to spend their day actively, to teach users to be self-sufficient in taking care of themselves in everyday life, to teach Centre users the manual and working skills and to engage them in everyday social life.

Through the eyes of our volunteers:

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Activities:

You will have an opportunity to actively participate in all of the activities at the Centre. In the morning you will help with preparation of morning snacks and with feeding the users if it is needed. You will participate in morning devotions where everyone sings, and someone is playing an instrument.

You will spend part of the day doing personal work with a single user by doing activities (handicraft, art therapy, pottery, writing, reading etc.) and developing fine motor skills or memory exercises. You will accompany Centre users during afternoon leisure time activities such as garden work, playing games, music therapy, discussions, sports activities, cultural events, trips and travels. You will be able to organise a programme according to your interests and hobbies as a part of your mini-project (playing guitar, photography, dance, cooking).

Preferred personal traits:

To be unafraid of communicating (verbally and non-verbally)
Having a positive attitude to life
Being patient. In this work, even simple things require a longer time.

Events throughout the year:

As mentioned above, the service users of Eden centre participate in various activities, one of which is a creative workshop, where they practice their manual skills.

The products made during these workshops are then offered for sale during Christmas or Easter exhibitions, which are often organised in the premises of the city theatre of Český Těšín

Growing through challenges:

Some users don’t communicate verbally, they use pictures - pictograms to communicate. You will also work in environments where people do not speak English very much. You will practice your verbal and non-verbal communication skills and it’s important that you are motivated to learn the Czech language.
You should have the ability to be excited yourself in the things you are doing (drawing, walking), because the Centre users easily reflect your mood.
You will learn to focus on the little things that often escapes other people’s attention, but which are important to our users. Practising patience and empathy is important.
You will get to know various educational methods and methods for developing multisensory perception.

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