COME IN: Supporting employers for refugees’ integration into the labour market

Friday 22 February 2019

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How to hire and integrate a migrant into your company? How to assess their competences and train them in the job? And how to manage an international work team? COME IN has responses to these and many other questions that employers all over the Europe are asking.

COME IN – Competences in Enterprises on Integration – is a two-year-project co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union that supports efficient integration of refugees and migrants in labour market by enhancing the competences of employers and their key staff. Based on the research on training needs and preferences, COME IN partners developed a comprehensive training pack of five modules to help enterprises hire and successfully interact with people with migration background.  

Read below the description of all modules and enrol in the training course!  

COME IN Training Pack

Module 1 Refugees’ Background

Employers’ understanding of refugees’ and migrants’ legal and personal situation contributes to their willingness to hire people with migration background and facilitates their interaction at the workplace. The first COME IN module provides a general outlook of the legislation regulating refugees’ employment and offers insights into the typical living arrangements of refugees and migrants in European countries. The exercises included in this module will give you the opportunity to put yourself in the position of people who had to leave their homes and now strive for better life in your country.

Module 2 Refugees’ Competence Assessment

When hiring refugees and migrants, their competences play a crucial role. Being able to recognise their knowledge, skills and potential becomes critical especially when they can’t prove their educational level and previous professional experience. In this module you will be introduced to the concept of competence assessment and provided with tools useful for the selection and strategic development of refugees’ and migrants’ abilities and competences in your organisation.

Module 3 On-the-Job Training for Refugees

Well-tailored on-the-job training can significantly help overcome the initial obstacles and get refugees and migrants promptly and smoothly into the job. COME IN offers a training material dedicated to the key steps of on-the-job training development and implementation reflecting the specific needs of refugee and migrant employees and supporting the improvement of employer’s training skills. The material explains different training methods useful in on-the-job training including mentoring and provides practical tips and recommendations for in-house trainers.

Module 4 Diversity Management

In today’s modern international working world, the key to success lies in diversity. However, not all enterprises and organisations know how to manage diversity to get the best of it. This module will help you understand the benefits of culturally diverse workforce and guide you through the process of creating your own inclusive and productive workplace.

Module 5 Easy Language

Effective communication is an essential aspect of successful cooperation in professional life. Refugees’ and migrants’ limited language skills may be a barrier to their integration in the team and work process. For that reason, employers need specific competence to communicate with employees with migrant background and support the development their language skills. In this module you will learn how to use your mother tongue in a correctly simplified way so that it is clear and easily understandable.

COME IN Piloting

The training pilots will be launched starting from April to July 2019 in all partner countries. In Palermo, the course will take place from June to July 2019.

Participation is free but the number of places is limited. Enrol in by completing this form now!

For further information about COME IN project and training see the project website welcomingenterprises.eu, follow us in action or contact migration@cesie.org

About COME IN

COME IN – Competences in Enterprises on Integration – is a two-year project funded by Erasmus+ programme of the European Union under KA2: Co-operation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices – Strategic Partnership for vocational education and training.

Partners

The partnership holds together 7 organisations:

For further information

Read more COME IN.

Visit the website welcomingenterprises.eu.

Contact migration@cesie.org