Workshop Curricula and Training Material

Content

The unit aims to train participants to reflect and search for additional active employment schemes thought for broader target groups (NEETs, long term unemployed people, young women, apprenticeship job contracts etc.). The latter may be cumulative to the incentives aimed only at VIPs. Participants will experience a search for national, regional, local calls eligible for young VIPs.

The last session foresees 30 minutes of group activity. The trainer asks participants to work in groups and identify five individual incentives. The incentives are designed for broader groups but applicable also to VIPs.

Objectives

Attendants will be able to:

• Think outside the box and overcome the boundaries of benefits and tax reliefs aimed only at VIPs to identify other incentives that may contribute to the successful inclusion to the labour market.
• Research and use online resources to look for those benefits;
• Assist (could be a mock exercise) a person with visual impairments in accessing financial benefits originally destined to broader target groups;
• Support employers in understanding how they can benefit from financial reliefs (when employing a VIP) not necessarily destined to VIPs only.
• Support employers in understanding how they can benefit from financial reliefs (when employing a VIP) not necessarily destined to VIPs only.

Time

70 minutes

Advice for the organiser

The organiser should have identified in advance some of the cumulative benefits (for young VIPs and employers) that would like to present to participants. Hint: incentives/active employment schemes could be:

• The National Civil Service; is designed for youngsters, therefore, you may suggest it as a way to enter the labour market to a young VIP;
• Garanzia Giovani: it’s an Italian measure that foresees paid internships for NEETs or young people aged 18-29 or 18-35. It may represent a way to start cooperating with an employer. The internships fall to the scheme of the European Social Fund;
• Apprenticeship job contracts foresee tax reliefs for employers that hire young employees under the age of 30;
• National, regional, local (from Municipalities) calls for applications.

The trainer should adjust the session according to the context of the workshop.

Learning methodologies

Short lectures, class discussions, practical activities, simulations.

Resources available/ needed

• Good quality WiFi network with a reliable Internet connection
• Projector
• Coffee tables and Chairs set in a semi-circle
• Smart phones, tablets or laptops for all participants.
• Assistive technology software installed if required.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the workshop session the participant shall:

Knowledge

• Identify the incentives to smooth out the inclusion to the labour market destined to broader target groups and eligible to VIPs;
• Identify suitable platforms and resources that provide information on national, regional and local calls for applications, which are eligible to VIPs;
• Identify the authorities or entities that deliver services related to the derogation of benefits, subsidies or tax reliefs.

Skills

• Abilities of online search to identify financial benefits, tax reliefs and calls for applications not directly thought for VIPs.
• Show abilities to reach out to entities and responsible figures for access to the financial benefits/tax reliefs/call for applications.

Competences

• Be able to assist persons with visual impairments by suggesting to apply to different types of financial benefits/tax reliefs/subsidies that can boost their employability;
• Be able to assist employers in utilising cumulative benefits when hiring a young visually impaired employee.

Bibliography

Supporting materials / Links

Organisers are free to use other resources from the local context. Some examples for Italy:

• Civil Service
• Garanzia Giovani
• Apprenticeship Contract