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EUSE Toolkit for Diversity Transfer of Knowledge and
Practice
Edyth Dunlop
N Ireland Union of Supported Employment
13 June 2013
Programme • Supported Employment model • Project rational • Overview of Project • Needs Analysis Key Findings • Transfer and Adaptation of Supported
Employment Model
Supported Employment• Developed in the late 1970’s & 1980’s• Initially developed for people with significant
learning disabilities• Based on the principle of Zero Rejection and
everyone has the capacity to learn and work • Train/Place (or place and pray) V’s
→Place → Train → Maintain &Progress
Supported Employment Model
Client Engagement Vocational profiling
Job FindingWorking with
employers
On Off Job Support
Project Rational • EUSE Supported Employment Toolkit Project • Funded under EU Leonardo Partnership
Programme (2008 – 2010)• Number of partners 11 (lead partner Dundee
City Council)• 11 Position Papers • 5 How to Guides • Available on www.euse.org
How to Guides • Client Engagement • Vocational Profile • Job Finding & Employer Engagement • On and Off the Job Support • Qualities of a good Employment Support
Worker
Key Learning • Supported Employment model has been
mainstreamed in a number of EU states for people from other disadvantaged situation i.e. Portugal, Norway, Spain, Sweden etc
• Many common issues effecting economic inclusion for all disadvantaged groups
• Updating inclusive practice
EUSE Toolkit for Diversity
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
Aim of the project
“To transfer and adapt the EUSE Supported Employment Toolkit to four regional cluster
groups of Europe for people from a disadvantaged situation other than people
with disabilities”
Objectives
• To conduct a need analysis in each of the partner states regarding the economic exclusion of specific disadvantage group
• To review the Supported Employment Toolkit ensuring its applicability
• To customise the Supported Employment Toolkit to meet the needs of specific groups for the four regional cluster groups
Objectives
• To test the Supported Employment Toolkit with at least 48 organisations
• To Translate the Supported Employment Toolkit in to 9 languages
• To deliver capacity building training and train the trainer training to the partners
Objectives
• To agree minimum standards to deliver training
• To conduct an external and internal evaluation
• To agree a sustainability strategy
Project Partners (12)• Northern Ireland Union of Supported Employment (Lead
Partner)• Dachverband Berufliche Integration, Austria • Rytmus, Czech Republic • Status Employment, England • Kiipula Foundation, Finland • Theotokos Foundation, Greece • Irish Association of Supported Employment (Ireland)
Project Partners • Irish Association of Supported Employment
(Ireland) • Skinner Cooperativa Sociale, Italy • Associação Portuguesa de Emprego Apoiado,
Portugal • Asociación Española de Empleo con Apoyo,
Spain • Activa, Sweden • Supported Employment Schweiz, Switzerland
Focused Disadvantaged groups
• Ex-offenders
• Young school leavers
• People recovering from substance
Regional Cluster Partners Focus Group
Central •Austria •Czech Republic•Switzerland
Young School Leavers
Northern •Finland•Sweden
Young School Leavers
Southern •Greece •Italy•Portugal •Spain
People recovering from substance abuse
UK & Ireland •England •Ireland •Northern Ireland
Ex-offenders
Project Overview • Project time frame 1 October 2012 –
30 September 2014 • Six Project meetings
– Northern Ireland – Czech Republic – Dublin – Switzerland – Spain – Austria
Work packages • Project Management • Needs Analysis • Adaptation • Capacity Building & Train the Trainer • Communication and Dissemination• Evaluation
Project Outputs • Needs Analysis Report • Adapted Supported Employment Toolkit • Supported Employment Toolkit translated in to 9
languages • Trained staff to deliver Supported Employment
Toolkit and agreed standards of delivery • Website – www.eusetoolkit.eu • Evaluation Report
Main Findings From Needs Analysis Report
• High rates of unemployment across all states for specific disadvantaged situations
• For example young school leavers (Not in education, employment and training) highest rate of unemployment across Europe and continually to increase
Common issues
• Low educational achievements (qualifications)
• Experience – can not get a job without experience and can get experience with out a job
• Self belief/self confidence • Lack of support
• Low aspirations • Life style choices• Hectic lives/emotional vulnerability • Disclosure (offenses/substance abuse) • Employer attitudes • Lack of experienced staff
• Unemployment among these specific groups highlight that there is a structural not a temporary issue which will not go away unless something is done about it
Supported Employment could be an option to consider.
Adaptation and Customisation
Client Engagement Vocational profiling
Job FindingWorking with
employers
On Off Job Support
Questions • Identify the most important steps for people
from other disadvantaged situation?
• What is missing in one or more of the steps?
• Other factors that may impact on people from other disadvantaged groups:
– Social – Economic – Legislative
Thank you for your participation