When young people engage with elders. The Service Civique Solidarité Seniors is organizing new regional forums from 4 to 6 April.
13 regional forums of the Service Civique Solidarité Seniors and local partners which are held at the beginning of April, it is a real springboard for young people towards civic service, training and employment in the sector of the Old Age.
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The Old Age sector is currently the one that creates the most jobs in France. By 2025, it is estimated that it will be necessary to recruit at least 150,000 people in the personal services sector. These regional forums are open this year to:
Volunteers in Civic Service Solidarity Seniors : to allow young volunteers to discover the possibilities of training and employment opportunities in the sector of Old Age. Nearly 5,000 young people have joined the scheme launched a year ago, and there are currently more than 2,000, spread throughout the territory.
Volunteers in Civic Service in other areas interested in careers in old age : to allow them to find out about the volunteering offers proposed by the actors in the field to engage with the elderly.
Young non-volunteers interested in Civic Service and careers in old age : to allow them to discover the system, its conditions, its advantages and its opportunities.
As part of its first anniversary, which was held on March 9, the Service Civique Solidarité Seniors launched its first barometer of intergenerational relations, conducted by Opinion Way, and according to this barometer, for 88% of young people and 92% of seniors surveyed, strengthening relations between generations is a means of combating the deterioration of the mental health of seniors.
They will take place from April 4 to 6, 2022 over half a day, in each of the 13 regions concerned, in virtual trade show format.
Registration and participation are free for all:
https://forums-sc-solidariteseniors.fr
Monday April 4, Tuesday April 5, Wednesday April 6, morning: 9.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m. Reunion Island (local time) New Aquitaine Pays de la Loire Normandy Burgundy-Franche-Comté PACA and Corsica Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes afternoon: 2 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. / Occitanie Hauts-de-France Brittany Grand Est Ile-de-France Centre-Val de Loire.
About civic service: this is a voluntary commitment open to all young people aged 16 to 25, and up to 30 for young people with disabilities) wishing to devote 6 to 12 months of their life at the service of others, on missions of general interest, such as solidarity and the fight against exclusion, education, the environment, sport and culture, etc.
Young volunteers are compensated for a total of 580 euros per month (688 euros if on scholarships) and benefit from social security coverage paid for by the State. The Civic Service Agency, a public interest group GIP, operator of the Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports, ensures the implementation of civic service.