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Explore the history and methods of supported employment at Feniks, assisting individuals with disabilities to find and succeed in meaningful jobs. From job finding to follow-up support, we prioritize social integration and personal growth.
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Job-office: service of supported employment
History • 1997 :‘supported employment’ started in Feniks. • We recognized that some of the clients could do more than their work in the day centre of Feniks. • Step by step Feniks tried to support clients into a job on the labour-market. • 2009: joboffice of feniks en regenboog are working together as one service.
Goal Supported employment wants to support people with a handicap who want to work voluntary within a normal working environment, outside the protected walls of care. • Individual question of a client • Real work To achieve a better quality of life .
Target group • Persons who want to work, but cannot cope with the pressure and responsibility of ‘normal or regular’ work. • Different people with different kinds of handicaps.
Characteristics Supported employment gives a chance to be active engaged within the society. • Personal/individual support • Social integration • Social network
Method ... Assessment Job finding Education and training Job analyse Matching Jobcoaching
Intake By the first announcement; the jobcoach takes notice of the basic information (name, address, …) and makes an appointment to a further introduction. Method
Method … Assessment introduction of the method of supported employment The jobcoach makes a profile of the interests and the competences of the client
Method… Job finding Based on the profile of the client the jobcoach starts to search for a possible job. When the jobcoach finds an interested employer, he makes an analyse of the possible tasks
Method… Job matching When there is a positive matching between the profile of the client and the profile of the possible job, the next step can be made : acquaintance between the client and the employer.
Method… Probation A very important aspect of supported employment is ‘ the training-on-the-job’.
Method… Evaluation At the end of the probation, there is an official evaluation between the different members. The result shows whether the engagement can go on.
Method Follow-up To guarantee the success of the job on the long term is it necessary to give as long as need a follow-up support : visits at work, evaluations, …