SIGNS FOR WORK INCLUSION GAIN

Project summary

Having a job is really important to be part of the community and being independent; that could be applied to people with some disability but unfortunately, there are still some barriers that they are affecting to their employability. This is also applicable to people with hearing impairment, because it is thought that communication issues at work that may affect the development of tasks and functions in the job position. In fact, the barriers traditionally mentioned by experts in relation with hearing impaired groups are two big ones: lack of awareness about stereotypes and abilities of the deaf person and the absence of resources and measures to improve the communication in the enterprise with this groups which could produce the isolation of people with hearing loss. But the truth is, like WORKING TRI21 project has proved (2014-1-UK01-KA202-001795) in furniture sector, they could do the most part of job positions without any problems. This project has the intention of removing barriers in order to achieve their full integration in work environment. In fact, this project are following the methodology that it has been proved in Germany (BBW Nuremberg as associated partner will give advice to the partners) in order to create a technical dictionary with videos which the sign expressions. But, in this project is developing a further step because it will be created a mobile application to be used in work environments in order to facilitate the learn and the communication immediately. These intentions will be focused in 3 sectors to check the possibilities, because the main idea is to have this dictionary for the most different sectors as possible; those sectors are one behalf traditional sectors (which are usually less actives in the removal of barriers to disability), in this case it is furniture, another one in expansion as cooking in a restaurant kitchen and another one service sector where the contact with the costumers are constant and indispensable like tourism (hotel reception, museums, tourist guides…) In order to be clearer about the project, in these 3 sectors, the project will be focused in achieve three important results: - Directory with words, expressions, actions that it has to be necessary for a suitable communication with people with hearing impairments. In this case, it will be 150 words/expressions in each sector that it will be collected n real work environments - Video-dictionary of selected words, expression, actions in different sign languages with videos. It will be created a platform where it can be consulted different conections between languages, 5 spoken languages: English, Italian, Spanish, German and Hungarian and 4 sign languages: Italian Sign Language (LIS), Spanish Sign Language (LSE), German Sign Language (DGS) and Hungarian Sign Language. Apart of the word, it will be available explanations in sign language and other important information - Creation of a sign language training mobile application for work environments. This app will be used directly in work environment to learn sign language and communicate with people with hearing impairment. Pilot is included to improve the application This results will be achieved in a 30-month project. This results will be open access and the partners will ensure that free access for the public to the whole material with the publication in different open platforms but with the sustainability of this information in the own project website SWING brings together 5 partners from 4 different countries: Italy, Spain, Germany and Hungary with complementary skills and with necessary background. The coordinator is FEDERSID, Italian Social Federation for the disability which have the objective to promote, support and implement measures to counter the social problems and assist people with some disadvantages. In addition to coordinator, the partnership is formed by: 1- University of Erlangen with their Innovation in Learning Institute (ILI) who develops and adapts flexible and mobile learning systems for optimizing learning process. 2-CETEM, which is a research center in furniture who has made several projects related with the improvement of employability of people with disability. 3- Munka-kor Alapitvany for the hearing-impaired people (Hungary): who are get used to prepare people with hearing impairment for work environment and they are experts in sign language. 4- CEIPES, International Centre for the Promotion of Education and Development, who is present in 8 European countries and experts in training