Welkom bij Malm

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• Welkom bij Malmö!

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What is Exigo?
EXIGO Employment and Health for Immigrants
Suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• United actions by several organizations
• - Arbetsförmedlingen (National Employment
  Service)
• - Försäkringskassan (National Social Insurance)
• - Region Skåne (Regional Health Care)
• - City of Malmö
• Development of common strategies to meet a new
  group of inhabitants in Malmö with special needs
• Parallelism, Wholeness and Work focus

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Why Exigo?
EXIGO Employment and Health for Immigrants
Suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• An increased number of refugees and immigrants in
  Malmö
• Demographics in the City District of Rosengård
• Employment Training

Swedish Red Cross
Municipal Jobcentre
Adult Education Swedish for Immigrants
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Who can participate?
EXIGO Employment and Health for Immigrants
Suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Unemployed inhabitants of Malmö in the ages
  18-45, recieving social assistence
• Diagnosis or symptoms of PTSD
• Motivation to change her/his life

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Exigos activities
EXIGO Employment and Health for Immigrants
Suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Competence
• - Guidance
• - Education (swedish for immigrants and directed
  courses)
• - Occupational training and traineeships
• Health
• - Mental and physical training (qi gong and
  yoga)
• - Education in self care
• Treatment
• - Swedish Red Cross
• - Teamet för Krigs- och Tortyrskadade
  (University Hospital of Malmö)
• - Primary Care (Medical centres)
• - Psychiatric Care

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Objectives
EXIGO Employment and Health for Immigrants
Suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Organizational level
• - Create a platform for organizational
  cooperation
• - Allocate permanent resources for the future
• - Aquire and spread knoweledge about PTSD
• Individual level
• - 40 employment/studies
• - 90 traineeships
• - 100 improved health and well being

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Results
EXIGO Employment and Health for Immigrants
Suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Organizational level
• - Platform of cooperation
• - Some allocation of permanent resources
• - Awareness
• Individual level
• - 35 employment/studies
• - 80 traineeships
• - 85 improved well being
• - 15 disability pension
• - 20 return to payee

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You do not need to be healthy to work,but you
do need to work to be healthy
EXIGO Employment and Health for Immigrants
Suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Contact Annika Norlin 46(0)40-34 33
79 annika.norlin_at_malmo.se