Siloe Ostrava

Who are we, and with whom do we work?

We are a faith-based organization facility – Slezská diakonie. The mission of Slezská diakonie is to provide quality social services to people in need based on Christian values.

SILOE Ostrava provides services to people with memory disorders (Alzheimer's dementia, etc.) for 50+ year-old people in the Moravian-Silesian Region. We run a day care centre (during the day from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.), respite care services (short-stay accommodation), and a home with a special regime (providing residential services to clients).

The home has a capacity of 26 beds (we are small, family facility). Respite care service occupies 5 beds. The day care centre capacity is up to 20 persons. The home was opened after complete reconstruction in 2016. The building has three floors. 2-3 workers are on duty on each floor every day. Some of them are activity workers. We also have nurses.

What do we offer to our clients?

We have prepared the following daily program for our clients:

Student internships

The internship is set for a certain number of hours a day. During the morning, you will certainly participate in breakfast and snack time (at approx. 10 a.m.), and joint activities. Activities for you to join: memory exercises, morning warm-up, discussions on a certain topic called We Remember Together – e.g. favourite recipes, seasons, Christmas, etc.), we like to sing, colour mandalas, make various arts and crafts, and go outside to our garden (it is newly reconstructed), or for a walk. Sometimes we also go on trips with clients (for various exhibitions, etc.). At approximately 11:30 a.m. we go to lunch together (you can eat with us) and then clients go to sleep for about two hours. At that time, there is a complete rest time, when social workers have some time to do required paperwork and talk to you. In the afternoon a snack is prepared and there is another round of activities. At that time, there are also visiting hours. Dinner is being prepared and served at around six o'clock in the evening. Every Wednesday morning, the pastor comes to have a talk with our clients. Of course, throughout your internship, you will be under supervision of a social worker who will help you complete your assignments and acquaint you with his/her workload, so that you get to know the work of our helping professionals.

During your field internship, you can become involved in the following activities:

• Meeting with a service user applicant (work with a service application, communication with a caregiver, social inquiry)
• Client's arrival (overall client's file, legal aspects, individual planning, cooperation with doctors and medical staff, communication with caregivers)
• Work with quality standards
• Conducting operational meetings
• Leading of individual service plans
• Settlement of client payments
• Creation of important documents for workers (manuals, day and night reports, etc.)
• Cooperation with external services (podiatrist, hairdresser, canine therapy, pastor, etc.)
• Cooperation with authorities
• Termination of cooperation with the client (death, inheritance proceedings)
• Cooperation with internship students, trainees, and volunteers
• Public consultation
• Leading of self-help groups
• Memory capacity measurement (testing) of people with dementia

Contact details

Address: Rolnická 55, 709 00 Ostrava – Nová Ves

Head of Service: Mgr. Veronika Raszková
Social worker: Mgr. Jana Němcová

Updated: 14. 04. 2020