The social care and employment sector in Italy and Emilia-Romagna
ValorEmpl evaluation grid | |||
People with Intellectual disability | Community | Service provider
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What is the added value? | · Self-confidence;
· Flexibility of the working hours and conditions; · Adaptability to the skills and capacity of people; · Gain of experience; · Respect of people work also under the financial angle: salary but also contributions for pension; · social integration |
· Acknowledgment of people skills
· Respect of disability; · Participation in the community development.
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· Inclusion;
· Acknowledgment of people skills; · Respect of disability; · Contribution to social inclusion; · Strong connection with the local community.
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What are the key factors to success?
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· Working together: people with disability are involved in the working activities together with the rest of the employees;
· Flexible working conditions; · Visions and persistence · Valorisation of disadvantaged people; · Support to people. |
· Open mind and inclusion;
· collaboration between the different partners; · Valorisation of quality and inclusion over a pure economic analysis. |
· Flexibility;
· Believing in people belonging to disadvantaged groups; · Educational and training programs; · Life-long learning; · Collaboration between different groups and organisations; · Support from the State: fiscal incentives.
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Which barriers do we identify? | · Prejudices;
· Exposure of people with disability while working; · No financial support in the passage from A to B cooperatives
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· Prejudices;
· Ignorance; · Diffidence. |
· Financial resources;
· No support in the passage from A to B cooperatives
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How to reduce the identified barriers? | · More social interaction;
· Employees can become members of the cooperative. This gives you full participation and the possibility to share in the profit. |
· Raise awareness: helping people to see talents, and not (only) disabilities. | · Fundraising events;
· Wider promotion; · Stronger cooperation with Public sector and enterprises from the Private Sector.
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Read the full final report: Bologna Final report and program