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Description
The partners aim to create a specifically oriented project to support 200 unaccompanied young migrants coming of age in order to facilitate:
- their socialisation, by informing them about European way of life, rights and obligations,
- the smooth exit of unaccompanied minors from reception programmes /specialised accommodation facilities and the start of their independent living in Greece and the preparation for their integration into the labor market.
In order to achieve the above, the partners will take the following actions:
1. Targeted support for the empowerment of beneficiaries with the aim of social integration (familiarisation with the culture and EU law), achieving autonomy and independent living, based on their future plans. Socialisation and social inclusion - psychological support for coping with post-traumatic stress and problems of adaptation to the social and working environment of the host countries. Collaboration with specialized staff, Social workers, psychologists, intercultural mediators, lawyers, to inform the beneficiaries. Personalized and group information is provided on issues of social behavior, Greek and European lifestyle, culture, adaptation to the culture and values of Greece and the European Union and functioning of the individual as a social whole and as a unit.
2. Provision of professional counseling services to beneficiaries through individual and group sessions. Individualised Employment Opportunities Plan.
3. Communication and public awareness actions.
Summary of project results
The aim of this project was to contribute to the preparation of unaccompanied minor refugees, who are close toadulthood and will leave the accommodation structures, in order to be able to face the challenges they will encounter along the way for an independent life in a competitive social - financial environment.T
At the completion of the project, the beneficiaries acquired the necessary knowledge to integrate into thelabor market through professional counseling activities .All the actions of the project were directed to the understanding of cultural influences, to theawareness of the social and cultural context in the psychosocial environment, to the interculturaldynamics in the counseling relationship, with the aim of formulating sensitive and socially just careerinterventions, which understand the beneficiary as a cultural entity in his life and career.The specific action provides supplies to the beneficiaries in the field of socio-economic integration,utilizing their skills (communication skills, intervention skills, technical skills, etc.)
Through the counseling process, the beneficiaries discovered their inclinations and possible alternative solutions that they may follow. They discussed the sectors that are currently flourishing in the country and that they themselves could be active in. Psychometric tools and/or experiential activities were used to investigate the professional interests and work values of the beneficiaries, from which important conclusions emerged about their professional personality, their professional expectations and how they can achieve their future goals.
In general, the beneficiaries were activated to develop and/or upgrade existing skills that will help them manage their personal and professional lives more effectively. Those beneficiaries who had already developed their skills to a first degree through individual counseling were able to visualize their future careers, evaluate their professional experience, set new goals and proceed to find ways to realize them.