ENAIP

Specialists in finding your job together

04/02/2016

Sander Baltus
Jolien Damm
Milou Janssen
Stefani Korvorst
Denise van der Minnen
Donna Roberts
Bjorn Rondags

'The fact that we cant work is

really bad because we cant
build our own future. We are
dependents. For a human being
this situation is the worst.
NGO (2004)

Contents
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Assignment
Company
Clients
Background
Method
Results
Solutions

1. Assignment
The following questions are central in this project:
What is the current way of working
regarding the returning to work process for
people with a disability by ENAIP?
Do professionals of ENAIP express a need for
a change in their current way of working?
How do clients describe the process of
returning to work while being guided by
ENAIP?

2. Company
ENAIP: Ente Nazionale Acli Istruzione
Professionale
Italian company, localized in Genk (Belgium)
5 employees
140 clients a year

2.1 Aim of the company

People with foreign background/
different culture
Services for training and employment promotion
Providing job counseling

Integration/reintegration to employment in the

normal economic circuit

3. Clients
All ages
Each educational level
Referred by the VDAB (Vlaamse Dienst voor
Arbeids Bemiddeling)
Language test at VDAB
30% finds employment
(Some of the clients have a mental/social
disability)

4. Background
Employability is the development of skills, abilities and
personal attributes that enhance peoples capability to
secure rewarding and satisfying outcomes in their
economic, social and community lives (Surrey, 2014).

Employability:
The skills, knowledge and expertise (knowing how);
The strength of their own social network (knowing
whom);
The clarity of the career expectations (knowing why).
(Delsen, 1998)

(re)Integration
Immigration

5.1 Method
Literature search
Databases: PubMed, CINAHL
Random search: Google Scholar

Research question
What OT interventions, strategies, treatment
and/or approaches are available to support the
(re)integration into employment of clients with
a foreign background?

5.2 Method
Interview
Three employees of ENAIP
Four clients

Main questions:
Can you tell us something about how the whole
process looks like?
Can you tell us something about your personal
opinion on the process and the guidance?
Could you tell us what could be improved in the
whole process?

6. Results

7.1 Solutions

7.2 Solutions

7.3 Solutions

7.4Solutions

References
NGO (2004), Network of Integration Focal Points. Policy
briefing on employment and employment support for
refugees and migrants in Europe.
Surrey (2014), Creating Opportunities for Young People,
retrieved from: https://www.surreysays.co.uk/csf-sypcommissioning-development/creating-opportunities-foryoung-peopleengagement/supporting_documents/COFYP
%20Engagement%20July%202014.pdf
Delsen (1998), ADAB, retrieved from:
https://www.admb.be/nl/admb/nieuws/employabilityduurzame-inzetbaarheid-kansen-op-de-arbeidsmarktverhogen

Questions?