MOBILE COUNSELING SERVICE

FOR VULNERABLE TARGET GROUPS

Tanja Sovulj, Lea ZlodejSvetovalno središče Gorenjska

PROJECT LIFELONG LEARNING

CENTRE GORENJSKA activity: Guidence and Career Centre of Gorenjska regionspecific activity: Mobile counseling service

Operacijo delno financira Evropska unija iz Evropskega socialnega sklada ter Ministrstvo za šolstvo in šport. Operacija se izvaja v okviru Operativnega programa razvoja človeških virov za obdobje 2007 – 2013, razvojne prioritete: Razvoj človeških virov in vseživljenjskega učenja; prednostne usmeritve: 3. 2. Izboljšanje usposobljenosti posameznika za delo

in življenje v družbi temelječi na znanju.

How to facilitate access to information and counseling

to people with disadvantages?

- Paraplegics- Persons with mental health problems- Seniors- Drug users- Blind and visually impaired- Hardly employable persons

NEEDS OBSTACLES

POSSIBILITIES

Make contacts

Arange meetings

Introduce an idea

Ensure human resources

Knowlege

MOBILE COUNSELING SERVICE LOCATIONS

(NGO)

Once every two months or as needed

to perform information-counseling activities, which

includes information, evaluation, counseling, advocacy,

training and feedback in NGO (societies, associations)

for their users and nearest relatives.

GENERAL FORMS OF COOPERATION• appointments with the directing staff,• different forms of presentations, promotion and motivation,• individual counseling,• group counseling,• advisory meetings• cooperation within different meetings (conferences, experts meeting, roundtable, consultation,…)

SPECIFIC FORMS OF COOPERATION 1. INTERMUNICIPAL SOCIETY OF BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED KRANJ:

• advisory meeting for the unemployed society members,• organization of an advisory meeting for the group of blind and visually impaired students,• interview with one of the society members to measure the effects of counseling,•conversations with vice-president concerning acquisition of knowledge and skills, that are needed for communication with blind and visually impaired people.

SPECIFIC FORMS OF COOPERATION 2. SOCIETY OZARA:

cooperation within a television presentation

3. PENSIONERS SOCIETY ŠKOFJA LOKA

multiple presentation of Grundtvig workshops and helping pensioners with filling the application forms

Gaining theoretical and practical knowledge for counseling work with vulnerable groups of adults (in cooperation with Slovenian Institute for Adult Education).

Planned activities to improve the quality in accordance with Action plan for the development of quality of Guidance and Career centre of Gorenjska region.

IMPROVING THE QUALITY

KEY TO SUCCESS

- confidence

- cooperation

- conecting

-quality

ORGANISTION NETWORK

REDUCING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM

JOINT MEETINGS CONFERENCES

VARIOUS ASPECT OF THE SAME PROBLEM

MEDIA SUPPORT

From 1.9.2008 to 31.8.2012

288 consulting hours 240 clients

The thing always happens that you really believe in;

and the belief in a thing makes it happen. Frank Lloyd Wright