INFORMACE O SDRUŽENÍ V ANGLICKÉM JAZYCE

Green Doors’s ”Training Cafés”

• „Café Na půli cesty (The Half Way Café)“ – provides intensive vocational training in an environment comparable with regular employment conditions in the open job market
  
• “Klub V. Kolona“ – situated in the area of Pragues main psychiatric hospital – primarily supports hospitalized patients, helps patients to overcome their crises and promotes thein successful return to community
• "Mlsná kavka (Picky Jackdaw)" - vegetarian restaurat in the city centre.

Is rehabilitation in our Cafés always successful?

Other training, educational and social therapeutic programs

The aim of these programs is to improve the client’s life-skills, skills that are necessary for their return into every-day life and employment.

• The Social Skills Training Group – a course of communication and training in social roles and the reinforcement of self-confidence in social contact
• Training in cognitive functions – games, tasks and exercises on paper and/or computer for supporting functions such as memory, cognitionand decision-making
• The program of personal vocational growth – self-recognition, shaping the idea of suitable working place, practical tasks, questionnaires, internet-skills
• The Job Club – an educational course; writing CV, preparation for entrance interviews, first days at work, the legal rules of employment

Integration into the job market

The aim of these programs is to assist the clients in finding employment in mainstream
work environments and to provide them such support as  is necessary for holding such positions.

• Transitional Employment – practical work experience – a chance to practice  vocational and social skills in a real, mainstream work environment with the support of an occupational consultant at an arranged work place
• Supported Employment – assistance with finding positions in the mainstream employment  market

Social consulting

The aim of this program is to provide the clients necessary information in the field of social services and social support.

• Social consulting service in “Klub V. Kolona” – social consulting, information from the field of employment and social support, information about the availability of social services, about illness, the problems of psychic health and assistance in dealing with the authorities.

Public promotion and culturally integrative events

The aim of these activities is to increase the integration of people with psychic illness into society and to create positive changes in the general publics perception of psychic disorders through cultural events and public education. In “Training Cafés”, concerts, exhibitions, author readings, theatre performances and other events take place regularly. Performances by people with disabilities and handicaps are an integral part of the program. Green Doors also holds annual open-air events, i.e. Children's Day, Witch Burning Night, the 'Happening' entitled “When You Are feeling low”, etc.

Vocational and social rehabilitation for people with psychic illness

Training Cafés

Green Doors – Civic Association

The mission of the Association is to offer psycho-social rehabilitation for people with psychic illness within Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic. We aim for a higher integration of people with psychic
illness into society and for positive changes in the public's perception of psychic illness through cultural
events and public promotion.

The objectives of the Association are to:

• evolve and expand the possibilities of vocational and psychosocial rehabilitation for people with psychic illness including thein autonomous running of  the Cafés
• promote projects that connect psychosocial rehabilitation with services for the general public
  and facilitate integration into every day life
• contribute to community-based services development and take a part in public
  discussion on psychiatric care conception in the Czech Republic
• co-operate with state and non-governmental bodies and organizations in developing a comprehensive system of care for psychiatric patients
• promote research, education and training in the field of care for people with psychic illness
• support positive changes in perception of psychic illnesses through exhibitions, concerts, workshops and other events

Green Doors Role in  the care system

In providing our services, we cooperate with following organizations and thein representatives: c.a.Baobab, Fokus Praha, c.a., ESET-Help, c.a., Day-care psychotherapeutic sanatorium Ondřejov, the psychiatric hospital (sanatorium) Bohnice and other companies.
A natural part of our projects are the vocational practices, excursions and internships. We cooperate with the Rehabilitation Clinic of the 1st Medical Faculty (Charles University), the Department of Social Work of the Faculty of Arts (Charles University), JABOK – the Higher School of Social Pedagogy and Theology and the Department of Psycho-social Studies of the Hussite Theological Faculty (Charles University).

Schizophrenia or who can profit from the rehabilitation process?

Our programs are designed for people experiencing psychic illness. For those requiring rehabilitation, we offer vocational rehabilitation programs, social rehabilitation, vocational consulting, diagnostics, training and education.

From the medicalm point of view, the clients of the Green Doors Civic Association, belong to the category of patients with psychoses. The most well known illness from this area is schizophrenia. The common myth about this illness is that it represents 'split-personality' or 'multiple personality disorder'. In fact those who suffer from this illness do not hide two different personalities in themselves like the literary characters (or character) Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. On the  contrary, psychoses can be inconspicuous. People with psychoses can experience subtle inner states that are very difficult to share or define, and yet these states can profoundly disturb their social interactions and ability to function in every-day life.

Psychosis usually begins between the age of 15 and 30. It comes in the period when young people are full of expectations, hopes and dreams. The illness generally prevents the victims from fulfilling their potentials, de-railing their social development, and stops them from gaining their first work experiences. Early intervention can fundamentally moderate the process of the illness and dramatically improve the quality of life. Therefore we specialize in the support of people in the early stages of the illness (so called „early psychosis“), the period when clients still have a high chance returning to a normal life.

We invite you to visit our cafés for a cup of delicious coffee, concerts, exhibitions, theatre performances and many other events. Our cafés have a cozy, home-like atmosphere, where you can meet nice people and enjoy favourable prices and opening hours. Just by visiting you can also support our activities. Thank you.

Green Doors thanks the following fot their continued support:

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affair of the Czech Republic
The Ministry of Health of The Czech Republic
The Ministry of Culture of The Czech Republic
Prague City Hall
Central Bohemia Region
The Town, Prague 1
The Town, Prague 4
The Town, Prague 6
Czech and International Foundations
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