Co-working and networking in Central Estonian Youth Work Centre (KENK) in careers services program

Overall

• 4th of February in the year 2000• Founder: The Union of Jarva local

governments• Our main object is to exchange youth work`s

and career`s information; coordinate our county`s youth work; offer consulting services

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Founding

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ESF (European Social Fond)

The Union of Jarva Countys

Estonian Youth Work Centre

Projects

Structure

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ServicesYouth work

(ENTK, JOL, KENK)Educational consulting

(ESF)Psychological

consulting(JOL)

Careers information and guidance

(ESF)

Information for youth

County projects (“Hoia metsa!”, “Mosaiik”)

National projekt “Südamelaul”

Coordinating “huvitegevust”

Trainings Work education International youth

work Surveys related to

youth work Special youth work

Psychological consultingSpecial pedagogical

consultingLogopedic consultingSocio-pedagogical

consultingFor children, youngsters,

parents, teachers, other specialists

Informational seminars and trainings for other specialists

to 7.-26. years free of charge

Round table for the department of socialworkers (school psychologists, social workers in local governments, child protection`s specialists., youth workers, police youth workers etc)

Counseling in crisis for groups in school, youth clubs

CAR. INFORMATION Exchanging informationCourses in schoolsStudy groupsInformation seeking

seminarsCareerdays in differents

enterprisesCAR. GUIDANCEIndividualGroup

Trainings for parents and teachers

Coordinating the career coordinators department

Career fairsProjects to develope

enterprenuership in pupils 5

Regional Educational counseling centres

• We have 18 educational counseling centres:• In Estonia 15 educational counseling centres located

in the counties• 1 educational counseling centre located in Tallinn• 1 educational counseling centre is destined for

students with hearing impairment and children exposed persons in Tartu

• 1 educational counseling centre is for students with visual impairment in Tartu

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Career services in KENK• Career informational and guidance lessons support pupils` career

planning• Our career guide and information specialist carrie out school lessons wich

include group counseling and informational courses for pupils in schools and in our centre.

• Career specialist`s job is to explain the oppurtunities of pupils`future course of studieing and working. Schools can choose different theme packages where pupils can learn how to write their CV-s, motivational letters, play career games. There are also different lectures and informational seminars and etc.

• Career guide`s job is to do personality and occupational fitness tests (our career guide has the required licences), to carrie out role-plays how to behave in a work-interview, develop pupil`s teamwork skills and etc.

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Networking in careers services

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KENK`s educational consulting

KENK`s career

services

School

Local Government

Labour Market Board

Youth Clubs in Jarva County

INNOVE

Other Informational and Counceling centres

The union of career guide`s

KENK`s Youth Work

(the youth)

(parent)(teacher)

Our concerns

• A lot of founding comes from projects• There are too few trained career guides in

schools

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Our strenghts

• We are unic• The people who work here do it with pleasure • The networking with different departments is

good• We are the support-centre to the network• Positive feedback

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Thank You!

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Eve Siilak, Kati Ott, Marianna Metsla, Heidi Antons, Sirli Kriisa