What
Registration
Who
PES staff
Where
Local PES
Why
Tracking of labor market outcomes
Duration
1 month
PHASE 0
Registration in the SILP database. All asylum-seekers in the CAS involved will be registered in the regional labor market information system of public employment services (PES). This is the only task involving the “control” group.
What
Mentoring starts
Who
Job mentors and cross-cultural facilitators
Where
Local PES
Why
To facilitate creation of trusting and individualized job search assistance.
Duration
1 month
PHASE 1
Participants are assigned a mentor for individualized assistance throughout the action. Mentors will be selected from organizations with considerable experience in providing support to migrants and asylum seekers.
Profiling and skills assessment using the Skills Profile Tool for Third Country Nationals. This is an interactive and multilingual tool designed to identify valuable individual skills, possibly acquired in different contexts.
Elaboration of an Individualized Integration Plan, shared and agreed upon between participants and their mentors.
What
Language instruction and motivation
Who
Job mentors, cross-cultural facilitators and language teachers
Where
Training and educational centers
Why
Skill development and motivation enhancement
Duration
4 months
PHASE 2
Language and civic education workshops. Participants will be encouraged to enroll in existing language courses for asylum-seekers and refugees in Piedmont. They will benefit from additional workshops in CAS on “language for work” (functional literacy) to gain insights into the Italian workplace culture and language (20 hours).
Focus groups on recognition of formal and informal skills. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews and group discussions (reconnaissance des acquis) aimed at increasing individual motivation, self-esteem, and assertiveness.
What
Vocational training
Who
Job mentors, cross-cultural facilitators and training and development officers
Where
Training centers
Why
Identifying individual training needs and delivering training programs
Duration
3 months
PHASE 3
Vocational training. The main innovation compared to existing alternatives will be the activation of courses tailored on the local labor market demand in Piedmont and the individual competences and aspirations emerged from Task 13 and Task 15.
What
Job placement
Who
Job mentors and placement officers
Where
PES
Why
Matching participants to potential employers
Duration
3 months
PHASE 4
Placement services, delivered to participants by professional placement officers.
Continuous support offered to apprentice participants to encourage and sustain completion.
Additional support and validation of the competences attained.
Fostering Opportunities of Refugee Workers
This project has received financial support from the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation "EaSI" (2014- 2020)
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