Supported Employment and Work placement service- Theotokos
Process
- (Self) Referal and involvement of the job seeker in the process of job finding
- Vocational profiling (personal profile)
- Sensitization of employers
- Job Analysis
- Recruitment
Values and principals of Supported Employment
- Individuality
- Respect
- Self determination
- Informed choice
- Flexibility
- Empowerment
- Accessibility
- Confidentiality
“ ErgAxia ” – “Theotokos” Work Placement Service
- Head of ErgAxia
- Work advisers
- Interdisciplinary team (social worker, psychologist, psychiatrist, neurologist)
1996-2021 Outcomes: 210 people served are engaged in the open labour market. Almost a 1/3 of the population that graduates each year
Occupations: Office clerks, building preservation, gardening, cleaners, supermarket employees, food industry
Qualitative changes in the life of the employed
- Hold a job in the open labor market
- Organize their life in a different manner
- Make new friends and develop new relationships
- Economically independent, handle their own budgets
- Move around independently
- Self sufficient, lead a normal life
Examples of enterprises with which we collaborate: ATLANTIK SUPERMARKETS, JOHNSON and JOHNSON, El. VENIZELOS AIRPORT, “YGEIA" HOSPITAL ▪ TITANIA HOTEL, PETROL COMPANY, NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE, OTE, GREEK TELECOM MUNICIPALITIES OF ATTICA
Challenges
- To change parents’ cast of mind.( The way they see their adult children ,the life they want their children to live, the opportunities for their children independent life )
- To raise awareness among employers
- To activate the low for hiring PWD
- To certify our trainees’ qualifications
- To establish a legal basis for supported employment