Active job placement of disadvantaged women in the field of White Jobs (Residential and Assisted Living Care)

Project summary

The rapid aging of the population in Europe and the consequent increase on the number of people with some degree of dependence that need attention, creates an increased demand for care workers in Residential and Assisted Living Care field, where there is a growing need of qualified workers all over Europe. In this context, CAREMPLOY goal is to actively promote people's (specially women) labor integration in the sector of White Jobs (Residential and Assisted Living Care - RALC) through the updating and transfer of a specific Training Programme tailored to the needs of the sector and to the National Qualification Frameworks (NQFs) of partner countries, which promotes entrepreneurship of students, through Social Economy models. CAREMPLOY is based upon the PREPÁRATE Training Programme, developed successfully by the Association of Social Economy Entities of Navarra (ANEL), in Spain, since 2009, leading to the qualification of women with low education levels, on 2 qualifications on the social and health care field regulated by the Spanish NQF. Project Partnership is composed by 5 partners from 5 European countries, which show complementing areas of expertise on management of Lifelong Learning Programme projects, VET training, Social Economy, ICT solutions in VET and/or Health and Social Care: Iniciativas Innovadoras (Spain, social economy company with broad experience in promoting enterpreneurship and coordination of LLP projects. II provides PREPÁRATE training to the project), FormAzione Co&so Network, (Italy, Consortium of 10 Social Cooperatives with longstanding experience in job insertion on RALC sector, specialized in Social Economy models, collective entrepreneurship and training), SIC (Lithuania, specialized in social work and non-formal education), ORT (France, expert in VET education and ICTs) and CPIP (Romania, VET center on educational and social fields specialized in Adult Training ). CAREMPLOY method and main outcomes: - Diagnosis phase, focusing on the characterization of the Residential and Assisted Living Care (RALC) sector and related VET system in the 5 partner countries, which will lead to the agreement of a RALC Common Framework of Competences and to the CAREMPLOY Training Programmes, which will respond both the RALC Common Framework and concerned qualifications of target countries' NQFs. Main outcome: a "RALC Common Framework of competences and training curriculum" - Adaptation of Training Contents vis a vis the competence framework analysis, taking into consideration the transferring countries VET systems, qualifications, regulations, specificities and languages. Adaptation of Training Method and Model to a B-learning model through a specific tool, in order to maximize its efficiency and outreach the biggest number of target groups. Pilot testing of resulting Training Method on real settings, in order to contrast both the contents and the method. Main outcome : CAREMPLOY training programme and training guides ( tutors and students version) adapted to 5 countries and translated into 6 languages. - Transfer and replication of CAREMPLOY within partner countries and other EU countries, through the development of dissemination and exploitation strategies, regulating on the ownership and exploitation rights by partners of the CAREMPLOY products either individually, or thorugh the joint exploitation with partners or through licensing rights granted. Official recognition of CAREMPLOY training, by qualification certification bodies in 5 countries. Main outcome: Exploitation methods on 5 participating countries. Agreements with other VET providers for joint exploitation on other countries. Official recognition at 5 participating countries. CAREMPLOY focuses key objectives of the strategic framework for European Cooperation in education and training (ET 2020) and ERASMUS + aims such as: - Reinforcement of links between VET and the world of work by involving RALC providers on project activities to identify their needs and incorporating the required skills and competences into training programmes. - Acquisition of key competencies for employability in RALC sector. - Promote entrepreneurship ( based on social economy models) - Facilitate mobility through the official recognition of CAREMPLOY training programme on participating countries CAREMPLOY will have the following impact: - Incresed offer of high quality Vocational Training on RALC related qualifications (EQF level 2). - Increased number of skilled and trained professionals in RALC field. - Increased mobility of RALC thanks to the contributions of ECVET in RALC. - Contribution to Growth and Employment, in terms of Social Economy initiatives in RALC field.