Breakout sessions

We have 3 breakout sessions:

Breakout session 1: Tuesday June 21, 14:30 – 15:30
Breakout session 2: Tuesday June 21, 16:00 – 17:00
Breakout session 3: Wednesday June 22, 11:30 – 12:30

Number	Theme/Keywords	Title	Content	Intended Audience	Presenter(s)
2.8	Career development Competency assessment Continuing Professional Education Professional Training	TalentPASS – Uncover, recognize, and train capabilities	Demonstrate how the recognition of informally acquired skills empowers supported employees and enables them to have access to individual formal recognition within the existing national vocational training system	Mixed	Jan Siefken, Project Staff and Claus Sasse, Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft für Unterstütze Beschäftigung (BAG UB) Nadine Vennekohl and Achim Goesling, Hamburger Arbeitsassistenz, Germany	Details
Number : 2.8 Theme/Keywords : Career development Competency assessment Continuing Professional Education Professional Training Title : TalentPASS – Uncover, recognize, and train capabilities Content : Demonstrate how the recognition of informally acquired skills empowers supported employees and enables them to have access to individual formal recognition within the existing national vocational training system Intended Audience : Mixed Presenter(s) : Jan Siefken, Project Staff and Claus Sasse, Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft für Unterstütze Beschäftigung (BAG UB) Nadine Vennekohl and Achim Goesling, Hamburger Arbeitsassistenz, Germany Session synopsis : Supported employees have acquired, deepened and expanded certain knowledge and numerous skills in the course of their work. However, in most cases they have no proof/certificate of their qualification. The five year model project TalentPASS, started in 2019 and conducted by six German local support services, makes it its task to formally recognize these informally acquired skills in the first step. In a second step, there is the possibility that employees expand their professional skills within a framework of formally recognized further training modules. This enables a group of people who have previously been excluded from existing offers of professional competence assessment and further training to have access to individual formal recognition with reference to the existing national vocational training system. The session will show how the recognition of informally acquired skills empowers supported employees and how an individual approach to qualificate these employees contributes to an inclusive labour market.
3.1	Career development Autism Skill Identification Employer Engagement	Selling the Skills of Talented People: An Innovative Evidence Based Model for Supported Employment	This presentation will demonstrate an inclusive evidence based employment process that engages individuals in the identification of their hidden skills/informal skills while engaging the employers in a process of knowledge building to facilitate more appropriate job matching using a model of Social Return on Investment (SROI) model to evaluate success	Mixed	Sean Wiltshire, Chief Executive Officer, Avalon Employment Inc., Canada	Details
Number : 3.1 Theme/Keywords : Career development Autism Skill Identification Employer Engagement Title : Selling the Skills of Talented People: An Innovative Evidence Based Model for Supported Employment Content : This presentation will demonstrate an inclusive evidence based employment process that engages individuals in the identification of their hidden skills/informal skills while engaging the employers in a process of knowledge building to facilitate more appropriate job matching using a model of Social Return on Investment (SROI) model to evaluate success Intended Audience : Mixed Presenter(s) : Sean Wiltshire, Chief Executive Officer, Avalon Employment Inc., Canada Session synopsis : Participants in the session will review the processes of skill identification for individuals on the Autism Spectrum, while demonstrating the flexibility of the model for other communities including examples of using the model in developing countries. Review/explain the development and the use of a organic skill identification process through a lens of Social Return on Investment. Examine the engagement strategies that work for indivduals with Autism.
3.2	Policy making Diversity SE in different organizational systems Innovation	SE for refugees and immigrants in two Oslo city district (Norway)	What have we learned, and where do we go from here? A workshop on experiences, challenges, and good practices in using SE in qualification measures and training schemes	Mixed	Carine Bakken, Head of Department, Ullensaker PES and Runar S. Leiren, Supervisor, Grünerløkka PES, Norway	Details
Number : 3.2 Theme/Keywords : Policy making Diversity SE in different organizational systems Innovation Title : SE for refugees and immigrants in two Oslo city district (Norway) Content : What have we learned, and where do we go from here? A workshop on experiences, challenges, and good practices in using SE in qualification measures and training schemes Intended Audience : Mixed Presenter(s) : Carine Bakken, Head of Department, Ullensaker PES and Runar S. Leiren, Supervisor, Grünerløkka PES, Norway Session synopsis : Ullensaker municipality together with Grünerløkka borough and other municipalities in Norway have over several years used Supported Employment with its set of core values and the 5-stage model as a method in qualification measures or training schemes to secure refugees and immigrants paid employment. In this workshop we aim at presenting and sharing our experience and new knowledge about using Supported Employment as an approach and a model for supporting newly arrived refugees and migrants to secure and retain paid employment. Some important questions we want to explore with the audience are How can Supported Employment with its set of core values and the 5-stage model adjust and develop to meet the needs of refugees and immigrants? What have we learned from this work? Successes and challenges. How can we use our new knowledge to further develop or complement Supported Employment and thereby secure and retain paid employment for more people, especially refugees and immigrants? The presentation contains the following main topics and questions: A taste of Norway - a short presentation of Ullensaker municipality and Grünerløkka city district – who are we and how do we organize our training schemes or qualification/integration measures for the target group? More knowledge about the target group in Norway and in these municipalities: nationalities, education level and work experience, criteria for getting Supported Employment and the 5-stage model Why do we use this approach and how do we adjust and complement the 5-stage model for this target group? What have we learned? New knowledge, result, experience, good practices, and challenges How can we go further in developing Supported Employment to secure and retain a paid employment for more people especially refugees and immigrants? After hearing our presentation around 20 minutes we will specifically ask the audience to couple up and share one on one their thoughts and reflection (10 min). They will then discuss their ideas and curiosity with a group of 4 – 5 people (10 min). During the last 20 minutes we will have a Question and Answer in plenary. Our workshop will be an interactive session. It is important for us to hold a workshop which gives the audience a chance to discuss and exchange experience and knowledge about this subject in general and this target group in particular. We will have activities that require active involvement and reflection so the presenters who hold the workshop and the audience will learn more about the target group and enhance knowledge on this subject.
3.3a	SE in a digital world Career coaching Digital tool Young people Transition	Start To Can, a better transition from school to work for young people with disabilities using a user designed web tool	The Start to Can web tool is not limited by only focusing on the job target, but allows the young person with disabilities and/or health problems, to reflect on the life domains: Living, relationships, health, finances, learning, leisure and work.	Mixed	Patrick Ruppol, Expert and Nele Hulsesmans, Specialist in Transition from school to work, GTB, Belgium	Details
Number : 3.3a Theme/Keywords : SE in a digital world Career coaching Digital tool Young people Transition Title : Start To Can, a better transition from school to work for young people with disabilities using a user designed web tool Content : The Start to Can web tool is not limited by only focusing on the job target, but allows the young person with disabilities and/or health problems, to reflect on the life domains: Living, relationships, health, finances, learning, leisure and work. Intended Audience : Mixed Presenter(s) : Patrick Ruppol, Expert and Nele Hulsesmans, Specialist in Transition from school to work, GTB, Belgium Session synopsis : The Start To Can web tool is not limited by only focusing on the job target, but allows the young person, with disabilities and/or health problems, to reflect on the life domains: living, relationships, health, finances, learning, leisure, work. Together with young people, an extensive search has been made for several exercises in every domain that can guide the young person to more self-knowledge, perspective and people who can help you so that your future image is valuable and realistic. The tool makes it possible to develop a strong cooperative relationship with the young person, based on trust and the problem-solving power of the young person. The Coach and the young person(s) think about the future together. The coach believes in the young person, in cooperation, in growth opportunities, in the added value of workable work. Methodically, the coach focuses on strength-oriented communication from the pedagogical framework of the 'New Authority'. This is elaborated in depth in the training, inter-vision and the manual. The basic principles of Individual Placement and Support are as a framework for elaborating the new services of Start To Can coaching associated with the new learning support centers. These support centers must guarantee a more inclusive education and VET-training in Flanders. The Start To can webtool is useable on a smartphone and this can be done by the individual student themselves or in little groups. The tool is tested by 37 youngsters in Flanders en 45 in Finland and this during the Covid 19 period. The evaluation from this business cases makes clear that the tool has high scores on user friendly and effectiveness by the youngsters as well as by professionals ( teachers, coaches, mediators ..). The products are developed in Flanders/Belgium and Finland through a Transnational ESF-project ( 2019 - 03/2022). For a concrete impression of the webtool see: https://starttocan.com/en/ The webtool Start To Can is available in English, Dutch and Finish.
3.3b	SE in a digital world SE post Covid 19 Assistive Technology innovation	MYWAY: The Smart Application for an Interactive & Continuous Rehabilitation Process	The goal of the presentation is to shed light on issues facing vocational rehabilitation providers and present technical solutions. The session will explain the MyWay software. MyWay is a revolutionary digital platform offering interactive and dynamic rehabilitation and recovery processes for people with disabilities.	Mixed	Ophir Peleg, Director of International Development, Hagar Aloush, Chief Rehabilitation Officer Tal Neuberger, Director of Supported Employment, Shekulo Tov Group, Israel	Details
Number : 3.3b Theme/Keywords : SE in a digital world SE post Covid 19 Assistive Technology innovation Title : MYWAY: The Smart Application for an Interactive & Continuous Rehabilitation Process Content : The goal of the presentation is to shed light on issues facing vocational rehabilitation providers and present technical solutions. The session will explain the MyWay software. MyWay is a revolutionary digital platform offering interactive and dynamic rehabilitation and recovery processes for people with disabilities. Intended Audience : Mixed Presenter(s) : Ophir Peleg, Director of International Development, Hagar Aloush, Chief Rehabilitation Officer Tal Neuberger, Director of Supported Employment, Shekulo Tov Group, Israel Session synopsis : The session will explain the MyWay software & through its inception to its innovative & personalized system. MyWay is a revolutionary digital platform offering interactive & dynamic rehabilitation & recovery processes for people with disabilities. We will start with our story, including how & why service providers for people with disabilities entered into a huge project of developing an app & our partnership with the Israeli Innovation Authority. The idea to create MyWay was born with the aim to enhance the influence of service users on the decision-making process. As part of our work, Shekulo Tov service users reshape & redesign their recovery plan every three months together with their professional team. We then asked ourselves, why every three months? Why should we not do so more often or perhaps even more seldom? MyWay helps professionals have a constant overview of the progress of each of their service users in their rehabilitation plan so they can better assess where their attention should go, and which plan can be updated next. While at home, in a sheltered environment, or at their job, the daily reporting on task completions encourages more frequent interactions between service users & professional teams. Unique algorithms suggest existing modules & templates improve rehabilitation results to the professional team while maintaining the flexibility required to properly meet the needs of each specific service provider, service user, and their professional team. This provides a new innovative method for confidence-building among service users that cultivates the environment needed in order for them to take additional steps toward job placement & career development. MyWay provides an additional support mechanism for service users since it clearly organizes & tracks tasks with reminders & progress reports. Furthermore, our application works under strict guidelines of data security as required by the Israeli Ministry of Health. MyWay facilitates a continuous interactive connection between social workers & IPS specialists and each of their service users, which increases support, independence, personal responsibility, and a positive approach toward the rehabilitation process. Furthermore, and for the first time, the interface for professional teams introduces interactive, person-oriented, and decision-based rehabilitation plans. Accordingly, MyWay the app, aims to make the open labour market more accessible for people with disabilities; it is designed for various types of vocational rehabilitation services such as Daycares, Sheltered, Supported, Inclusion Companies, as well as for independent users with a desire to acquire skills for the open labour market. All in all, MyWay can dramatically change the process of building, managing and implementing vocational rehabilitation plans for vocational rehabilitation providers around the world. There will also be a short demo of the app’s unique value proposition & advantages as well as a release of the capabilities that will soon be added to the app.
3.4a	Customer Choice and Control Encourage Desire and Option SE for people in disadvantaged situations Innovation	Employment, Participation, Autonomy – New Approaches for SE	Based on a case description, the presentation introduces the audience to the qualification service: “Fit for childcare and gastronomy”, in which the whole process from attracting new entrants to the creation of a tailor made workplace up to receiving an employment contract is depicted.	Mixed	Theresa Klose, Job Coach/Concept Developer and Andrea Seeger, Employment Specialist Supported Education/Manager of Access, Inklusion im Arbeitsleben gGmbH, Germany	Details
Number : 3.4a Theme/Keywords : Customer Choice and Control Encourage Desire and Option SE for people in disadvantaged situations Innovation Title : Employment, Participation, Autonomy – New Approaches for SE Content : Based on a case description, the presentation introduces the audience to the qualification service: “Fit for childcare and gastronomy”, in which the whole process from attracting new entrants to the creation of a tailor made workplace up to receiving an employment contract is depicted. Intended Audience : Mixed Presenter(s) : Theresa Klose, Job Coach/Concept Developer and Andrea Seeger, Employment Specialist Supported Education/Manager of Access, Inklusion im Arbeitsleben gGmbH, Germany Session synopsis : The service provider Access (Employment for All Award winner, category best Service Provider 2017) continues to develop new services for people with disabilities. Since its foundation in 1993, Access has been providing an individual and person-centered approach and still continues to push for an accessible, inclusive and open labour market in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities. The labour market must be accessible to all individuals, also for severely disabled with a very high need for support, whose professional future would otherwise lead to a workshop for disabled persons. Since 2020 Access has been offering an additional service called “Fit for childcare and gastronomy”, developed for the above mentioned individuals as an alternative to traditional workshops. They can use the so-called “personal budget” to participate. By that, Access provides a tailor-made solution for this group of people, who have the desire to work in childcare or in the field of the gastronomy or kitchen on the general job market. The clients work four days per week in a cooperating business supported by their job coaches. One day per week they all attend a group meeting, in which they study their professional fields together and exchange their experiences. The training policy thus combines practical training and work experience, offering qualifications closer to market and individual needs. Upon completion the participants receive a certificate. The main goal is to sign an employment contract with their cooperating business. Short review of the time course and steps of the the project: 1. Introductory procedure (3 months) 2. Education and training (12 -24 months) 3. Settling and supporting in work Based on a comprehensive analysis of abilities and workplace requirements, measures are used in order to facilitate the clients choice, self-determination and control over their lives; and ensure that support is personalised to individual circumstances and needs. Simultaneously, the counselling courses are designed as a modular system and geared towards vocational training. Thereby, various aspects are reviewed: - fostering and limiting factors - bureaucratic obstacles - organisational structures - persons involved, participating companies Personal experiences and perspectives of our clients will be shown in short video clips in order to address the audience and to give an introduction to the underlying philosophy: customer choice and control, Supported Employment for people in disadvantaged situations. The presentation is settled in the overall theme “What about tomorrow? - The Next Steps for Supported Employment” by showing personal experiences of supported individuals with a very high need of assistance in their desired work station in the field of „child care“ and „gastronomy“. The presentaion shows a new approch, in which the clients are given the opportunity to be trained, qualified and settled in a workplace, from which they formerly had been excluded. The presentation shows personal setbacks, re-thinking processes, individual solutions and leaves room for questions and further ideas.
3.4b	Policy making Innovation Partnerships Mentorships Training	Canada’s Cutting Edge SE Initiatives	In this session, CASE will be sharing details of their new and innovative projects that benefit employment service providers, employers and job seekers.	Mixed	Annette Borrows, President and Joanna Goode, CASE Canadian Association For Supported Employment	Details
Number : 3.4b Theme/Keywords : Policy making Innovation Partnerships Mentorships Training Title : Canada’s Cutting Edge SE Initiatives Content : In this session, CASE will be sharing details of their new and innovative projects that benefit employment service providers, employers and job seekers. Intended Audience : Mixed Presenter(s) : Annette Borrows, President and Joanna Goode, CASE Canadian Association For Supported Employment Session synopsis : In this session, CASE will be sharing details of their new and innovative projects that benefit employment service providers, employers and job seekers including; MentorAbility Canada - similar to "Duo Day", this year-round nation-wide project is in its 4th successful year. Learn about the original innovative design of MentorAbility, and how the project has adapted through and following the Covid19 pandemic. #LearnWithCase - our ever-growing library of learning and development (L&D) offerings to support the skill-building of supported employment service providers. We will highlight the emerging vision for our L & D department, and how input from our members has shaped this key CASE offering. (CASE L & D courses are offered virtually, and are open to international participants) Building a Stronger Workforce - leveraging our position as a national association to raise awareness for the benefits of inclusive hiring, attract employers, and link them with supported employment service providers in their communities. Diversity Works - a community-based research project to better understand the experiences of Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour who experience disability in their efforts to secure competitive employment with the assistance of supported employment service providers. CASE Innovation Lab (recently launched) to financially seed and support new and innovative strategies for supporting employment inclusion. The Innovation Lab focusses on identifying factors that facilitate innovation, and on showcasing successful approaches broadly through our national network.
3.5	Improving Supported Employment Psychosocial service provision Collaboration Networks Modified IPS Low threshold services	Reconnect - Networks of Danish Psychosocial Services to enhance SE for Young Adults with less severe Mental Health problems	This session will present experiences with a Danish project called Reconnect that follows the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) principles, but in relation to young adults (18-29) with less severe mental health problems in a municipal job centre context. Reconnect focuses on a Supported Employment approach used conjunction with low threshold psychosocial interventions.	Mixed	Inge Bonfils, Senior Associate Professor and Julia Salado-Rasmussen, Reader, University College Copenhagen, Denmark	Details
Number : 3.5 Theme/Keywords : Improving Supported Employment Psychosocial service provision Collaboration Networks Modified IPS Low threshold services Title : Reconnect - Networks of Danish Psychosocial Services to enhance SE for Young Adults with less severe Mental Health problems Content : This session will present experiences with a Danish project called Reconnect that follows the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) principles, but in relation to young adults (18-29) with less severe mental health problems in a municipal job centre context. Reconnect focuses on a Supported Employment approach used conjunction with low threshold psychosocial interventions. Intended Audience : Mixed Presenter(s) : Inge Bonfils, Senior Associate Professor and Julia Salado-Rasmussen, Reader, University College Copenhagen, Denmark Session synopsis : We are presently working on a Danish project called Reconnect that follows the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) principles but in relation to young adults (18-29) with less severe mental health problems in a municipal job center context. Where IPS targets people with severe mental health problems and involves the integration of psychiatric health and employment services, Reconnect focuses on a supported employment approach used in conjunction with low threshold psychosocial interventions. A key challenge is developing the municipalities’ network of psychosocial service providers and the municipalities’ cooperation with them in connection with this supported employment approach. After implementing a screening for psychosocial problems (primarily signs of anxiety and depression) the municipalities discovered that many more young adults might benefit from targeted low threshold mental health interventions alongside a supported employment approach. A key challenge was to develop a network of psychosocial service providers that can match the young adults’ issues and preferences. In this presentation we will present our work relating to developing a network of psychosocial service providers to enhance a supported employment approach and will be interested in hearing from others working with similar issues. A brief film will be used to present the project. Then we will describe how the issue of developing a network of psychosocial service providers is a challenge in Danish municipalities to supported employment services to young adults (18-29) with less severe mental health problems. We will also describe how we are supporting municipalities to develop a network of psychosocial service provides and enhance their collaboration with them in a range of ways. Representatives of the municipalities with be with us at the conference. After our initial presentation we will facilitate an open discussion of the presentation about how these issues can be addressed to enhance supported employment.
3.6	Improving Suported Employment Innovation Employers’ perspective Quality standards Model fidelity	Ensuring Quality to meet Customer Expectations: The case for a kite mark	The workshop will examine the need for a kite mark within the Supported Employment sector to inform customers, job seekers and employers, about the quality of support that they should expect from Supported Employment services.	Mixed	Nerise Oldfield-Thompson, Operations Manager, British Association for Supported Employment (BASE)	Details
Number : 3.6 Theme/Keywords : Improving Suported Employment Innovation Employers’ perspective Quality standards Model fidelity Title : Ensuring Quality to meet Customer Expectations: The case for a kite mark Content : The workshop will examine the need for a kite mark within the Supported Employment sector to inform customers, job seekers and employers, about the quality of support that they should expect from Supported Employment services. Intended Audience : Mixed Presenter(s) : Nerise Oldfield-Thompson, Operations Manager, British Association for Supported Employment (BASE) Session synopsis : The workshop will examine the need for a kite mark within the Supported Employment sector to inform customers, jobseekers and employers, about the quality of support that they should expect from supported employment services. The session will briefly describe the development of the Supported Employment Quality Framework (SEQF) and how BASE has used a shortened version to measure model fidelity. I will discuss how this has been used with Government and regional commissioners to ensure funding is used to resource Supported Employment programmes. The session will use groupwork to examine the content of the quality standards and their evidence requirements and will discuss how an audit process is used to standardise scores. We will also discuss the alternative audit methods that can be used. The session will describe our learning around the correlation between service quality and job outcomes. Finally, the session will debate how SEQF can be used as a national kite mark to indicate quality ratings to employers, job seekers and commissioners and to reassure national and international employers about engaging with local support services.
3.7	Improving Supported Employment Relationship Trust Methodology	Supported Employment as a trust-based relationship	The workshop will function as a follow up of Professor Pachoud’s keynote on the resonant relationship theme and aims at a deeper understanding of work inclusion for vulnerable groups. We will present and discuss Supported Employment in the light of trust-based relationships, challenges when SE is implemented as part of standardised activation policy measures, SE understood as support for recovery, and the apparent opposition between SE as an individual customization and evidence-based methodology.	Mixed	Øystein Spjelkavik, Senior Researcher and Tonje Sanden Sannes, Assistant Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway Bernard Pachoud, Professor, University of Paris, France, Merete Pettersen, Masters degree in Rhetoric and Linguistic Communication, Affiliated of Dept. of Linguistic and Scandinavian Studies, Oslo University, Norway	Details
Number : 3.7 Theme/Keywords : Improving Supported Employment Relationship Trust Methodology Title : Supported Employment as a trust-based relationship Content : The workshop will function as a follow up of Professor Pachoud’s keynote on the resonant relationship theme and aims at a deeper understanding of work inclusion for vulnerable groups. We will present and discuss Supported Employment in the light of trust-based relationships, challenges when SE is implemented as part of standardised activation policy measures, SE understood as support for recovery, and the apparent opposition between SE as an individual customization and evidence-based methodology. Intended Audience : Mixed Presenter(s) : Øystein Spjelkavik, Senior Researcher and Tonje Sanden Sannes, Assistant Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway Bernard Pachoud, Professor, University of Paris, France, Merete Pettersen, Masters degree in Rhetoric and Linguistic Communication, Affiliated of Dept. of Linguistic and Scandinavian Studies, Oslo University, Norway Session synopsis : Present and discuss Supported Employment (SE) in the light of trust-based relationships, challenges when SE is implemented as part of standardized activation policy measures, SE understood as support for recovery, and the apparent opposition between SE as individual customization and evidence-based methodology.
3.8	Job development	Employers’ perspective on Supported Employment – examples from the DPD group in UK	This session will focus on the employer's perspective of Supported Employment and why businesses should start their inclusion journey. We will follow on from Steve Mills keynote address, allowing attendees the opportunity to ask questions and exploring certain elements in further detail – such as experiences with the internal job coach role in the DPD group.	Mixed	Steve Mills, director and Sophie Robins, apprenticeship and SE coordinator, DPD group, UK	Details
Number : 3.8 Theme/Keywords : Job development Title : Employers’ perspective on Supported Employment – examples from the DPD group in UK Content : This session will focus on the employer's perspective of Supported Employment and why businesses should start their inclusion journey. We will follow on from Steve Mills keynote address, allowing attendees the opportunity to ask questions and exploring certain elements in further detail – such as experiences with the internal job coach role in the DPD group. Intended Audience : Mixed Presenter(s) : Steve Mills, director and Sophie Robins, apprenticeship and SE coordinator, DPD group, UK Session synopsis : The objective is to make employers aware of why you need to offer SE opportunities and the benefits this will have on people’s lives

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