1. Razvojni center za zaposlitveno rehabilitacijo
Development Center for Vocational Rehabilitation
Employment of Persons with Disabilities in Slovenia:
Practice and Policy
Aleksandra Tabaj, M.SC.
Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije
Center za poklicno usposabljanje
Ljubljana, 11. October 2013

2. Institution context as framework
Many institutions implementing different measures which may or may not be coherent
How stakeholders are cooperating?
Prevention and early detection/intervention, to prevent long-term unemployment?
Safety at work, preventive measures are needed.

3. Ministry of labour, family, social affairs and equal opportunities - financing through budget many institutions
- Policy maker
-Monitoring
- Several directorates
Quota System
Benefits for employers
Employment Service of Slovenia
Employment Rehabilitation
Programmes for inactive/passive recipients of social aids
Active Labour Market Measures
Pension and disability Insurance Institute
Vocational rehabilitation as personal right, adaptation of workplaces
Important institutions on connected fields: social work, education, training etc.

4. Companies/enterprises for employment of PwD Sheltered workshops
Providers of employment/Vocational rehabilitation, Social inclusion, Active labour market policy, long life career orientation
Companies/enterprises for employment of PwD
Sheltered workshops
Regular employers
Labour market
Persons with Disability: entering labour market and retaining the

5. Recommendations of court of audit, 2011
For Ministry of labour, foundation, employment services:
- cooperation of stakeholders
- measures should be precisely defined and measurable
- measures for retaining work places
- measures to promote employment of PwD
- shared information base for PwD
- benefits and costs studies - to evaluate
- institutions friendly to PwD
- transfer of good practices from abroad
- helping employers with measures before it is too late
- analysis of quota system – evaluation for several years

6. Recommendations of court of audit, 2011
Analysis of costs and benefits in ordinary/special employment
- to employ new rehabilitation counsellors and teams
- not to double measures

7. Working with employers
Key question!
Meaning of services for employers.
Measures for employers
Barriers: information gap, administration, discrimination lack of resources…
Projects
What every employer needs to know about employment of PwD?
2 EU projects SME
Seminars for employers

8. Working with PwD
Motivation of PwD in vocational and employment rehabilitation, Persons with disabilities with status from Pension are Disability Insurance are not eligible for financial benefits
Long term unemployment
Internal and external motivation- connection
No flexibility in benefits for employment rehabilitation
Comparison of benefits from rehabilitation compared to other income from AEP.
From 2011 – change in social legislation – demotivate PwD for inclusion in employment rehabilitation

9. Long life learning carrier orientation/professional guiding (source: ESS, Lea Kovač presentation)
Informing PwD about labour market
Basis and specialized career counselling
Training for competences - self guiding career
Tools for independent career guiding

10. 2011 Employment rehabilitation PwD included 2.043
737 outcomes in employment
(in the same year)

11. Standards of services
Principle of excellency (European platform for rehabilitation) has to be respected
Affordability, availability, accessibility
Rights oriented approach
Partnership with employers, NGO, public and private organizations
Active approach
Person centred planning
Working on constant improvement

12. Evaluations
Evaluation of every service has to be done on the level of team at the beginning and at the end of service
Final evaluation at the end of the rehabilitation process is necessary for assessment of employability of the person
OUTCOMES: mainstreaming, supported employment, sheltered employment or not possible for employment – criteria under rules
Questionnaires for persons with disabilities
Questionnaires for Employment Service and Institute for Pension and Disability Insurance

13. Overview of Services 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

14. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!