SUCCES

Skills audit on neighbourhood levelMonitoring Committee 4

March 30th 2011

Assessment

Vocational orientation program mainly aimed at unemployed people

Assessment

• Groups of 8 persons

• Two weeks (= 10 days)

• 4 fields of general importance towards jobs:

- Verbal exercises

- Exact exercises

- Motoric exercises

- Social exercises

• Individual and group assignments

Observations

ORCE method WAKKER methode

Observation Waarnemen

Registration Aantekeningen maken

Classification Kwalificeren

Evaluation Kwantificeren

Evalueren

Rapporteren

13 personality traits

1. accuracy (nauwkeurigheid)2. responsibility (verantwoordelijkheid)3. sociability (sociabiliteit)4. punctuality (punctualiteit)5. concentration (concentratie)6. personal appearance (persoonlijk voorkomen)7. autonomy (zelfstandigheid)8. problemsolving abilities (probleemoplossend vermogen)9. flexibility (flexibiliteit)10.perseverance (doorzettingsvermogen)11.motivation (motivatie)12.orderliness (orderlijkheid)13.care (zorgvuldigheid)

After the assessment

Final report: advice on job orientation

Added value:

• accessible to high and low skilled people

• participants can work at their own level in a practical way

• awareness of own competencies

• growing self-confidence

• motivation and activation towards employment

Skills audit on neighbourhood level

Skills audit in SUCCES project

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translation of the assessment program to a more accessible and approachable skills audit that can be organised on

neighbourhood level

Step 1: What do we want to measure?

What is the goal of the neigbourhood skills audit?

• Insight in the present skills?

• Testing on employability?

• How many competencies and skills tested?

• …

APPRECIATIVE INQUIRYEg. Talent management in social economy (toolbox)

Step 2: Approachable assignments

• Multiple assignments to measure multiple competencies

• Seperate modules

• Fulltime assessment: too intensive

• Assignments:

- interesting (for men, women, young, old, …)

- with clear results

- not creating a feeling of testing or judging

!!! Beware of hidden agenda

• Group assignments vs. individual assignments

Step 3: Implementation in neighbourhood and recruiting of participants

Not yet included

Step 4: Result after skills audit

• Final report

• Skills action plan

• …

Not yet included

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