Work for all
The vast majority of people with intellectual disabilities are excluded from the labor market. This is mainly due to:
Negative attitudes of employers.
Lack of skills of PWID
Lack of information on employment opportunities.
Lack of suitable workplace adjustments.
Studies have shown that the tourism industry is an excellent environment in which PWID can prove their potential, as the technical requirements of the industry often include standardized and repetitive tasks.
Despite the fact that tourism is an important sector of the Greek economy, the amount of PWID working on it is extremely low.
This specific project aims to address the above challenges and to contribute substantially to the social inclusion of PWID by facilitating their access to work through the following actions:
- Demand and work capacity studies.
- Transfer of know-how from Norwegian partners in the field of integration
- Training and certification of PWID in the provision of hotel services by a Certified Educational Center in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of professionals.
- Create a training manual specially configured for PWID.
- Practice in hotels – catering.
- Establishment of a Social Enterprise aiming to play a mediating role among graduates of the education and labor market program by applying the model of supported work.
- Actions to disseminate the results of the project and to raise community awareness on the issues of labor inclusion of the PWID.
The project promoter will select the people to be trained by analyzing the needs and skills of its supporters and create a multidisciplinary team that will:
- Take on a training for trainers on special education issues and contribute to the whole educational process.
- Contribute to the creation of a Social Enterprise for the employment of PWID.
- Create the dissemination plan.
The other partners will also undertake specific actions and will contribute to the realization of the project by exploiting their great expertise and experience as outlined below in the proposal.
