Vocational Training at the sheltered workshops of FAB

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Vocational Training at the sheltered workshops of
FAB
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Our Claim

• In the centre
• there is the man

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External Environment I

• Inhabitants 1,4 Mio
• Working population 620.000
• Rate of unemployment 4,8
• Average gross salary 1778 Euro

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About us

• Establishment of assistance by means of sheltered
  work according to the Upper Austrian Law
• Non-profit association
• Sheltered workshops 440 jobs at 9 locations in
  Upper Austria
• Supported employment 50 persons
• Staff 100 persons

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Education as a human right

• Holistic education
• Development of personality, emancipatory,
  improvement of quality of life
• Education creates ties
• Social cohesion by means of collective learning
• Enables integration
• Education is not a merchandise
• Access to education for EVERYONE
• Participation in society
• (possibilities of communication and information)
• Lifelong Learning
• For strengthening self-worth and in order to keep
  up with the requirements of the daily life

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Personnel development

• Assessment Phase
• Profiles of abilities
• finding individual possibilities for vocational
  training
• Appraisal interview and agreement on objectives
• Professional training
• General programme, access for everyone
• Education as a human right
• Outplacement
• Conflict settlement scheme
• Representation of interests works committee
• Employee attitude survey

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Assessment Phase

• Selection process
• Normally 3 months, can be expanded up to 6 months
• Evaluation according to the profiles of abilities
• Practical, technical testing
• Clarification of culture techniques
• Social competence training
• Interim result and decision

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Profiles of abilities

• Identify and evaluate the personal and
  work-related skills
• Individual analysis of potentials
• 13 criteria concerning work-competences and 7
  criteria related to social-competences
• Basis for further training measures
• Process- and development-orientated
• Permanent monitoring continuous analysis
  (yearly)

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Annual appraisal interview

• Appreciative management tool
• Value for all participants
• Time, attention and appretiation for every single
  person
• Attention to wishes and ideas of the employees
  with disabilities
• High compliance in self assessment and assessment
  by others
• Feedback and orientation
• Development of individual perspectives and
  objectives

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Further education I

• systematically
• Annual information brochure, free choice of
  various courses
• Access for everyone
• Motivation and information by the social workers
• 65 of our employees have already attended one or
  more courses
• Quality-assured
• Professional trainers
• Written invitation to the course and confirmation
  of participation in the course
• Evaluation of the course (feedback/reply-form)
• Reflection with the trainers
• Holistic
• Academic advancement, culture techniques
• Development of personality
• Health insurance
• Professional training
• Social integration being like everybody else

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Further education II

• Pedagogy
• Instead of accenting deficits, we try to develop
  and discover strengths, talents, resources and
  abilities
• Continuing learning process
• Respect and appreciation
• Further education is worthwhile
• Latest survey of the Kepler University Linz
• Increased productivity (4) by further
  education/personnel development
• Training of personal abilities leads to higher
  outcomes than training professional abilities

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Outplacement

• A new approach to sheltered work
• Temporary placement of employees with
  disabilities to companies of the general labour
  market
• Further development of professional
  qualifications
• Social integration in internal structures
• Sensitization of the labour market for the
  abilities of people with disabilities
• Objective Permanent placement in companies of
  the general labour market

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Conflict settlement model

• Clarity and transparency lead to security and
  shelter
• Conscious handling of rules and limitations
• Preventive measure for avoiding dismissals
  management instrument
• Stage model

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Representatives of employees interests

• Betriebsvertrauenspersonen (BVPs)
• Elected for 4 years, 2 persons/location
• Seat and vote in the work council
• All BVPs meet 4 times a year for exchanging
  experiences, information and knowledge, supported
  by an external coach
• Networking with stakeholders from other
  institutions
• Agreement on their rights and duties
• Enough time for mentoring
• Necessary IT-Equipment is available
• Special company leave for further education
• with respect to their work as a BVP
• Financed by FAB

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Employee attitude survey

• Anonymous, standardised, individual interview
• Done by an external institute (triennial)
• Survey on the general job satisfaction,
  satisfaction with supervisors, colleagues,
  working climate, work environment, job
  requirements,
• Objective gaining knowledge and information
  about the whole organisation, uncover potentials
  for improvement (e.g. need for a new name)

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Social work

• Promotion of individual resources of the
  employees
• Supporting self-determined and self dependent
  accomplishment of every day life
• Support with respect to dealing with agencies and
  public authorities
• Acute crisis intervention
• Mental crisis, trauma
• Social competence training
• Assistance in individual cases Mentoring and
  Tutoring
• depts, custodian, accommodation, retirement,

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Additional Offers

• Holiday trips
• Works outings, excursions
• Celebration of jubilees
• Occupational health consultancy
• Social capital
• FAB Pro.Work Newspaper
• Sports Association
• General employee benefits
• Additional days off

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Change of View
Further and Challenge
I can do it!
Living like everybody else
You better count on us!
Being different is normal!
You can count on us!
Integrate me and I will understand
We dare to do it!
Rising with new challenges!
Keep up with us!
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• Thank you
• for your attention!