Twenty inspiring workshops, three modules, one goal – improvement of personal and business skills. Through modules: self-image, communication skills and business skills, users gained new knowledge and expanded existing knowledge. They were satisfied with the flexibility in organizing and holding workshops. As for the topics, they expressed the most interest in labor markets, as well as writing CVs and motivational letters. At the end of the cycle, we proudly awarded them certificates for successfully mastered skills.
This type of service is very productive and important for users because it provides them with additional support and the opportunity to strengthen their strengths and capacities. Through regular personal development workshops, users are able to recognize their potential and develop skills that help them deal with challenges more effectively. Also, this approach allows them to see their disability not as the biggest obstacle, but as a part of their uniqueness that they can use as a resource in achieving their goals.
User statements:
My name is Matea and I have a problem with fine motor skills. I used to come to workshops for people with disabilities. I would call it workshops of empowerment, strengthening self-confidence, getting to know the real image of yourself. At those workshops, I learned how to write a CV, a motivation letter, we practiced interviewing for a job, etc.
I am grateful to them from the bottom of my heart because I learned a lot, and what I already knew a long time ago I remembered and expanded.
I gained more self-confidence, courage. Thank you for the opportunity that I could be a part of such a beautiful project. I wouldn’t change anything. Thank you.
Meet the counselor who works in Valjevo, Marija Matić:
I am a consultant in the employment of persons with disabilities at the Career Center in Valjevo, where we work on the project “Tailored work: Economic empowerment of persons with disabilities”.
I consider the work I do and my role in it very important. I love working with people and I believe in the importance of supporting them in their professional growth. Through this project, I have the opportunity to help users find their way to employment, which gives me pleasure. The experience of working with vulnerable groups made me aware of my mission to try to improve their lives as much as possible through empowerment.
I look forward to every small and big success of our users because I know how important it is for them, for us as a team and for the local community as a whole.
If you want to be part of the next cycle of workshops, register by March 11.
Application form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15pD1Ngq-lymGKEpe8PpY-kPnJpyb4LKW1Gsb5Ey4GZw/viewform?edit_requested=true
Contact phone: 060/3065-404
Email address: marija@caritasvaljevo.rs
Address: Caritas Valjevo, Braće Veličković 44.
Working hours: Monday-Friday from 08:00-16:00
The workshops are organized as part of the Job Fit: Economic Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities project in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Other partners of the project are Caritas of Serbia, Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation, Smart Kolektiv and the Center for Independent Living of Persons with Disabilities.
