Enhancing the preconditions of employment and working capacities of people outside the labor market - forming an understanding of the needs

The aim of this 2-year project, (2015-2017), is to strengthen the preconditions for employment for young and elderly people and increase their working and functioning capacities. This is done by establishing a local bridging... [ view full abstract ]

The aim of this 2-year project, (2015-2017), is to strengthen the preconditions for employment for young and elderly people and increase their working and functioning capacities. This is done by establishing a local bridging process. The bridging process is a novel local model, in which people outside the labor market co-create meaningful everyday activities with different societal actors (elderly persons, service providers). The co-creation takes place in workshops and agile experiments, in which assessment, the construction of new practices and the increasing of theoretical understanding take turns. As a concrete result a transferable model of the bridging process is developed in this project.
This project responds to the need to develop long-lasting, structural working capacity procedures, where people outside the labor market create attachment and meaningful everyday activities.
The aim of this presentation is to bring forward the starting point of the project. The needs of the people participating in the project and the Myllypuro area of Helsinki where the project takes place, will be evaluated in order to get a deeper understanding of the starting point. The aim of the evaluation is to explore: What are the challenges and strengths of the participants of the project in regards to working ability (individual level)? What kind of actions could increase the working capacities of the participants of the project (local community level)? In this presentation results from the evaluation will be presented. Also the co-creative evaluation process and the action for the next phases of the project will be presented.