EVS project will take place in Tallinn, which is capital city of Estonia and most developed and populated area in the country, Käo Centre for Adults is situating close to the city center. About Tallinn you can find out more information from www.tallinn.ee.
The activities mainly take place in the Day Care Center Käo Adults Center. The center is opened from Monday- Friday 07.30AM till 17.00PM. The Center is usually closed in July/August. During the summer time there are summer camps organized for the clients of the center.

Working as a volunteer in Käo Centre with disabled adults is good learning opportunity for the young people. Through the work they will get very good experience from the disability field. Work with people with disabilities may be emotionally hard in the beginning without any previous experience, but it also gives very much for the volunteer in terms of personal development and reviewing the values to life. Volunteer will get good understanding of the Estonian social system. Volunteers creativity and communication skills will develop strongly as volunteers needs to find ways how to get contact with the clients of Käo centre, none of the clients speaks English, and many of them have difficulties to communicate verbally in general.

Volunteer will work as an assistant for the staff in the centre. There is 7 different groups working at the same time and each group has professional social pedagogue working with them. In one group there is maximum 10 clients at the same time, groups are both in Estonian and in Russian. The volunteer will work in close relation with the pedagogues.
During the day there are different activities taking place in the centre, where volunteer will be helping:
practising and learning main skills needed for everyday life (clothing, personal hygiene, preparing food, housing works like washing the dishes, cleaning rooms etc)
developing motorical skills (handicraft, walks, dancing, games etc)
developing communication skills (increasing the personal vocabulary, adapted signs for expressing personal needs and wishes)
developing social skills (cooperation, correct behaviour, orientating in local environment, creating a contact etc)
developing cognitive skills (orientating in time and room, table games, writing, drawing, listening music, nature and self observations etc)

Volunteers activities are connected with assisting the pedagogues of the groups. There is possibility for the volunteer also to create new self initiative activities in the Centre.

The project is open to everybody who is positive, creative, with good communication skills, friendly and without prejudice towards disabled people. Should be interested in the field of disabled people as volunteer will work everyday directly with severely and profoundly mentally and multiply disabled adults. Former experiences in the field of social work are not needed. Basic English is needed for communicating with the stuff of the Center.

First selection of the volunteers will be made according to their motivation letter and before final decision also phone interview will be organized

This placement is also opened to host volunteers with different fewer opportunities and as our staff is highly qualified and experienced, then we are able to manage with different problems/challenges coming from volunteers special needs. Project is ready to host youngsters who are facing social, geographical, educational, and cultural and health difficulties and obstacles. Volunteers with disabilities are welcomed to apply for the project. Due to the character of the work and target group, then currently it is not possible to host volunteers with mental disorders.