SOCIAL N.E.T.
Start date: Nov 1, 2014,
End date: Oct 31, 2016
PROJECT
FINISHED
SOCIAL N.E.T. is a mobility project with a training period abroad , for 80 young people from vocational training and with the qualification of " Social Animator " within 1 year from the obtaining of the qualification. The countries of destination are planned: Spain, UK, Germany.
The proposed project includes the following 3 Sending Organisation of the province of Salerno, as training institutions ( licensed by Campania region) , which play professional training courses for " Social Animator ", providing the release of the qualification:
- Association Essenia UETP , as the Applicant / Sending Organisation;
- Association of Culture and Education , as Partner / Sending Organisation;
- ARFOS , as Partner / Sending Organisation.
In recent years, the crisis of the labour market and the consequent disruption, led to a strong growth of the demand for social workers with adequate skills able to operate, especially in the current economic , institutional and social context. At the same time it is also highlighted a serious lack of qualified offer of young skilled professionals in the social field , especially in the southern regions . This project was developed to tackle this gap, in order to create an easier condition to ensure a "full employment" , sustainable economic growth and balanced development levels within the regione. The general objectives are the result of a detailed analysis of the territory concerned (the Province of Salerno), where the unemployment rate remains among the highest in Europe and at the same time the rate of specialization of human resources , especially in the field of Social Welfare, still remains low.
The general objectives of the project Social N.E.T. are listed below:
- acquisition of skills in order to enhance the personal development and employability in the European labor market ;
- Encourage the participants, to develop basic and transversal skills such as entrepreneurship , learning of digital skills and multilingualism ;
- Promote the use of ICT as a tool for teaching and learning through the support of educational material "Open access " ;
- Promote consistency and comparability of different tools for the recognition of the qualifications and competences between the different EU countries in order to facilitate a recognition of the same beyond their national borders;
- Develop local and transnational partnerships in vocational training field;
- Promote the inclusion and equal treatment of disadvantaged groups (disability, learning difficulties , obstacles, economic, cultural and social differences , and to ensure the safety of participants ;
- Improve the knowledge of foreign languages;
- Increase the awareness and knowledge of the European and intercultural learning, in order to encourage a more active participation in society , developing a sense of identity and European citizenship;
- Spread and disseminate the results of the project in order to justify the added value of the projects funded by the European Union .
- Led to a greater number of social entertainment activities in the territories concerned , due to the return of professionals from their experience of mobility .
The following are the main activities to be carried out:
1 ) INFORMATION and AWARENESS OF THE PROJECT;
2 ) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS;
3 ) PREPARATION OF ACTIVITIES (travel arrangements , housing , insurance, information on the safety and protection of participants, preparatory meetings with partners receiving virtual host , choosing the type of activities to be performed during the internship in agreement with the students and partners receivers welcome in foreign countries ; activities of back office administrative);
4) EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL PREPARATION AND LEARNING AGREEMENT;
5) MOBILITY ' : Logistics , Hospitality , Corporate Tutoring and Mentoring , Proceedings of the internship.
6) COORDINATION , MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES;
7) DISSEMINATION AND OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF THE PROJECT MOBILITY '.