equal 2001-05 city of helsinki hearing on ”immigration and integration:cooperation between...
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City of Helsinki
EQUAL 2001-05
Hearing on ”Immigration and integration:cooperation between regional and local governments and civil society organisations”2.-3.2.2006
Leena Pellilä
Development consultant, project leader
City of Helsinki, Social Services Department
www.hel.fi
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The Majakka-Beacon Project ESF-Equal 2001-2005
Resource-oriented case management and supported employment for immigrants
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Background information (1):Figures
• 559 000 inhabitants in Helsinki - 29 000, 5,2 % immigrants (in Finland 2,1 %)
• 147 different nationalities
• the largest groups: russians, estonians, somalians
• unemployment rate 9 % (27 000)
• unemployment rate among immigrants 28 % (3500)
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Background information (2): Services for immigrants
• Individual integration plans by the municipality and labour office according to the act of integration of immigrants
• after integration period (three years) normal services
• from care and shelter to education, rehabilitation and employment services
• www.infopankki.fi
• www.mol.fi/migration
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Background information (3): Majakka-Beacon project
• need to develop employment and rehabilitation services for immigrants
• The Majakka-Beacon was planned together with cities Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa, two training organisations, three immigrant organisations. Rehabilitation foundation was a coordinator of DP.
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Reasons for unemployment
e.g.– accreditation / recognition of prior
vocational qualifications
– lack of social networks (outside the immigrant community)
– language skills
– employer attitudes
– economic recession beginning of 1990’s
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Aims
• develop empowering rehabilitation and employment services
• organise comprehensive training program for trainers/job coaches
• organise information campaigns to immigrant communities and the work places
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Clients
• immigrants living in Helsinki, Espoo or Vantaa (total n = 120-150)
• Group 1 (~70 %)– long-term or repeatedly unemployed,
never employed
• Group 2 (~30 %)– long-term unemployed
– health & social problems
• Employment offices, social centres, immigrant organisations, friends & relatives, media
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Services for clients
• Supported employment services (6 job coaches, job finder, 2 language teachers)– on-going support
– work-specific language training at the work place
• Resource-oriented planning of support services (expert team)– assessment of working potential, rehabilitation
needs
– assessment of work-specific & general language skills
• Guidance & counselling (case manager) – resource-oriented case management
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Other Activities
• Support for trainers: TRADES-Diploma course for employment specialists ( Univ. of Helsinki)
• Information campaigns at work places, acceptance of cultural diversity (Immigrant organisations)
• Information dissemination to immigrant communities (Immigrant organisations)
• Evaluation and dissemination
• European network
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EMPLOYMENT RESULTS
• number of clients 151– 39 guided to other services
– 102 employment plan, 10 other service plan
• 57 employed (30 subsidized jobs)
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GOOD PRACTICE IN MAJAKKA-BEACON (1)
• employment plan and employment in the open labour market
• job coach services and language training
• support after employment for the employee and the employer
• case management and rehabilitation assessment
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GOOD PRACTICE IN MAJAKKA-BEACON (2)
• training of employment specialists
• immigrant organisations: – orientation towards Finnish
working life
– cooperation between organisations
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For further information:
www.kuntoutussaatio.fi/majakka-beacon/english
Development consultant Leena Pellilä
Development manager, PhD Kristiina Härkäpää, Rehabilitation Foundation