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‘Good practices for combating social exclusion of people with mental health problems’

Andreja Štepec president of the users board, ŠENT. ‘Good practices for combating social exclusion of people with mental health problems’. I nclusion of hardly to employ people in the labour market. ŠENT- Slovenian Association for Mental Health www.sent.si.

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‘Good practices for combating social exclusion of people with mental health problems’

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  1. Andreja Štepec president of the users board, ŠENT ‘Good practices for combating social exclusion of people with mental health problems’ Inclusion of hardly to employ people in the labour market ŠENT- Slovenian Associationfor Mental Health www.sent.si ŠENT- Slovenian Associationfor Mental Health www.sent.si

  2. Project objectives: • to identify, collect and analyse good practices combating social exclusion of people with mental health problems in the participating countries; • to assess the transferability of the practices to other European countries • to organise exchange visits to selected good practices in the partner countries and to meet with policy makers, civil society and other stakeholders

  3. Partners in: Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia Outcomes: • online database of good practices www.mentalhealthsocialinclusion.org • directory of all the collected good practices • MHE’s conclusions and recommendations for policy and practice

  4. SPECIFICS OF SLOVENIAN LABOUR MARKET AND LAW • 2006: New law on Employment Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled People • (quota system of employment of disabled)- ONLY 10% OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS WERE EMPLOYED COMPARED TO ALL EMPLOYED DISABLED PEOPLE. ŠENT- Slovenian Associationfor Mental Health www.sent.si

  5. MAIN GOAL OF THE PROJECT To offer an employment possibility to 10 persons with mental health problem ŠENT- Slovenian Associationfor Mental Health www.sent.si

  6. COOPERATION AND RESULTS ON EU LEVEL (CROSS-BORDER PROJECT) • ŠENT, (Slovenia) - project coordinator • Other parthers: • -Promente Forschung (PF) - Gesellschaft fur psychsche und soziale Gesundheit(Austria) • -Employment service of Slovenia (EPS), Gorenjska region(Slovenia) • -BSC - Regional Development Agency of Gorenjska(Slovenia) ŠENT- Slovenian Associationfor Mental Health www.sent.si

  7. KEY ACTIVITIES • Exchanging information and good practices between users and employers, • Research among employers and consultation for employers, • Web base of employers and unemployed disabled, • Working centre ŠENTPLAVŽ. ŠENT- Slovenian Associationfor Mental Health www.sent.si

  8. COOPERATION AND RESULTS AT EU LEVEL (CROSS-BORDER PROJECT) MHE (EU) working centre ŠENTPLAVŽ ŠENT • Good practice tools (pilot project) for: • communication with employers, • largeremployment and social inslusion of people with disabilities. 10 people were employed EPS prosperity of Gorenjska reg. BSC g. p. tools for: communicationemployment PF ŠENT- Slovenian Associationfor Mental Health www.sent.si

  9. COOPERATION AND RESULTS AT EU LEVEL (CROSS-BORDER PROJECT) • Innovation:The site is unique in Slovenia, • Added Value: Users' involvement, • Transferability:The project is transferable. ŠENT- Slovenian Associationfor Mental Health www.sent.si

  10. USERS PARTICIPATION –INCLUSION • Users were among advisers for users and employers,(they were exchanging information and good practices) • A user was the web-base creator and administrator • Employed in the new employment centre and other firms ŠENT- Slovenian Associationfor Mental Health www.sent.si

  11. A project is successful only when participants from the target group (users) are involved equally in all project’s activities from the beginning to the end.  

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