What can we learn from EQUAL? Caroline Klein
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4 Inclusion is a partnership of agencies in Budapest, London, Madrid, and Paris working to address labor market exclusion and homelessness. The partnership aims to share expertise and good practices for supporting disadvantaged individuals, especially the homeless, in accessing employment. Key lessons learned include taking a holistic approach and providing flexible pre-employment activities, valuing leisure and creative activities, and creating alternative pathways like social enterprises and volunteering. Products and toolkits on themes like routes to work, addressing multiple barriers, and empowerment will be available on the 4Inclusion website starting in November 2007.
What can we learn from EQUAL? Caroline Klein
- 1. 4 INCLUSION : 4 European cities for Inclusion FEANTSA, October 2007 Workshop 5 : What can we learn from EQUAL ?
- 2. ABOUT THE AIM OF 4 INCLUSION • What is 4 inclusion ? A transnational partnership of agencies working with homeless people and trying to bring solutions to labour market exclusion and multiple disadvantage. • Aims of 4Inclusion ? Sharing expertise, learning and good practice across Europe about how to support disadvantaged individuals and especially homeless people to move (back) into the labour market. • Where does 4Inclusion Operate? The four Development Partnerships (DPs) involved in 4Inclusion are based in Budapest, London, Madrid and Paris.
- 3. COMMON OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES 4 themes identified common to each partner's activities : • Objective 1 - Routes into Activity (lead: Madrid) • Objective 2 - Routes into the Labour Market (lead: Paris) • Objective 3 - Multiple Disadvantage and Labour Market Exclusion (lead: Budapest) • Objective 4 - Empowerment and Participation (lead: London):
- 4. COMMON LESSONS LEARNT Overarching Finding Employability services for homeless individuals should be part of a holistic approach Key Themes : 1. Routes to activity : • Financing flexible activities at the pre-employment level • Valorising leisure and creative activities (arts, sports) • Creating alternative solutions (social enterprise, supported employment and volunteering) 2. Routes into the labour market : • Links with employers • Qualification of social teams (job advisor..) • Looking sustainability of work 3. Multiple disadvantages : • Developing integrated strategies (housing, health, employment) • Addressing the multiplicity of barriers (gender, age, disability, ethnicity, physical or mental health, substance abuse, legal status, etc).
- 5. HOW TO FIND MORE ABOUT 4 INCLUSION : Key Themes Key products / toolkits Routes into activity Toolkit on how to run an activation programme Evaluation – Leisure as a tool to change service users’ behaviour and bring them closer to the labour market Good practice guide on volunteering Routes into the labour market 3-stages preparation course (Club-Metier) Service users job readiness assessment framework Creation of job centres Creation of social enterprises Multiple Disadvantage and Training programme for social workers Homeless Customer Care Charter Labour Market Exclusion Right Deal model of service delivery Empowerment and Participation User employment toolkit Good practice guide on users participation Gender Equality report Those products and toolkits will be available on the 4Inclusion Website (www.4Inlcusion.org) from November 2007