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Effatha Kopřivnice

The Centre is for: Adults with mental and combined disabilities (18 - 65 years)
Address: Školní 926, 742 21 Kopřivnice
Duration: September - August (12 months)
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The mission of the placement

The socio-therapeutic workshop in Kopřivnice is focused on work with adults between 18 and 65 years of age with mental and combined disabilities. The aim is to help users to gain or maintain self-sufficiency and independence from the help of other people. The service is focused on giving people with disabilities the opportunity to spend their time in an active and enjoyable way, while learning new skills and meeting new people to develop their social skills and have a better chance of getting a job.

Activities

You will support and assist clients, during various therapeutic workshops, for instance pottery, sewing workshop, basketry and woodcraft during which you and the client will make interesting decorations.
Approximately once a week you will accompany clients to the garden workshop to help them with gardening.

You will also assist during specific methods such as art therapy, music therapy, morning devotions and relaxation techniques. You will also have the opportunity to teach and assist clients during daily activities such as making coffee, making lunches, cleaning the workshops or in practicing reading and writing.

The socio-therapeutic workshop regularly organizes talks with clients on various topics (finance, health, safety, etc.) to educate them and you will also participate in. You can also contribute with your own topics or enrich clients with a presentation about your culture and traditions from your country. You are welcome to show your talents and initiate your own ideas. You will get support by a team of social workers with whom you will work closely.

Preferred personal traits:

Empathy
Love to work with people
To have no prejudices
Positive thinking
Wanting to make life in the world better
Creativity
Be willing to learn Czech language

Events throughout the year:

The Effatha Kopřivnice center participates in seasonal thematic workshops, where clients present the products they have made. The center is also involved in a local event named 'Mental health week' during which time it educates the wider public on how to prevent stress through relaxation methods. The center is also actively involved in the local community or regularly meets with other clients of Slezska diakonie. They are also very happy to make contact with students from local schools. Because their target is for clients to find real work, they often organize excursions to factories. As a volunteer, you will have the opportunity to join all mentioned events.

Growing through challenges:

Neither the Centre users nor the workers speak a foreign language. Therefore, you have to be prepared that in the first week you will communicate by your hands and feet or invent other communication techniques such as using pictures or drawing.

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