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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!