Il Seme was founded in 1993 as a voluntary association, with the aim of promoting solidarity, citizenship, inclusion and supporting disadvantaged persons within the diocese of Senigallia. Il Seme gathers all the persons who volunteer within the services managed by Caritas Senigallia, that include shelters, apartments for temporary accommodation for people in need, raise awareness activities and others social services aimed at serving vulnerable people.
Il Seme’s volunteers are a great added value to the work of professionals in providing support to alone women with child, poor people, families facing economic and housing difficult situations, elderly, unemployed people, homeless, people with mental diseases and immigrants. Volunteers never substitute professional social workers, but they collaborate with each other to guarantee services that are more efficient. Volunteers have allowed Caritas Senigallia to guarantee a concrete and diversified contribution to a huge demand of support from the community, for almost 30 years. Thanks to volunteers’ contribution, long-term results in terms of inclusion and better life conditions are reachable and visible.

Tâches du volontaire:

Support at the SOLIDARITY CENTRE

– facility for adults who are homeless or resident in the area, who are unemployed and consequently homeless:

kitchen and canteen: meal preparation and distribution, pantry arrangement and cleaning
laundry: washing of linen and goods in use by users; – cleaning of common and outdoor areas if necessary;
evening reception with management of the kitchen and dining hall and management of the shower area
accompanying users to places of relevance to the user;
extra activities such as volunteer weeks or other activities organised by the various facilities run by the Caritas Foundation
Support centre with the service of receiving requests, orientation interviews, in-depth interviews, paper and electronic data management (only in the second part of the project);
job counter with the identification of job offers and management of applications (only in the second part of the project).

Support at the SHELTER HOUSE FACILITIES with the presence of minors:

accompanying children to medical appointments/vaccinations;
shopping management for users;
cleaning of common areas, garden and laundry (alone or together with mothers);
organising activities for mothers and children, together or apart (music class, physical activity, etc);
getting to know the city with mothers and children (walking in the centre, attending some events in the square, theatre, going to the seaside);
Supporting the staff in practical activities and participation in specific events organised at the facilities: aperitifs in summer, the Christmas village in winter and the management of the birthday space.

EXTRA ACTIVITIES:

– support the social workers in the daily practices of working with the beneficiaries
– participation in the Italian course for foreigners hosted in the facilities
– planning entertainment activities with welcomed children
– preparation and organization of awareness raising activities aimed at schools/groups
– homework help for foreign children in cooperation with Le Rondini youth center
– support to ordinary maintenance within our structures and apartments

Additionally, the volunteers will have:
– tutoring sessions
– mentoring sessions
– Italian language course, which will be scheduled regularly from the beginning of the project, since we want to support the volunteers in the process of integration in the local community.
– Hours to dedicate to their personal project plan, that we will fully support, help to develop and implement if necessary.

Gesichten Profil

The volunteer’s profile our organization is looking for is based on the following criteria:

-Personal motivations. We value the volunteers’ interest in the programme proposed and the expectation towards this experience more than specific skills: everything you need to do your service will be learnt here!
-English and Italian level. Italian or English are not needed, of course, a survival level will be helpful to get by in everyday needs, especially because you will be probably in touch with people who don’t generally speak foreign languages. This experience is also your opportunity to improve your communication skills!
-Interest in working with people. Working with people is essential to our work. We also value creative, proactive and self-motivated people.