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Inserting young people with disabilities into the job market with the help of after lessons activities
Start date: Aug 26, 2016, End date: Mar 25, 2017 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The project is between a Polish Special Care Educational Facility for Disabled Children - a boarding school for physically and mentally handicapped children at the age of 6 to 23 from all over Poland offering education, rehabilitation and Juan XXIII Foundation from Spain working as a Day Center, Occupational Center, Employment Formation Center and the Employment Center for Special Needs and their main goal is labour insertion into ordinary job market aimed at people with intellectual disabilities or mental illness.The primary objective of the project "Inserting young people with disabilities into the job market with the help of after lessons activities” is to give organizations working in the same field the opportunity to learn about the practices of another organization in a different country: 4 teachers from Poland will spend 7 intensive days in Spain visiting the host organization and several other centers working with the disabled youth together with 2 participants from Spain. Polish teachers are looking for new ideas of after lessons activities which will prepare young people with all kinds of disabilities for job-seeking through the activities not implemented by formal education. A catalogue of such activities is planned to be written so the students and teachers can find what suit them best. Spanish partners want to learn the approach towards the young people with muscular atrophy exercised in Polish institution so they can better prepare to work with different kinds of disabilities.The two partner organizations have similar tasks and target groups but apply different methods to implement their youth work. The project will create an opportunity to compare the methods and outcomes as well as find some new strategies of in/ non-formal education used for those with lower opportunities for their insertion on the job market.The programme of activities include job- shadowing in the hosting organization (a few departments) and visits to the centers working with the disabled youth ,an introduction to the national legislation for youth and the disabled matters, comparing it to the Polish laws and participation in the constant round table , workshops and panel discussions with professionals. It is also too see how cooperation with other institutions can contribute to the achieving better results in discovering professional skills of the youth. Directly involved participants will have an opportunity to use a foreign language as a real tool of communication (all the activities and spare time the participants will spend together) worth developing, get to know new culture and approaches as well as recognize their newly acquired competences with the help of a Youthpass . An effective network is hoped to be created between the partners and the participants as well as the plans for future projects involving youth. The EU-wide employment rate of the disabled is approximately 20 percentage points lower than the rate of the non-disabled. There is a very significant association between educational achievement and success in employment. The disadvantage for disabled people in education and lifelong learning is a matter of major concern, to which attention should be directed as a priority. Early intervention and prevention for disabled young people is extremely important (Report prepared for the Academic Network of European Disability experts (ANED)). To overcome this problem new measures which go beyond a formal education must be taken.

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