Črtomir Bitenc and Aleksandra Tabaj, PhD. Multi-annual evaluation of the employment outcomes of persons with disabilities Črtomir Bitenc and Aleksandra Tabaj, PhD. Ljubljana, 10. 06. 2016

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BACKGROUND Vocational rehabilitation: public service, it covers a network of 14 providers, under the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons Act PwD have a right to vocational rehabilitation Convention on the Rights of PwD was ratified in 2008

Standardisation of services was made in 2006. BACKGROUND Standardisation of services was made in 2006. Employment rehabilitation is provided through 14 services. Every provider works with employers - has network of employers, where they can train PwD, do work-trials, etc. - Motivating for active role - Vocational assessment - Psychosocial rehabilitation - Vocational guidance - Social skills development - Job finding - Work place analysis and accommodation - Training - Counselling in training and education - On the work professional support - Evaluation of the process - Assessment of work

OBJECTIVE & METHOD Based on the recommendations of Court of Audit of the RS (Revision Report about Employment of PwD, 2011) we prepared multi-annual evaluation of the effects of VR on PwD for time period of 2010-2014 The study is based on the data from database of Employment Service of Slovenia (possible limitation) „Experimental“ group of PwD in VR was compared to „control“ groups of: all unemployed people, all unemployed PwD and unemployable PwD

RESULTS: ESTIMATED COSTS Vocational rehabilitation in Slovenia 2010-2014 Resources Persons with disabilities included from 1. 3. 2010 to 31. 12. 2014 21.695.949,72 € Total 2010-2014: 5.321 Included: rehabilitee's incomes, providers costs and rehabilitation committees costs 4.077,42 € – estimated average cost per case of vocational rehabilitation (including assessment and training)   Comparing: costs to EUROFOUND (2012): costs for unemployment of youth 15-29 in Slovenia 2008: 9.937 € (0.92 % GDP if calculated also institution costs), in 2011 10.766 € (1,31 % GDP); comparing to EU states from 1.500 – 20.000 €. Not only benefits but also lost incomes, taxes, subventions, etc.

RESULTS: EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 M ALL UNEMPLOYED 52 % 54 % 49 % 62 % ALL UNEMPLOYED PWD 11 % 12 % 15 % 16 % 17 % 14 % PWD NOT EMPLOYABLE 0,6 % 2010-2014: - 294 employments at employment centers (work efficiency 30 – 70 %); - 152 employments supported employments (work efficiency 70 – 100 %) - 1213 all employments of PwD in vocational rehabilitation

Number of employed PwD* Year PwD in VR Year of employment Number of employed PwD* 2010 760 41 2011 136 2012 85 2013 54 2014 27 876 88 155 86 43 734 73 110 94 696 55 122 665 44 Total 3731 / 1213 *one person can be employed several times!

CONCLUSION Despite the economic crisis a relatively high percentage of PwD in VR with positive employment outcome. Investments in VR do pay off. Problem of inclusion (based on experiences from counsellors - Employment Service of Slovenia), i.e., people who stop right before rehabilitation commission – reason: they are not even capable of being included in the assessment process (many times people with history of being treated in a psychiatric hospital) – should they be perhaps included in some other type of professional support (e.g., Activation of inactive)?

Thank you for your attention! Hvala za pozornost! Contact: crtomir.bitenc@ir-rs.si aleksandra.tabaj@ir-rs.si