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Karmel Tichá

The Centre is for: Adults with mental disabilities and combined disabilities, especially autism spectrum disorders, dependent on the help of another person (18 - 45 years)
Address: Tichá 295, 742 74 Tichá
Duration: September - August (12 months)
WEBPAGE: Karmel Tichá

The mission of the placement

The daily care center Karmel Tichá focuses on work with adults between 18 and 45 years of age with adults with mental disabilities and combined disabilities, especially autism spectrum disorders, dependent on the help of another person. The service is focused to support clients maintain and develop daily living skills (personal care, household care, travel). The center is 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 maintain and develop their social and communication skills. The center offers to clients year-round accommodation.

Activities

Your main activity will be individual support for clients. You will cooperate with social workers to plan a daily programme for clients. This schedule of activities is presented to clients every morning using non-verbal communication such as pictures, pictograms, signs or photographs. It will be up to you to look for new ways to improve and develop the communication skills for the clients.

You will assist clients and follow a daily schedule. First, you will monitor the clients during the morning hygiene (washing face and brushing teeth). After that, you will assist them during mealtimes, practice and motivate them in self-care (washing, ironing, cleaning the room, making beds, mopping, dusting, shopping etc.)

You will organize leisure time activities such as walking with the clients, reading books, creative and art activities, playing board games, going to the theater, cinema, library etc. You will support clients during various activities outdoors such as gardening, removing snow, cutting grass, planting various fruits and vegetables, and with other activities taking place inside such as cooking and baking. Last but not least, you will participate and lead balloon exercises, mats, chair yoga or stretching with clients.

As part of the music therapy, you will accompany and teach the clients drums or if you play other instruments, you can teach them too. You are welcome to show your talents, things you love and come up with your own ideas for activities.

Preferred personal traits:

Don’t be afraid to communicate
Friendly spirit
Teamwork
Organization skills (prepare programme for clients)
Patiency

Events throughout the year:

The Karmel Tichá center is very keen to get involved in local events. As the clients love cooking and baking, they regularly participate in culinary competitions. Apart from that, they visit carnivals, harvest festivals or other seasonal events. They are also excited to spend time with students from local schools and celebrate Mother's Day and Children's Day together. As a volunteer, you will have opportunities to join all events and help clients to be more involved in the local community.

Growing through challenges:

Neither the center 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.
Tichá is a small village with beautiful nature, but far away from the big cities. Be prepared to either live as the only volunteer or have to commute to the center (approximately 30 minutes one way), while transport can sometimes be complicated.

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