Description
Roma minority is largest group affected by social exclusion and poverty in Slovakia. The objective of this project is implementing of high quality individual work with people at risk of social exclusion within the Prešov region. Main achievement is to improve the social situation of vulnerable groups by provision of specific services – career counselling and drop-in day centre for children and families, programs focused on right employment pathways, on enjoyment from leisure time and on development of the social skills. 5 community centres located in Prešov region are using of individual progress planning with clients, an innovative method by which clients, with the help of professionals and volunteers, can set fourth their careers goals and the steps they can taken to achieve the progress .Direct beneficiaries are people at risk of social exclusion (400) in 5 localities in Prešov region, 70 people with created individual progress plans and 20 trained and involved volunteers.
Summary of project results
Roma minority is largest group affected by social exclusion and poverty in Slovakia. The objective of this project was to implement high quality individual work with people at risk of social exclusion within the Prešov region. Main achievement was to improve the social situation of vulnerable groups by provision of specific services – career counseling and low-threshold day centre for children and families, programs focused on right employment pathways, on enjoyment from leisure time and on development of the social skills. 5 community centres located in Prešov region were use of individual progress planning with clients, an innovative method by which clients, with the help of professionals and volunteers, could set their careers goals and the steps they can take to achieve the progress. Direct beneficiaries were people at risk of social exclusion 611 (400) in 5 localities in Prešov region, 131 (70) people with created individual progress plans and 20 trained and involved volunteers. They analysed the efficiency of provided services to improve and develop them and they prepared methodology of individual planning for the target group with which they work.
Summary of bilateral results