What is Work as a Remedy about?
The project is based on the cooperation of 3 EU partners focused on encouraging people with mental disabilities to enter the labour market. The aim is to strengthen the positive approach of the target group to enter the open labour market and to support the inclusion of this vulnerable group. In the consortium's experience, the target group is often motivated to work. The problem is that mental disorders make the target group have low self-confidence and underestimate their skills and abilities. Therefore, it is necessary to encourage the target group:
- by professionals - psychologists, vocational counsellors (motivational videos)
- by employed people with mental disabilities by sharing their positive work experiences that contribute to dispel the initial concerns of the target group and stimulate their positive attitude that they have chances to succeed on the open labour market.
The needs of the target group, confirmed in interviews with groups of people with mental disabilities, are:
- Encourage with stimulating advice, recommendations, practical help tools provided by specialists (psychologists, psychiatrists, job/professional counsellors...).
- To increase the knowledge about the possibilities of vocational guidance.
- Motivating people with the same problems: sharing good work experiences that help to overcome the initial barriers of the target groups and stimulate their positive approach to take a first step into the labour market.
The aim is to support the inclusion of this vulnerable group and to improve their integration into the open labour market. The target group can directly benefit from the project results:
- A motivating video
- A good practice book reflecting the target group needs
Good Practices Book
This activity has resulted in the creation of a compilation of good working practices of people with mental disabilities.
The aim of the book is to stimulate the target group with inspiring work stories and positive experiences on the open labour market.
The book achieves the following project objectives:
- To increase the knowledge of the target group about the variety of jobs in the open labour market.
- Share good working practices of people with mental disabilities employed in the open labour market and promote these good practices in all EU countries.
- Stimulate the positive approach of the target group to overcome initial concerns about work management.
The final version of the good practice book is available in four languages: English and partner languages (Czech, Spanish, Greek).
You can find an online version below, accessible to everyone. You can also download the book in hard copy for use in face-to-face sessions.
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