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

For further information

www.eusetoolkit.eu