Swiss environment for work and integration

Swiss environment for work and integration

IBM Roundtable, Geneva

Kim Schweri, National Secretary

Swiss Labour Assistance (SLA)

June 24th 2014

Agenda

- presentation of SLA Network

- presentation of work integration programs

- questions and discussion

Swiss labour assistance Network

10 regional SLA associations

Facts about Swiss Labour Assistance

Employees: 620

Number of programmes: 140

Participants: 20’000

Business volume 2013: CHF 75 Mio

Financial resources:

- federal and cantonal agencies

- cooperation with foundations and companies (Drosos

Foundation, Credit Suisse)

- member fees of SLA association and donations

Allocators

SLA Programmes:

- e.g. „INTEGRO“

- e.g. „Stellennetz“

- e.g. „VivA“

Disability insurance

Unemployment insurance

communal social welfare

offices

first labour market

Work integration procecss

SLA application strategy SLA Information

centre for jobseekers

SLA Modules in application

management

SAH Assessment

SLA VivA Resilience

course

SAH VivA Work «Aufbau»

SAH VivA Work Plus

SAH VivA Job Coaching

- Evaluation (test)

- Evaluation Improve the work

ability Defining current

situation application strategy

Evaluation placement Improve work ability

in first labour market Coaching

Evaluation Work trials in first

labour market Coaching/Begleitung

Job placement

- Job Coaching at permanent position - or special coaching

Disability insurance

Individual training program in companies

Placement of participants in the 1st labour market

and supervised trainings

- refresh professional knowledge

- practice general skills for reintegration

- increase the attractiveness for labour market

- develop new and actual references from employers

and obtain an actual certificate of employment

- sustainable (re)integration in the 1st labour market

Training in real labour market

- working 4 to 12 month with real job conditions in a governmental or private organisation or company of the region

- good matching of profession track or job experiences with training place

- 40 to100% workload

Jobcoaching

Individual supervision through SLA

- for the participant

- and for the company

- at the training place

- in SLA offices

- systematic appointments

- in crisis situations

Formation

Fixed course days during programme

- basic modul: „self-assessment“ and intensive training for application procedure

- continuing modul: communication, self-confidence, handling stress and conflicts, etc.

Factors of success in SLA programmes

• SLAs broad experience could be transferred to the

integration of disabled people

• Existing network opened up to the disabled

• realistic work conditions with high specification

• new relations to potential employers

• well esteemed references, accepted certificate of

employment

• no stigmatising in groups

• training - jobcoaching - formation

Challenges for the SLA programmes

• Disability insurance keeps the easy cases

• Unemployment and disabilitiy insurance try

to «pass the buck» to each other

• Majority of our particiants are psychological

disabled (e.g. schizophrenic or (manic-)

depressive)

• Psychological disability is stigmatized in the

labour market

Challenges for the integration of

diabled people

• Disability insurance is ready

• Participants are ready

• SLA is ready

We must make the companies ready!

Questions and discussion

Thank you for your attention!