BASIC ADVISORY SERVICE
First aid for resolving a difficult situation

The program Basic advisory service helps our clients to clarify their current life situation and shows what possible solutions there are to improve it and what kind of work is suitable for them. Together with clients we attempt to solve their uneasy life situation and help them to orientate in jobs market. We provide basic support during the job seeking period. We offer a help on a social-law field, including problem solution in social-law, or employment-law area. If necessary we provide a contact with other organisations. Our services are offered for a period of two months with a possibility to continue in one of our following programs such as Supported employment or Social skills training.

SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT
Support during job seeking

This program focuses on job seeking and how to keep the job within the common work environment. Based on client´s skills and possibilities we point out what can we help with, set a personal goal or directly find or recommend a suitable job placement. We look for support in client´s surroundings such as their family or friends. This service follows with steps of: how to write a CV, a motivation letter, how to address the employer and an interview preparation. If situation requires, we escort our client to the interview as well as offer an assistance to get used to a new work position. Work-law or psychological advisory support is also available.

We aim to offer exactly as much support as is necessary for seeking, getting and keeping a job. The cooperation between us and our clients should develop towards their independency and self-sufficiency not only when searching for a job but also in various other life situations. This service is provided up from 6 months to 2 years.

SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING
Before you start to seek a job

Program Social skills training helps with developing skills that are needed for job seeking such as dealing with offices, employers, getting around the city, making phone calls. This service is provided up from 6 months to 2 years.

TRANSITION PROGRAM
From school to work

Transition program is program for students attending a specialised college for students with learning difficulties, who want, after finishing their studies, to find a suitable job at the open job market.

Students absolve a placement in the work place with a common employer, gain some work experience and social skills, increase their independence and prepare for entering the open job market.

We search for a suitable placement of the work experience based on client´s interests, skills and wish. We set a deal and conditions of the work placement and arrange the complete paperwork. We provide an assistant, who will be present at the workplace and if needed, will help our client with work or communication with the employer or with other employees and customers. If needed, assistant also arranges escort to the workplace and back to school or any other agreed place. Work-law advisory service is also part of this program.

Work experiences placements start with consent of the school and the employer mostly in the working weekdays in the afternoon, once a week for 2 hours during the whole school year. Participation in this program unconditional and the cooperation can be terminated at any time, or try a different work experience placement.

EMPLOYERS SERVICE

To employ a person with a certain handicap often faces many worries, prejudices, but also overestimated expectations. One of our tasks is to sooth these worries. On the field of employment of the people with health or social handicap we offer free consultations and advice, supported by broad experience and long term practice. Important for us is opened, fair and correct communication.

WORKSHOPS AND COURSES

For our clients or members of public we offer Afternoon workshops AGAPO, focused on different topics, mostly in work-law problematic area. These are motivational-educational courses. Participants will receive information, knowledge and skills on the field of open market employment. They also have a great opportunity to meet with other people who have similar experiences with job seeking. We offer the participants a possibility to learn and understand better how and where to search for job opportunities. We can recommend how to apply for a job, teach how to write a CV or a motivation letter. We can advice how to prepare for a job interview and get to know the work-law relationships.

Participation on this seminars and courses is free of charge and there is no need to sign up in advance.