Zoom Meeting, February 11th 2021: 18-19 CET
Zoom link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81032820250?pwd=dVY5SUJzYUtyL0JKaXRFcVVMejNvZz09
Meeting ID: 810 3282 0250 Passcode: 070083
The link between employment opportunities and deinstitutionalization in psychosocial disabilities
IMHCN is facilitating a workshop as part of the Zero Project International Online Conference. The Zero Project finds and shares models that improve the daily lives and legal rights of all persons with disabilities and we will address this topic through the lens of mental health. The Zero Project - For a world without barriers is a UN Nations partner project.
This year’s theme is Employment and ICT (have a look at their website www.zeroproject.org)
Our presentations will focus on the international context of vocational rehabilitation and job placement; on deinstitutionalization in Europe today, with the example of the reform process in Slovenia, e.g. the project of developing job opportunities in the social care home Dom Na Krasu, Dutovlje, Slovenia, during the process of phasing out; on successful models as IPS and social cooperatives / enterprises and ICT examples.
The Zero Project was initiated by the Essl Foundation in 2008, with its mission on supporting the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) of the United Nations and to work for a world without barriers. The approach of the Zero Project is to research and share Innovative Practice and Policies worldwide, by engaging with a worldwide cross-sectoral network of innovators, decision-makers and opinion leaders. More than 5,000 experts, with and without disabilities, in over 150 countries, have been actively contributing to the Zero Project in the past years. In a four-year-cycle, each year the Zero Project focuses on one of these four topics: Employment, Accessibility, Independent Living and Political Participation and Education. Since 2020, ICT is the second focus of every year.
In their yearly International Conference, innovative practices and policies accomplishing human rights for people with disabilities are prized after a rigorous process of evaluation (Trieste MH services were prized in 2015 for article 19 of CRPD, “independent living and participation to community”).
The link between employment opportunities and deinstitutionalization in psychosocial disabilities
Presentations will focus on the international context of vocational rehabilitation and job placement; on deinstitutionalization in Europe today, with the example of the reform process in Slovenia, e.g. the project of developing job opportunities in the social care home Dom Na Krasu, Dutovlje, Slovenia, during the process of phasing out; on successful models as IPS and social cooperatives / enterprises and ICT examples.
Health and legal implications of the "right to work" will be linked to its practical implementation, as far as community based developments and programs are concerned. Italy provided during 4o years an overall framework for development of “real work for a real pay”, and especially Trieste is an historical and still current example of integration of social cooperatives in deinstitutionalization, rehabilitation and social inclusion policies. The prospect of recovery confirmed the role of work opportunities for people with psychosocial disabilities, within all human rights
The audience invited will include wide networks of progressive mental health organizations, NGOs, social cooperatives and social firms / enterprises, people with psychosocial disabilities. The information will be spread through our website www.IMHCN.org and https://wfmh.global/, and other relevant networks (MHE), human rights movement, institutions in Slovenia, Italy, Czech Republic, UK, etc.
The objective of the session is to provide a distinctive opportunity for the leaders across different ends of the disability inclusion spectrum to share their insights on leadership, vision and strategy for diversity and inclusion. The three ends of the disability inclusion that the panel will represent are mental health service providers, NGOs and employers.
We aim to create awareness and networking amongst the employers, Persons with disabilities and other professionals working in the disability space globally. It is an interactive session where panelists will discuss the innovative ideas adopted by them for the inclusion of PWD at the workplace. The session will give an insight on how innovation and technology has strengthened the workforce by accommodating the needs of persons with disabilities and how services will provide these opportunities within comprehensive care, while moving out of closed institutions.
Inclusive practices not only support people with Disabilities, inclusion creates a more accepting and supportive workplace for all the employees. The session will address the key challenges and solutions of disability inclusion at the workplace and points out that this is the mainstream for transforming services to address the social determinants of health.
Key Takeaways
• The key challenges faced by organizations working in human rights perspective to help persons with psychosocial disabilities in entering the job market
• Best practices from services and employers on hiring and on boarding persons with disabilities, in the framework of deinstitutionalization
• Challenges and opportunities to invest in disability sector as a funder, through social enterprise and cooperative societies
• Interventions and programs on how to make your organization disability inclusive
Speakers:
Deinstitutionalization in Europe Today
John Jenkins IMHCN Chair
Jan Pfeiffer, Ministry of Health, Czech Republic
Individual Placement and Support in Italy and Europe
Roberto Mezzina, IMHCN, WFMH
The international context of vocational rehabilitation and job placement
Angelo Fioritti, DSMDP, AUSL Bologna
The project in Dutovlje
Andreja Rafaelic, Lead Project, Dom Na Krasu, Dutovlje, Slovenia
Rene Vremec, Project Team Dom Na Krasu, Dutovlje, Slovenia
Experiences of social cooperatives in Trieste
Stefania Grimaldi, Cooperativa Sociale La Collina, Trieste
Co-ordination of session
Paul Baker , IMHCN, UK