Professional rehabilitation
Professional rehabilitation — a set of activities that ensure the acquisition of a new profession, professional knowledge or skills, according to the type of level of functional disorders of a person and taking into account his/her previous education and professional qualification.
Beneficiaries of professional rehabilitation - disabled people who have the recommendation from The State Medical Commission for the Assessment of Health Condition and Working Ability.
Professional rehabilitation consists of
- Professional adequacy and job simulation tests
- Training programmes
- Psycho-social assistance
- Providing assistance in placement and job finding
- Driving lessons and car adaptation for people with disabilities
Professional Adequacy and Job Simulation Test
Duration: up to 2 weeks depending in the applicant’s health condition, type of disability, interests and motivation.
Applicants are provided with services of:
- Psychologists
- Social workers
- Doctors
- Occupational therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Carer consultants
- Vocational trainers and tutors
Steps :
- An individual interview to establish the applicant’s motivation to study and his/her professional interests
- To determine if the health status of the applicant complies with the chosen profession
- To define the learning ability (comprehension and understanding skills, ability to remember new information
- Test of Latvian language skills
- Simulation of practical jobs to establish specific skills linked to the potential profession professional
- Create an individual recommendation for the acquisition of professional training.
Agency offers the following professional programmes
- Accountant
- Computer Systems Technician
- Retail work
- Wholesale work
- Hospitality service
- Bookkeeping
- Secretary
- Electronics assembly
- Cooking
- Baking
College level programmes
- Human Resource Manager
- Accountant
- Marketing and Sales Manager
- Hotel Service Manager
- Computer System and Network Administrator
- Programmer
- Sign Language Interpreter
A network of support centres in all Latvia
Tasks of the network of support centres to:
- Collect the information regarding disabled people who are in the able-bodied age
- Inform people with disabilities regarding the services available at the Social Integration State Agency
- Provide the professional adequacy tests
- Motivate people with disabilities for further studies and/or employment
- Investigate the regional labour market
- Provide professional training
- Assist disabled people in placement and job finding
Assistance in job finding
- Collection of information regarding placements and jobs available
- Job simulation training
- Negotiation with potential employers