Description

This is a voluntary post supporting and caring for adults with learning disabilties as well as sharing life in houses and craft workshops. You are expected to train in holistic care with us and deliver 40 hours a week care and support to the adults you share your life with under the guidance of expereinced co-ordinators. Beyond the working hours you would join a community based on anthroposophic principles of the Camphill movement. You are expected to actively participate in community activities within this ethos.

Highlights

Living and working within The Lantern Community is both a challenging and rewarding experience which is more a way of life than a job.

The benefits of living together alongside the Companions (adults with special needs) are manifold, the love you give them is paid back as hundredfold and the skills you teach them are not nearly what they will teach to you. But that is only one side of the life here, the co-worker group is made up of dedicated people from all around the globe, all working together to carry a healing impulse here in the south of England.

In the Lantern Community the co-workers work out of the spiritual philosophy of Rudolf Steiner (Anthroposophy) and Karl Konig, but even if you have no knowledge of their works, only an open mind you can come to the community and be part of something greater than yourself.

Qualifications

No qualifications are needed as training will be given. You will join an accredited course in holistic care and support (HosC). Formal training takes place once a week, further training is taking place throughout the working week and in various environments.

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• In-country orientation/Training

Program Fees Include:

Health care in the UK is covered by the National Health Service and is available to all.

Salary/Pay

Successful applicants will not be paid in cash but the community will meet their reasonable needs and provide good quality accommodation.

Experience Required

yes

some life experience is essential and experience with living/working with adults who have special needs is preferred.

Volunteer Types

Typical Volunteer

Most people volunteering in the Lantern are open minded, hard working, energetic and willing to take part in a variety of daily tasks and activities. A caring and calm disposition is one of the benefits one can gain while being part of a community such as ours.

Age Range

19 years

This Program is open to

European Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Group living

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Phone/Video Interview
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

one month

The Lantern Community's Mission Statement

Camphill is a worldwide movement dedicated to community living that supports and values the contributions of all community participants without regard to their intellectual or physical capabilities. Camphill communities have taken up many tasks. Among the most prominent are: 1) Providing education, advocacy, therapeutic care and other services to support people with special needs and help them participate fully in the world as contributing citizens; 2) Caring for and healing the earth, together with people with special needs, through sustainable and healthy methods of consumption, of agriculture and use of natural resources; and 3) Creating new social arrangements and intentional relationships that nurture the growth and development of individuals, inwardly and outwardly.

Year Founded

1981

The Lantern Community is a Christian community based organization. We do not require our participants to be of the same faith. Our volunteers will not be involved in religious proselytizing.