Vocational Training at the sheltered

workshops of FAB

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Our Claim

In the centre there is the man

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External Environment I

• Inhabitants: 1,4 Mio• Working population: 620.000• Rate of unemployment: 4,8%• Average gross salary: 1778 Euro

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About us

• Establishment of assistance by means of sheltered work according to the Upper Austrian Law

• Non-profit association

• Sheltered workshops: 440 jobs at 9 locations in Upper Austria

• Supported employment: 50 persons

• Staff: 100 persons

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Education as a human right

• Holistic education– Development of personality,

emancipatory, improvement of quality of life

• Education creates ties – Social cohesion by means of

collective learning– Enables integration

• Education is not a merchandise– Access to education for EVERYONE– Participation in society

(possibilities of communication and information)

• Lifelong Learning– For strengthening self-worth and in

order to keep up with the requirements of the daily life

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Personnel development

• Assessment Phase

• Profiles of abilities– finding individual possibilities for vocational training

• Appraisal interview and agreement on objectives

• Professional training – General programme, access for everyone– Education as a human right

• Outplacement

• Conflict settlement scheme

• Representation of interests – works committee

• Employee attitude survey

• Social work – „further and challenge“

• Additional offers for our employees

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Assessment Phase

• Selection process

• Normally 3 months, can be expanded up to 6 months

• Evaluation according to the profiles of abilities

• Practical, technical testing

• Clarification of culture techniques

• Social competence training

• Interim result and decision

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Profiles of abilities

• Identify and evaluate the personal and work-related skills

• Individual analysis of potentials

• 13 criteria concerning work-competences and 7 criteria related to social-competences

• Basis for further training measures

• Process- and development-orientated

• Permanent monitoring – continuous analysis (yearly)

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Annual appraisal interview

• Appreciative management tool

• Value for all participants

• Time, attention and appretiation for every single person

• Attention to wishes and ideas of the employees with disabilities

• High compliance in self assessment and assessment by others

• Feedback and orientation

• Development of individual perspectives and objectives

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Further education I

• systematically– Annual information brochure, free choice of various courses

• Access for everyone– Motivation and information by the social workers– 65% of our employees have already attended one or more courses

• Quality-assured– Professional trainers– Written invitation to the course and confirmation of participation

in the course– Evaluation of the course (feedback/reply-form)– Reflection with the trainers

• Holistic– Academic advancement, culture techniques– Development of personality– Health insurance– Professional training– Social integration – „being like everybody else“

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Further education II

• Pedagogy– Instead of accenting deficits, we try to develop and discover strengths,

talents, resources and abilities– Continuing learning process– Respect and appreciation

• Further education is worthwhile– Latest survey of the Kepler University Linz

• Increased productivity (4%) by further education/personnel development

• Training of personal abilities leads to higher outcomes than training professional abilities

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Outplacement

A new approach to sheltered work

• Temporary placement of employees with disabilities to companies of the general labour market

• Further development of professional qualifications

• Social integration in internal structures

• Sensitization of the labour market for the abilities of people with disabilities

• Objective: Permanent placement in companies of the general labour market

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Conflict settlement model

• Clarity and transparency lead to security and shelter

• Conscious handling of rules and limitations

• Preventive measure for avoiding dismissals – management instrument

• Stage model

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Representatives of employee´s interests

„Betriebsvertrauenspersonen“ (BVPs)

• Elected for 4 years, 2 persons/location• Seat and vote in the work council• All BVPs meet 4 times a year for exchanging experiences, information and

knowledge, supported by an external coach• Networking with stakeholders from other institutions • Agreement on their rights and duties

• Enough time for mentoring• Necessary IT-Equipment is available• Special company leave for further education

with respect to their work as a BVP• Financed by FAB

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Employee attitude survey

• Anonymous, standardised, individual interview

• Done by an external institute (triennial)

• Survey on the general job satisfaction, satisfaction with supervisors, colleagues, working climate, work environment, job requirements,…

• Objective: gaining knowledge and information about the whole organisation, uncover potentials for improvement (e.g. need for a new name)

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Social work

• Promotion of individual resources of the employees

• Supporting self-determined and self dependent accomplishment of every day life

• Support with respect to dealing with agencies and public authorities

• Acute crisis intervention– Mental crisis, trauma

• Social competence training

• Assistance in individual cases – Mentoring and Tutoring– depts, custodian, accommodation, retirement,…

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Additional Offers

• Holiday trips

• Works outings, excursions

• Celebration of jubilees

• Occupational health consultancy

• Social capital

• FAB Pro.Work Newspaper

• Sports Association

• General employee benefits– Additional days off

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Change of View

You better count on us!

I can do it!

Being different is normal!

Further and Challenge

Living like everybody else…

We dare to do it!

Integrate me and I will understand

Rising with new challenges!

Keep up with us!

You can count on us!

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Thank you for your attention!