VOLUNTEER IN FAMDIF / COCEMFE

Start: 06.09.2024

End: 07.08.2025

The schedule of volunteer activities will be between 30 and 38 hours per week.The timetable of volunteer activities will be between 30 and 38 hours per week. Normally, the schedule will be from Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 14:00 in the center we have located in La Flota, Murcia. However, occasionally and depending on some activities that require it, it may be necessary to change this schedule to a specific afternoon or weekend activity.

FAMDIF / COCEMFE-MURCIA works at regional level with the aim of improving the living conditions of people with physical and organic disabilities. Its headquarter is located in the capital (Murcia), where almost half a million people live.

FAMDIF / COCEMFE-MURCIA develops the following programs and projects:

- Comprehensive service for the recognition and defense of the rights of people with physical and organic disabilities.

- Labor Integration Service / Self-employment Point Incorpora.

- Technical advice and information service.

- Educational attention to adults with special needs.

- Awareness-raising for the removal of psychosocial barriers.

- Awareness-raising campaigns in the educational field.

- Technical Accessibility Office (OTAF).

- Internal training program.

- Vocational training programs.

- Occupational training.

- Social communication program.

- Day center for dependent young people "Juan Cerezo".

- Leisure and free time activities.

The activities that the volunteer who comes to our association will carry out in general are: office work, organization and management of training days, seminars and training courses, actions to improve the quality of care for people with physical disabilities, awareness campaigns, awareness talks in primary and secondary schools and universities. Activities to promote volunteering, training meetings and non-regulated training workshops, support in leisure and free time activities, support in computer training courses. More specifically, the tasks that our volunteer will develop are:

SUPPORT TASKS IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS BETWEEN 15 AND 21 YEARS OLD:

- Accompaniment at break time for pupils who wish to leave the school.

- Accompanying and supporting teachers in external activities organized with students (excursions, visits to practice centers).

- Support to the teachers in the different workshops that will take place during the course, such as handicrafts for the development of fine motor skills.

- Support to teachers in daily math, language, English and office automation classes.

- Supervision of students at times when the teacher must be absent from the classroom.

- Elaboration with the teacher of didactic material (daily activities).

- Accompanying students to public transport (in case any student requires so).

- Contact with external agents who collaborate with the center, for example, with the teaching staff of the visual team of O.N.C.E., who pay attention to the students with vision problems in coordination and collaboration with the teachers of the center.

- Escort students with severe physical disabilities who need help to the bathroom.

- Office work: Collaboration in design tasks, presentations and social networks.

Although the volunteer tasks will be those described above, our volunteer, occasionally, or depending on the needs of our Association or their profile, could also participate in the following activities:

SUPPORT TASKS AT THE HEAD OFFICE AND THE DAY CENTER:

The activities in which the volunteer will participate at Headquarters are as follows:

- Awareness campaign on the rights of people with physical and organic disabilities.

- Dissemination actions on physical and organic disability.

- Awareness-raising activities.

- Volunteer recruitment campaigns.

The activities that the volunteer will carry out during their stay at the day center are:

- Accompaniment and support to the users in the workshops carried out by the different professionals of the day center.

- Accompaniment and support in leisure and free time activities.

- Proposal and implementation of activities or workshops focused on the integration of the users of the center.

- Participation in family respite activities.

- Support in carrying out daily life activities of the users of the center.

- Participation in training and awareness-raising activities related to physical and organic disability.

In addition, our volunteer will participate in the following activities:

- Promotion of European projects and programs and mobility among young people in the Region of Murcia, as well as among the users of our organization.

- Participation in workshops and presentations of the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) program in youth organizations, secondary schools in the city of Murcia and the University of Murcia.

Our volunteering project seeks to promote the values promoted by the EU and the ESC Programme, such as solidarity, equality, justice, respect, the fight against exclusion and xenophobia, etc.

Anyone interested after reading the info above, fill in the APPLICATION FORM and attach their CV and motivation letter (in English or Spanish).

Practical arrangements: The schedule of the volunteer activities will be between 30 and 38 hours per week. The volunteer will work max. 38 hours on 5 days per week.

Holidays: According to the rules of ESC, volunteers must have 2 working days off per month.

Accommodation: The volunteers will live in a room in a shared flat located in the city of Murcia together with other volunteers. The room and the flat will be fully equipped, and electricity, water, gas and internet will be covered by the lead organization (till the amount of 30€ per volunteer).

Pocket money: The volunteer will receive the monthly rate foreseen by the Spanish NA, 186€ per month.

Food: The volunteer will receive 184€ for food every month.

Local transport: Every volunteer will have a chance to choose a bike or bus card provided by the hosting organization if it is needed.

Language support: The volunteer is entitled to receive language support with an online platform, as stated on the ESC programme guide.

Medical insurance: The volunteer will be covered by a private insurance that will cover all the expenses not covered by the public health system (health, accident and civil liability insurance).

Travel costs: The volunteer will receive financial support for travel from his/her country to Spain and from Spain to his/her country once the project is completed, up to a maximum amount established by the European Commission according to the distance band.

Visa and residence permit fees: The volunteer will receive financial support for visa arrangements (if required).

Deposit: The volunteer will have to make a 370 euro deposit that will be reimbursed once the project is ended and the volunteer leaves tidy, clean, and with no damage in the private room and common areas, and if the volunteer doesn't leave the project without a justified reason before it ends.

This project is aimed at young people between 18 and 30 years old who have not participated in any European volunteering project (EVS or ESC) before. We will give priority to the selection of young people with fewer opportunities.

The selection will be made based on the attitude, the willingness to participate, the motivation and the commitment to the values of the project rather than knowledge and skills of the candidates .

We value the responsibility, the spirit of initiative, the patience and the ability to step back from interpersonal conflicts in order to deal with them more effectively, and the enthusiasm and willingness to participate in the different activities offered.

No young person willing to participate in our project will be excluded for any reason (economic difficulties; social or geographical obstacles; cultural or ideological differences; sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, gender and gender identity, etc.).

The Federation of Associations of People with Physical and / or Organic Disabilities of the Region of Murcia (FAMDIF / COCEMFE-MURCIA) was born in 1982 in response to inquiries from the non-profit associations that comprise it, as a means of joining forces to achieve their common objectives: the social integration of the physically and / or organically disabled people and their normalized active participation in social problems and especially those that are more directly related to the problem, such as architectural and social barriers, access to culture, work, sports, health, etc.

FAMDIF / COCEMFE-MURCIA is a non-governmental, social and non-profit organization that aims to serve as a channel for consultations of Associations of People with Physical and / or Organic Disabilities in the Region of Murcia. It has an exclusively vindictive character as well as a service provider to the extent that the Administration does not generate them.

Basing its work fundamentally on the detection and resolution of the situations, the aim of the project is to study the causes of social exclusion in which disabled people suffer, to obtain the material and human resources that can reduce them and, ultimately, to allow them to live an autonomous existence in accordance with the principles of Accessibility, Integration and Normalization as soon as possible.

FAMDIF / COCEMFE-MURCIA is currently composed of 17 associations.

Our MISSION is to represent, support and advise all federated Associations of people with physical and organic disabilities in the Region of Murcia, while, with the help of the rest of the citizens, developing services and activities aimed at their member organizations and people with physical and organic disabilities with the aim of achieving the real equality of people with physical and organic disabilities, ensuring that it is respected the principle of equality before the Law and the defense of their rights in all limits of life.

The VISION of FAMDIF / COCEMFE is to be a reference within the associative movement of people with disabilities, transparent in its management, strengthen its representative and vindictive character and provider of quality services, with the ability to adapt to respond to the needs of its interest groups and thus fulfill its mission.

VALUES: FAMDIF / COCEMFE is committed to achieving its mission and vision by acting in compliance with the following principles and values established in the international declarations of human rights and rights that affect women and children, people with disabilities:

- SOLIDARITY

- ADVOCACY FOR THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

- SHAREHOLDING

- INDEPENDENCE

- COMMITMENT AND EQUALITY

- TRANSPARENCY

- EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS

- QUALITY

- PROFESSIONALISM

- CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

- INTERNAL DEMOCRACY

- INNOVATION

- ACCOUNTABILITY

- DIVERSITY AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY

FAMDIF / COCEMFE as a Federation of Associations of Persons with Physical Disability. Its main lines of action are to represent, support and advise its federated associations, to claim and defend the rights of people with physical and organic disabilities and to provide services as long as they are not provided directly by the Administration.

As a participant, the European Solidarity Corps allows you to learn through non-formal experiences, improve existing skills or acquire new ones for your personal, educational or professional development.

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