GE-START – Qualifying Program for Social professionals
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Vlaams Welzijnsverbond, SOM, VIVO, Jes and Dbroej. This project is happening with the financial support of the European Social Fund (ESF).
GE_START: Qualifying Program for Social professionals
In 2020, Europe WSE (formerly the Flemish ESF agency) launched call 472 'Employed people and qualifying pathways'. Focusing on training, upskilling and retraining of employed people, through this call, Europe WSE wanted to fund pilot projects that explore the possibilities and framework conditions of the participation of employed people in vocational and educational qualifying pathways. In doing so, it encouraged cooperation between employers, sector organisations, education and training providers.
Odisee, SOM, JES, D'Broej, VIVO and the Flemish Welfare Association joined forces to develop a joint project entitled 'Qualifying pathways for social professionals'. The aim of this project was to set up a widely accessible training course for workers in the broad social sector. With this training we wanted to strengthen social professionals in their profession and warm them up and prepare them for entry into higher education.
In a two-year trajectory between November 2020 and December 2022, an action research project was designed to investigate what such a programme could look like and what the thresholds, risk factors and success factors are.
In this publication, you will find a representation of the process and the main results.
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Authors Ken Van Roose, Jan Claeys, Hilke Peremans, Jos Sterckx, Tanja Nuelant Hoofdonderzoeker Ken Van Roose
Researchers/learning group supervisors Benedicte Serroen, Helen De Sadeleer, Lydwine Meyhi, Liesbet Christiaen
Steering committee Aagje Frederickx (Vlaams Welzijnsverbond), Hilke Peremans (Odisee), Jan Claeys (Odisee), Jeroen Bels (JES), Jos Sterckx (Odisee), Ken Van Roose (Odisee), Linda Beirens (Vlaams Welzijnsverbond), Luc Van Waes (VIVO), Lies Verhoeven (D’Broej), Maarten Loncin (SOM), Tanja Nuelant (Odisee)
Reference Van Roose, K., Claeys, J., Peremans, H., Sterckx, J. & Nuelant, T. (2022). GE-START | EN-AVANT – Kwalificerende trajecten voor sociale professionals. Proeftuinen voor het opleiden van werkende lerenden in sociaal-agogisch werk. Brussel: Odisee/cluster SAW.
December 2022
