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YOUth workers PROmoting MEntal health

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2019-2-IT03-KA205-016385
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | Strategic Partnerships for youth Funder Contribution: 255,970 EUR

YOUth workers PROmoting MEntal health

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Many schools develop programs dedicated to students' social skills, with tools and guides targeting children and young students, in order to improve their mental health and their insertion in adult life. Several training curricula on social skills and competencies have been released in favour of students, financed by European, national or regional funds, but at the present stage there is no evidence of specific curriculum for youth workers who support young people with mental health disorders.In this context, the project objectives are:1.Deepen knowledge about Youth Workers needs and competencies in their work with young people with mental health problems; 2.Valorising the relevance of social and emotional competencies among young people with mental health disease;3.Create a European Framework of Competences for Youth Workers, strengthening their capacity to support social and emotional competencies among young people with mental health disorders;4.Increase the quality of informal and non-formal learning in the caring relationships between youth workers and young people;5.Improve the competencies of professionals and non-professionals who operate in this field;6.Facilitate the access to training on social and emotional competences of young people by local communities (teachers, practitioners, etc.);7.Improve the well being of young people increasing awareness of social and emotional competencies in their life.The participating organizations read as follows:- The International Di Liegro Foundation (applicant organization) has a cultural proposal of education and orientation for families and volunteers and it has gradually developed interventions to prepare the volunteers to interact with and supporting person with mental disease. It has previous experiences in EU projects and organizes several informal and non-formal learning activities for young people and for adult citizen.-The Center for promoting lifelong learning – CPIP - is a non-governmental, non-profit institution active in the educational and social field, that realized projects on various social and educational topics in Romania;- IASIS NGO, born in 2005, is a NGO that provide therapeutic, counselling services and psychosocial support to people with problems of mental health. Beside offering housing and day center services, this NGO provides psychiatric care to adults with mental health problems and their families, also organizing the reintegration into the society, and it is a leading institution for the rehabilitation of people with severe mental disorders in Greece;-The ASL Rome 1 coordinates, implements and evaluates psychiatric de-institutionalization initiatives. It has key institutional role within the Consultative bodies of Mental Health Public Department, Citizens’ representatives and Regional Government regard to social policies, together with policy makers and other stakeholders. For young people aged 14 to 25, ASL Roma 1 offers integrated facilities and services through the “Prevention Center and Early Mental Health Intervention” which specifically targets young people between the ages of 14 and 25;- Merseyside Expanding Horizons is not-for-profit organization working with social inclusion in UK. The working areas of this NGO are numerous, at EU and local level, and MHE has a rich experience in supporting individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to fully participate in society through adult learning and helps people with mental health problems to develop their skills and competences.The results of YOU.PRO.ME. are as follows:-A European survey on Youth Workers needs about competencies and on needs of social and emotional competencies of young people with mental disorders;-A Competency Framework of Youth Workers, to define Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes and Values on developing social and emotional competencies of young people with mental health issues;-Handbook on the competencies of Youth Workers on mental health, for their empowerment in their work and personal life; -Friendly-Toolbox to involve young people with mental health problems to develop social and emotional Competencies; -An e-based Open Educational Resource (OER) addressed to Youth Workers and to a wider community of educators, trainers, youth practitioners whose aim is to share tools around the question of social and emotional competences when mental health of young people is concernedThe incorporation of social and emotional competencies in the new portfolio of competencies of the Youth Workers as a resource for assisting young people with mental health disorders can be one of the major impact at regional, national and even at a European level. We expect that YOU.PRO.ME will produce innovation, though the transfer of the outputs across organizations, services and into the wider community at a European level.

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