In the recent years it is possible to notice a growing question from the Civil Society related to the added social value of persons with intellectual disabilities. From a strictly economic point of view, the impression is that they are rather perceived as a burden. This is a common phenomena in Europe. The nagging question therefore is "What contribution a person with a intellectual disability can bring to the community?” This refer to all forms of paid or voluntarily employment/engagement/ taking up social roles. What is the social roles they can have? What role can service provider and professionals play? In our activities, as service provider and as member of European networks, we have noticed that in different countries new insertion practices and new forms of employment are appearing. These different realities provide a wide range of solutions and practices to meet the needs and expectations of people with disability. Through the ValorEmpl project we want to take a look at these practices, to explore them together and identify the key elements for success but also the obstacle in this regard. The objective of the ValorEmpl Project is to point out elements and practices that facilitate the professional integration of people with intellectual disability: identify good practices, explore them together and identify the key elements for success but also the obstacle that hinder employment for persons with intellectual disability. Furthermore, in line with a series of events and workshops that approached the theme of employability of people with disabilities and fostered the will or the participants to work together on this theme, we believe this action may be the opportunity to strengthen the network around the topic of employment / voluntarily employment/engagement / taking up social roles. More concretely, through the ValorEmpl Project the partnership wants to: - Improve the skills of the professionals working with people with intellectual disability; - Develop new skills for people with intellectual disability; - Take an overview of new forms of insertion and employment of people with intellectual disability; - Identify and analyse good practices and factors of success to improve the role of service provider in supporting the employability of people with intellectual disability. - Strengthen the network of organisations and service providers committed to support social inclusion of people with disability, particularly with regard to employment/ voluntarily employment/engagement/ taking up social roles. This project is in a way complementary and in line with previous European actions and events that focused on social inclusion, employment and innovative services for people with disability.
The objectives off the ValorEmpl project is to identify good practices, examine them together and identify the key elements for success, as well as the obstacles that hinder the employment of people with intellectual disabilities. Making an overview of (new) forms of inclusion and employment of people with intellectual disabilities Identify and analyse good practices and success factors to improve the role of service providers in supporting the employability of people with intellectual disabilities. Developing new skills for people with intellectual disabilities Improving the skills of professionals working with people with intellectual disabilities
We submitted this project to answer the question: "What contribution can a person with intellectual disability make to the community?" This refers to all forms of paid or voluntary work, engagement, taking up social roles in society. We have a sense that within Europe, more and more people with intellectual disabilities, are rather perceived as a burden. As a member of European networks, we noted that there are different regulations in different countries regarding employment of people with intellectual disabilities, resulting in different employment opportunities . With this project, we want to gain insight into the different regulations regarding employment of people with intellectual disabilities and the different employment forms, practices. Examining these together, identify key elements for success and obstacles.