SHOT SHaring Orientation Training

1. SHOTSHaringOrientation Training LLP Programme Leonardo da Vinci Action Partnership Measure Guidance and counselling: sharingpatterns

2. The directions of the EU: Commission of the European Community Memorandum on lifelong learning Brussels 30.10.2000 key message n. 5 : “Rethinking Guidance and Counselling” Guidance as a contionuously accessible service for all

3. In the past Moving between education, training and the labour market happened only once in most people’s lives. Today We may need information on “what to do next” several times in the life, and perhaps unpredictably. Ours society is characterized by so many and so quick changes that Orientation becomes a strategic instrument for the personal growth, the social equality and the efficient allocation of resources.

4. The new Approach to the Orientation and Guidance • Placingneeds and demands of the usersat the center of concern • The operator/practitioner’s task is to accompanyindividuals on theiruniquejourneythrough life • The services must be locallyaccessible

5. Orientation guidance and counselling Public or Private?

6. What orientation would have to become: • Giving citizens the skills to manage their future professional lifetime on their own, linking their skills and interests with the educational and vocational training and to the job market needs of the moment • Supporting school and other vocational training bodies to find students well motivated and conscious of their specific needs and skills • Supporting the enterprises in having dependent workers with the right motivations to learn inside and outside the workplace. • Giving the right value to each individual on the base of the right evaluation and analysis of each CV and profile.

7. Objectives – Targets and contents • Orientation concerns all target groups: young people under 25”, adults unemployed or on vocational training or re-training; prisoners and ex-offenders Objective: Helpingyoung or adulttraineesdefine a professionalproject Target groups : Unemployedyoung people under 25 and adults, prisoners and ex-offenders Contents : Part of training in learning centre, work placement, job search techniques, preparation to recruitment interviews, orientation tests (RIASEC, BIG FIVE), stress, emotion and time management workshops.

8. GUIDANCE TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PROFESSIONAL PROJECT OBJECTIVE : HELPING BENEFICIARIES DEFINE A PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE AND CONSTRUCT A TRAINING ITINERARY TO REACH THEIR GOAL TARGET GROUP : UNEMPLOYED YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 26, SCHOOL DROP-OUTS, WITH NO OR LOW QUALIFICATION, PRISONERS CONTENTS : MULTIPLE ORIENTATION TESTS AND INTERVIEWS TO DETERMINE INTERESTS AND PROJECT, VALIDATION ON THE JOB DURING A SHORT PLACEMENT THIS PHASE SHOULD LEAD TO TRAINING IN THE CHOSEN QUALIFICATION

9. SKILLS BALANCE FOR YOUNG WORKERS OBJECTIVE : HELPING YOUNG WORKERS OR THOSE WITH SHORT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ASSESS THEIR SKILLS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A PROFESSIONAL PROJECT OR DEFINE A NEW ORIENTATION AND TRAINING PATHWAY. TARGET GROUP : YOUNG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE UNDER 26, WITH NON FORMAL QUALIFICATION CONTENTS : MULTIPLE ORIENTATION TESTS AND INTERVIEWS TO ASSESS ACQUIRED EXPERIENCE, REDEFINE INTERESTS AND NEW ORIENTATION PROJECT, INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSIONALS FROM THE DESIRED QUALIFICATION THIS PHASE SHOULD LEAD TO RETRAINING IN THE CHOSEN QUALIFICATION OR JOB SEARCH

10. SKILLS BALANCE FOR ADULT WORKERS OBJECTIVE : HELPING WORKERS WITH SUBSTANTIAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ASSESS THEIR SKILLS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A PROFESSIONAL PROJECT OR DEFINE A NEW ORIENTATION AND TRAINING PATHWAY. TARGET GROUP : EXPERIENCED WORKERS WITH FORMAL OR NON FORMAL QUALIFICATION WILLING TO REORIENTATE CONTENTS : MULTIPLE ORIENTATION TESTS AND INTERVIEWS TO ASSESS ACQUIRED EXPERIENCE, REDEFINE INTERESTS AND NEW ORIENTATION PROJECT, INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSIONALS FROM THE DESIRED QUALIFICATION THIS PHASE SHOULD LEAD TO RETRAINING IN THE CHOSEN QUALIFICATION OR JOB SEARCH

11. SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL DYNAMISATION COURSE Objective : Helpingunemployed and maybemarginalisedlearnersdevelop the skillsthatwillallow for professionalintegration Target groups : • Long-termunemployedlearners • Young school drop-outs without a minimum qualification or diploma • Learnerswithperipheralproblemslikely to affect their social and professionalintegration (housing, social and financialdifficulties). • Contents : Reading/writing, variedevaluation tests, personalproject, competencies for integration in the labour market

12. CORE SKILLS TRAINING WORKSHOPS Objective : Helpinglearnersdevelop the minimum requiredskillsthatwillallow for professionalintegration Target group : Learnerswithverylowacademiclevels, foreignerswhoneed to improvelanguage of the hosting country as a basic skill. Contents : Reading/writing, variedevaluation tests, work on a personalproject, identification of requiredcompetencies for integration in the labour market.

13. PERSONALISED PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOPS OBJECTIVE : HELPING WORKERS WILLING TO PREPARE FOR EXAMINATIONS OR SELECTION TESTS DEFINE A PERSONAL TRAINING PROGRAM TOWARDS THEIR OBJECTIVE. TARGET GROUP : ALL TARGET GROUPS CONTENTS : ORIENTATION TESTS, SKILLS EVALUATION AND INTERVIEWS TO ASSESS ACQUIRED EXPERIENCE, CHOICE OF ACCESSIBLE EXAMINATIONS OR PROFESSIONAL TESTS, INTENSIVE ACADEMIC PRACTICE IN ALL REQUIRED SUBJECTS

14. Fromvocationalguidancetoskillsbalance Biographicalpathandmappingofcompetences • Assessment andmappingofexpectationsandpotentials, reflections on gaps • Realisingandreductioningoffearsrelatedmainlytofutureexpectations • Improvingselfesteemforworkandlearnautonomously • Information on trendsandcurrentneedsinlabourmarket • Vocationalinformation, • First interview to find out individual competences

15. Assistedselfguidance: • realiseandreflect upon individual strenghts/ weaknesses/ interestsandcompetences • Mapping ofvocationalneedsand individual interests/skillsforfurthergatewaytowork • Selfevaluationoftheguidancerestults;

16. Working on realistic perspectives: • Planning of next steps and individual training or professional pathway • Preparing to start work life or vocational training • Supporting improvement of social and management skills/ competences • Preparing job interviews and questions on their family and social background of the applicant, his/her self-assessment, motivation to learn, involvement and management, willingness and ability to take responsabilty, social and communicative competence, multi-dimensional thinking, customer-orientation, self-esteem, managerial skills and efficiency