WORKPLACE GUIDANCE (WP2) VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE FOR LOW-PAID WORKERS Leonardo da Vinci programme

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WORKPLACE GUIDANCE (WP2) VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE FOR
LOW-PAID WORKERSLeonardo da Vinci programme

• Fjóla María Lárusdóttir

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Project information

• Project number 2003-ISL/03/B/F/PP-164001
• Coordinator Starfsafl Vocational Training Fund
• starfsafl_at_starfsafl.is
• Project partners Iceland Promoter
• Czech Republic EuroProfis
• Denmark University of Education
• Finland Diak Diaconia Polytechnic
• Italy Centro Documentazione Ricerche per la
  Lombardia
• Luxemburg Prism Research and Consulting
• Norway AOF Lofoten
• Spain Confederacion Empresarial de la Provincia
  de Alicante
• Sweden Arbetsförmedlingen
• United Kingdom CRADALL, Faculty of Education,
  University of Glasgow
• Project website www.workplaceguidance.eu

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Objectives of project

• To assist low-paid workers into lifelong learning
  through the provision of vocational guidance in
  the workplace
• 100 hour training course (on-line) Vocational
  guidance for low-paid workers aiming to enhance
  the skills of guidance counsellors and others who
  give educational and vocational advice or support
  to low-paid/semi-skilled workers in the workplace
• A target group in need of enhancing their skills,
  not active in LLL
• Older workers may need more information and
  motivation
• Outreach extremely important
• Openning access for the target group to guidance
  through outreach in the workplace
• Training for guidance workers - Peer-advisors

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Beneficiaries

• Target group
• vocational guidance counsellors
• human resource workers
• trade union activists
• End users
• low-skilled workers who can benefit from
  participating in lifelong learning
• Other stakeholders
• trade unions, educational providers (and funds),
  national authorities, companies

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Project products

• Website www.workplaceguidance.eu
• 100 hours on-line course Vocational guidance for
  low-paid workers available in 8 languages, four
  modules (Dr. Peter Plant).
• Tutor training manual The role of the tutor in
  the Workplace Guidance on-line course
• Good Practice Guides for Employers and Trade
  Unions (Dr. Peter Plant). Available in English,
  Icelandic, Italian and Spanish

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Contribution to enhancing the voice of the user

• Guidance is brought to the target group access
  through outreach
• Through trained counsellors and advisors
• f.ex. peer advisors, on equal ground, always in
  place
• Informal and non-formal guidance, not always a
  formal process
• Referrals according to individual needs
  assessment
• Sustainability
• Program evaluation reports (trainers and
  participants) as a ground for further
  developments
• Co-operation with stakeholders of high importance
• Already sustained in Iceland, Spain, Norway,
  Finnland
• Influence already at EU level, extensive project
  dissemination
• Project website in place for the next two years

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Transferability of products

• Potential use of products/outputs by other target
  groups
• To be included in educational courses for
• Adult educators
• Counsellors
• HRMs
• Lifelong learning centers/other educational
  providers (open access)
• Workplace trainers
• Companies and trade unions
• Potential use of products/outputs in other
  countries
• Material available on the project website,
  downloadable
• To be developed for the appropriate target groups

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Ideas for further development of the project
products

• How can these products be developed further?
• Experience and feedback from the users is
  important for further developments. Visibility
  and dissemination to be continued to stakeholders
  and potential users
• For each country to take the material, introduce
  it to stakeholders and adjust it to the needs of
  the target groups
• What are your future strategies for
  implementation?
• Cooperation with stakeholders for working towards
  further developments and sustainability
• Evaluation (users, deliverers of the service)
• Dissemination of success stories