1. Petra – Employment and Education for the Young (EFS)
City of Vantaa, Employment Services

2. Petra – Employment and Education for the Young
Provides one-stop employment services for the young
Cooperates with businesses, authorities and the third sector
Target group: every unemployed residents of the city of Vantaa between 17 and 24 years.
Funded by the European Social Fund and City of Vantaa
Coordinated by the Employment Services, City of Vantaa

3. Cooperation is the key Main co-operators:
Employment Services Office (Uudenmaan TE-toimisto)
Kela – The National Pension Institute
Kuntaliitto – The Finnish Local Government
Employers
Broad network co-operation within the city of Vantaa and with different NGOs. For example:
Social and Health Services
Labour Force Service Center
Youth Workshops
The Finnish Association for Mental Health
The Young People Living Vantaa Association
Schools, learning institutions

4. Personnel:
Project Manager and 11 Service Counselors with different areas of responsibility:
Job and trainee counseling
Study counseling
Social counseling
Health counseling
Financial and debt counseling
Business cooperation
Third sector cooperation
Communication and online counseling

5. Petra – Employment and Education for the Young
Overall amount of customers since 2010: 3800, females 35 %, non-finnish/swedish speaking 12%
Results: 900 jobs, 450 traineeships
The young of the Petra Project all go through basic health checks and get guidance in life management
Project promotes equality and non-discrimination in employment services

6. Cooperation with businesses
We help businesses to find potential employees
We arrange recruitment events
We inform about potential wage subsidies when recruiting young people
We help manage employment- and apprenticeship-related administartive practices
We help fill in forms related to apprenticeships and wage subsidies

7. Counselings 2012 Action Work 377 Others: Traineeship 176
Number of people
Work
377
Others:
Traineeship
176
Mental health services
115
Salary support 13
Intoxicant abuse counseling 51
Apprenticeships 6
Health care services
164
Education (vocational) 87
Social and welfare services
138
Employment policy training 68
National Pensions Institute 59
Special education institute 17
Financial and debt counseling 15
Labour Force Service Center 28
Rehabilitation examinations 5
Rehabilitiation course 8
Rehabilitation client work team 3
Rehabilitation work activity 11
Huolinuori 16
Training for work 34
OK?-group 41
Support person 29
Kipinä 31
No longer in need of Petra’s services
203
Youth start-up group 24
Total
1719

8. Counselings 2013 (1.1.-31.10) Action Work 269 Others: Traineeship 192
Number of people
Work
269
Others:
Traineeship
192
Mental health services 54
Salary support 33
Intoxicant abuse counseling 16
Apprenticeships
249
Health care services
188
Education (vocational) 95
Social and welfare services 44
Employment policy training 65
National Pensions Institute
Special education institute 1
Financial and debt counseling 7
Labour Force Service Center 62
Rehabilitation examinations
Rehabilitiation course 5
Rehabilitation client work team
Rehabilitation work activity 6
Huolinuori 15
Training for work 25
OK?-group 17
Support person
Kipinä 10
No longer in need of Petra’s services
Youth start-up group
Total
1372

9. Contact Information
Project Manager: Employment Services Manager Annukka Jamisto Katariina Keskitalo Vernissakatu 8 c Asematie 10 A Vantaa Vantaa Finland Finland