The social care and employment sector in Greece
ValorEmpl evaluation grid | |||
People with Intellectual disability | Community | Service provider | |
What is the added value? | · Self-confidence;
· Flexibility of the working hours and conditions; · Adaptability to the skills and capacity of people; · Gain experience, salary; · Respect of people work also under the financial angle: salary but also contributions for pension; · social integration · To confront and exchange experiences with other cultures and languages. |
· Acknowledgment of people skills
· Respect of disability; · Participation in the community development. |
· Inclusion;
· Acknowledgment of people skills; · Respect of disability; · Contribution to social inclusion; · Strong connection with the local community. · Social cooperatives and Open Labor Market that produces quality jobs.
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What are the key factors to success? | · Working together: people with
disability are involved in the |
· Open mind and inclusion;
· collaboration between the |
· Flexibility;
· Believing in people belonging to disadvantaged |
working activities together with the rest of the employees;
· Proper matching of skills of the individuals with the working spaces and the duties allocated to them. · Valorisation of disadvantaged people; · Support to people. |
different partners;
· Active participation of the community to the everyday life (working and personal life) of people with disabilities. |
groups;
· Educational and training programs; · Life-long learning;
· Peer learning and exchange programs for them; · Collaboration between different groups and organisations; · Support from the State: fiscal incentives.
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Which barriers do we identify? | · Prejudices;
· No legislation for Supported Employment procedures (i.e. Job Coaches);
· No legislation for the Sheltered Workshops and no salary for the beneficiaries there;
· No financial support in the cooperatives;
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· Prejudices;
· Ignorance of the statues of disability; · Diffidence. |
· Lack of financial resources;
· No legislation for Supported Employment procedures (i.e. Job Coaches);
· No legislation for the Sheltered Workshops and no salary for the beneficiaries there;
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How to reduce the identified barriers? | · More social interaction;
· Employees can become members of the cooperatives and the organizations in the disability field in general. |
· Raise awareness: helping people to see talents, and not (only) disabilities. | · Legislation for the Sheltered Workshops;
· Legislation for the Supported Employment scheme; · Wider promotion; · Stronger cooperation with Public sector and enterprises from the Private Sector;
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