Create the infrastructure and the necessary institutional agreement/arrangements
to pilot case the innovative practice of Supported Employment Service for persons
with disabilities.
1.1. An operational partnership designed and agreed with the municipality of Tirana,
NESA and ADRF to experiment, practice and adopt the innovative service of
supported employment service for job seeking persons with disabilities relying on
the experience and technical expertise of OPERA, ONLUS social cooperative in
Ancona Italy;
1.2. Design instruments, to make the professional and work capacity assessment of
persons with disabilities and guidelines on usage of these instruments;
1.3 Design a training curricula on the (a) innovative practice of supported
employment service for PwD (b) instruments used to make the professional and
work related assessment of persons with disabilities (c) designing, planning, costing
and supporting/outsourcing as well as monitoring packages of programs for
supported employment of persons with disabilities; and provide trainings to the staff
of NESA, its regional and local offices and SSS in Tirana Municipality
(counselors/case managers), including ADRF staff of supported employment
service;
1.4. Upgrade the existing registry systems, with data extracted from the professional
and work-related assessment of persons with disabilities and link them disability
assessment system, to ensure that the data bases of employment and social welfare
services provide essentials for the systematic and coordinated introduction of
individual case work approaches;
1.5. Offer mentoring to NESA and its regional and local labor offices on designing,
planning, costing and supporting/outsourcing as well as monitoring packages of
programs for supported employment of persons with disabilities;
2. Implement the innovative program of supported employment for persons with
disabilities, through upgrading the available unique program of Supported
Employment Service at ADRF;
2.1. Create the referral mechanism for the supported employment service, through
building sustainable working relationship, with case management specialist at SSS in
the municipality/administrative units, and the job coach (at the regional or local
NESA);
2.2. Set up an evaluation/assessment team and strengthen their capacities to conduct
the professional/work related assessment for job seeking persons with disabilities
(see 1.2 and 1.3 above).
2.3. Develop an individual professional profile, based in a professional/work related
assessment, for each job-seeking persons (300 in 20 months) and insert data in the
system. Share data with NESA and its regional, local labor offices;
2.4. Review/ improve the curricula and deliver training on soft skills to job seeking
persons with disabilities;
2.5. Job search and mediation, which includes the assessment of the job and its
fitting to the client, assessment of the environment and the work process, as well as the regulations concerning employment. The job coach, after the assessment of both
employers and employees, designs supportive social and labor programs (if and
when needed), which are referred to for financial support by employment programs
(either through current or the new programs listed in the new employment law 1 that
will be supported by the social employment fund);
2.6. Support employed person with disability and the employer for successful work
integration, work maintenance and career development.
3. Disseminate the innovative practice, to upscale and replicate it 3 other targeted
municipalities and national wide;
3.1 Prepare and disseminate a report on the innovative practice of supported
employment service for persons with disabilities. Peer reviews will be used to
evaluate the performance of PES, SSS, and ADRF, their effectiveness in providing
this service;
3.2 Prepare policy papers/issue briefs with examples of good practice on
employment of persons with disabilities created by project intervention in public and
private institutions;
3.3. Disseminate the materials through workshops organized with relevant/ same
project targeted structures in three other municipalities, Elbasan, Durres and
Shkodra;
3.4. Annual Business and Disability Forum and an annual award for inclusive
employment by companies, will be used to recognize a good practice, and share
cases of excellence;
3.5 A web platform will be created to share e-copies of all project related
publications, will relevant stakeholders, or further disseminated through the
available platforms or relevant and involved institutions;
3.6. A local network of supported employment service for persons with disabilities
will be created and strengthened, as a mechanism for policy dialogue and practice
learning and further needs for investment and development in this sector;