Objectives
- To facilitate the work integration of young NEETs (Not engaged in Education, Employment or Training) with mental health issues;
- To develop the skills of mental health professionals, career counsellors and informal carers;
- To develop a specialised methodology and tools for career counselling that will answer to the specific needs of mental health (MH) NEETs.
Activities
- National and International Literature Review on work and education integration of NEETs, people with mental health issues and MH NEETs;
- Focus Group with MH NEETs, MH professionals, career counsellors, informal carers to investigate the existing situation and needs of MH NEETs;
- Developing of a Career Counselling Toolkit and a Work and Education Integration Curriculum for MH NEETs addressed to MH professionals, career counsellors, MH NEETs and their informal carers;
- Testing/Piloting of the Curriculum with the project’s main target groups.
Results
- Literature Review Report on work and education integration of NEETs, people with mental health issues and MH NEETs;
- Educational Needs Mapping Report on the educational needs and requirements of the project’s main target groups;
- European Career Counselling Mental Health NEETs Toolkit;
- European Work and Education Integration Curriculum for MH NEETs;
- Open Learning Platform where MH NEETs, MH professionals, career counsellors, informal carers and everyone interested can find information, material and resources needed regarding work and education integration of MH NEETs.
Partners
- University of Applied Labour Studies of the Federal Employment Agency (HdBA) (Germany, coordinator)
- PEPSAEE PANHELLENIC UNION FOR THE PSYCHOSOCIAL REHAB (Greece)
- CESIE (Italy)
- POMOST (Poland)
- VsI “eMundus” (Lithuania)
