new vacancy: Horse riding for people with disabilty in Greece

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There is a new vacancy on YouthNetworks: Horse riding for people with disabilty

Description: The project 2010-GR-18 will take place at the Therapeutic Riding Association of Greece (TRAG) which is situated in Athens, near Katexaki metro station and about 20 minutes far from the center of Athen...

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• Vacancy for EVS Volunteer in Greece

• Contact person: Ms Yota Arvaniti
• Coordinating organisation: SCI Hellas
• Host: Therapeutic Riding Association of Greece: http://www.trag.gr/default_gr.htm
• Location: Athens, Greece
• Deadline: 20/05/2011
• Start: 04/01/2012
• End: 03/07/2012
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  The project 2010-GR-18 will take place at the Therapeutic Riding Association of Greece (TRAG) which is situated in Athens, near Katexaki metro station and about 20 minutes far from the center of Athens. The organization was established in 1992 as a non-profit, volunteers' organisation and it is recognised as sports organisation too. The everyday work is run by employees and Greek volunteers who are experts in fields related to the therapeutic riding. TRAG started hosting EVS few years ago, and wishes now to develop further on its EVS activity by providing a precious learning opportunity to volunteers who are seriously interested in learning about therapeutic riding for specific reasons.
  The infrastructure of the association includes stables for the horses, training court, room for educational and leisure activities, a big yard, the administration office and a provisional residence for guests.
  Volunteers will be hosted in a flat close to TRAG center, where they share bedroom and common places together with EVS volunteers from other projects. The coordinating organization will provide all volunteers with Greek lessons, pocket and food money and local transportation. There will be two main people who will be continuously or often in touch with the volunteers: a responsible for the tasks assigned within the service, who is already active within the hosting organization, and a mentor, who will be in charge of facilitating the learning process of the volunteers. The overall project coordinator from the coordinating organization will meet the volunteers at least once per week.
  2 placements are available for the period January-July 2012 and 2 placements for the period September 2012-June 2013.

Tasks

Therapeutic riding is an alternative rehabilitation programme, where the horse is the therapeutic medium; it improves the overall health and quality of life of the young people with physical, mental, or emotional disorders or disabilities who attend the sessions. The EVS volunteers will be employed at the center five days a week, six hours a day. Volunteers will be asked to develop different tasks according to the needs of TRAG and to their own learning priorities. The suggested plan of activity is as follows: Autumn, Winter and Spring time: - Tasks related to horses and riding lessons (preparation of the horses before and after the riding sessions; feeding and watering the horses; ropeleading of the horses; side escorts during the session; arrange the horse riding material before and after the sessions; cleaning of the center's areas); - Tasks related to the users of the center (planning, advertising and implementing entertaining activities and games for children with or without disability, whose parents come to the center). - Tasks related to advertising TRAG activities (preparation of an advertising plan and its implementation). Special events: - Support in the organization of side events taking place at TRAG center (Christams bazaar, international meetings, local seminars, etc.). All volunteers will receive a training at the beginning of their service to be able to implement their tasks. Further training opportunities can be organized depending on the volunteers' interests and needs. They will never implement their tasks alone but always with other local volunteers or staff, as their service is intended to be an extra help to the activities of the center, not the replacement of employees.

Criteria

Profile of the volunteers: - Already involved in past or present activities of the sending organization. - With some previous experience or specific interest in the field of disability and therapeutic riding. - Not afraid of animals. - Not have allergies relevant to animals, dust and pollen.

Procedure

Interested young people should send their CV to e...@sci.gr. They will receive an application form to fill in and send back to us. No motivation letter is needed. The selection process will be carried out by the EVS coordinator of SCI Hellas and two members of the hosting organization who will work side by side with the volunteers. Before the final selection, candidates may be asked to have a skype chat or a phone call for further information. All candidates will be informed within the end of the month about the result of the selection process.

Details:

Themes: Health

Targets: Youth and children, Disabled people

Kind regards,

Ms Yota Arvaniti