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The reverse voluntary service takes place in the context of the Federal Voluntary Service (“BFD”). In addition to their service in the deployment sites, the volunteers are integrated into the local partnership work.
The diocese of Trier offers numerous social institutions where volunteers can apply for. As the operation site can act any social / cultural institution in the Diocese of Trier, which has a BFD recognition.
Basically: The voluntary service is not a vocational education or training and does not replace any professional activity. It merely creates insights into social areas of activity. By providing a practical guide for the volunteers the deployment site guarantees a proper introduction and training of the volunteer.
The assignment of the volunteers is done after consultation with the various stakeholders by the responsible assistant of SoFiA e.V. Working in the deployment sites is, as common in Germany, usually 39 hours / week (an average of 8 hours / day). During the voluntary service the volunteer is entitled to a minimum of 24 vacation days.
For more information on the individual areas of activity:
Care for the elderly offers a wide spectrum of possibilities of involvement. The assignments take place at:
Volunteers support full-time personnel in accompanying and taking care for elderly and handicapped persons, in dealing with things of everyday life, helping with meals, helping with dressing and undressing, with personal hygiene, leisure activities etc.
Help for the disabled people offers many different fields of deployment. Volunteers are working together in:
There they take on, among other things, the following tasks. Support for handicapped persons with the tasks of
Volunteers are also involved in caring for children and young people at all-day schools:
In Community work people are supported in difficult life situations within their surroundings.
Assignments can take place within the framework of district social work in a district office or in a so-called “social problem area”.
Volunteers become involved in
There are numerous assignments working with children and young people, for example at:
Volunteers become involved in:
At hospitals, clinics and rehabilitation centres, the assignments for volunteers are in the nursing sector, where they become involved in:
Volunteers can work in nursing facilities for mentally ill persons, for example:
There they take on tasks such as:
Institutions providing help for homeless people:
The volunteers support the staff visiting patients and accompanying social welfare work by organisational tasks.
Detailed information for employment places the Federal Voluntary Service can you find at: Social Education Services.