Żoliborz Community Self-Help Center

Our Community Self-Help Center (ŚDS) is a social assistance organizational unit. The Center provides services to 60 people with mental health disorders, including 30 individuals with experience of mental health crises and 30 individuals with intellectual disabilities. Both groups utilize activities in separate spaces with their own dedicated teams of professionals. The Center is open from Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM; however, various activities such as trips, outings to concerts and exhibitions, outdoor events, and more may take place outside these hours and days.

In the Type A Program, there are self-help circles where participants lead activities for others: a music band, a board games club, English language classes, a bridge club, a film club, and a review of national and international news. Participants can also take advantage of piano lessons and vocal coaching. The Center also has a theater group that usually stages one performance per year in venues such as Teatr Komedia or Kino Elektronik. The preparation of these performances is supported by professional actors on a volunteer basis. We work on strengths—not deficits.

Main areas (industries) in which we operate

Psychology
Pedagogy
Occupational therapy
Social support
Integration

Values that guide our work:

Respect,
acceptance, and the belief that every human being is a gift to be discovered, not a problem to be solved.

What we offer at the Job and Internship Fair 2026:

Quiz: Facts and Myths About Mental Health Crises.

Contact:

Website

Where can you meet us

Panel Discussion

Explore the Company Stands in Warsaw

Rooms S305, 304, 306 11:00 - 15:00, 16-04-2026

Take part in the event and increase your chances of getting a job, internship or apprenticeship.

National School of Public Administration, The Mazowia Federation, Otwarte Klatki Association (Anima International), Twój Startup Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development, Institute of Discourse and Dialogue, State Protection Service, Balajcza Linguistic Services, The Mary and Max Social Innovation Association, Art & Modern Foundation, District Court for the Capital City of Warsaw in Warsaw, Professional Company Konrad Kacperczyk/The Tailor's Wife Coffee House, TTEC, Canal +, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, A.R.T. Foundation, EU Career Ambassadors, Immersion Labs , Your Competences for the Future, Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy, SOS Food Bank in Warsaw, Warsaw-Służewiec Remand Centre, Ministry of Development and Technology, Santander Bank Polska, Goldman Sachs, Effectis Private Preschool Special Education Center, Schneider Electric, Internal Security Agency, Fundacja WWF Polska, National Centre for Culture, REGIPIO Language School / REGIPIO Publishing House, AIESEC in Poland , SWPS University, The City of Warsaw Municipal Office, Office of the Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship in Warsaw, Greenpeace Poland Foundation, Zwolnieni z Teorii Foundation, Procter & Gamble, Żona Krawca, Academy of Language sp. z o.o., KINGFA Science & Technology Poland, Lang LTC, Polish Air Navigation Services Agency, Słoneczny Dom Community Self-Help Center, Żoliborz Community Self-Help Center, Under the Wings Community Self-Help Center, Christian Association for Persons with Disabilities, Their Families, and Friends Ognisko (2), Christian Association for Persons with Disabilities, Their Families, and Friends Ognisko (3), Sustinae Foundation, DKMS Helpers Generation, TVN Warner Bros. Discovery