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EPR Report “Transition programmes and services for young people with disabilities from school or training into employment: Good practices and success factors”
In recent years EPR members have expressed their interest to collaborate and organise a mutual exchange and learning exercise on services for and the work with Young People with Disabilities (YPWD). The joint work started off in December 2020 at the National Awareness Raising Event (NARE) in Germany where a number of EPR members presented […]
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EPR Short Briefing on the EU Disability Strategy
This briefing outlines the most relevant initiatives of the European Disability Strategy for organisations, associations and social enterprises working with persons with disabilities. EPR monitors the development of the individual initiatives and keeps members updated and engaged. You can read the briefing here.
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Pathways to employment: Analysis of policies and practices for pathways to the mainstream labour market
The objective of this document is to highlight the success factors of key policy frameworks, legislation and employment models supporting the transition of persons with disabilities into the open labour market. The publication is aimed at national and EU decision-makers. It has a specific aim to feed into the initiatives that are part of the […]
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Position Paper: “Family-centred Early Childhood Intervention: The best start in life.”
The aim of this paper is to raise awareness on what family-centred Early Childhood Intervention is, on why it is needed and to highlight key challenges and, finally to formulate recommendations for the European Union (EU) and its Member States (and also other national governments) to establish quality ECI systems. Our aim is to advocate […]
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Social Economy Action Plan – A Short Briefing
This overview briefing outlines the most relevant initiatives for social economy organisations, associations and social enterprises working with people with a disability. EPR will monitor the development of the individual initiatives, feed in where possible, and keep members updated and engaged. You can download the publication here.
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Insights, Recommendations and Good Practices for Quality Services
EPR believes that quality of services is a fundamental issue in service provision. When services are not of a high enough quality, they may not meet the needs that they aim to meet, or even create more needs. Inadequate quality services can negatively impact a person’s quality of life, but also their dignity and human […]
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Artificial intelligence and service provision for people with disabilities
This analytical paper focuses on the impact of AI on the provision of social services to people with disabilities. The aim of the study is to provide social service providers with useful information and analysis on challenges and opportunities brought by the diffusion of AI tools, as well as on project opportunities, support needed and […]
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Moving Towards a green economy and services for people with a disability
This paper investigates the topics of green transition and green economy. The main thematic focus is on the impact that moving to a green economy will have on the provision of social services to people with disabilities and on identifying the main opportunities and challenges for the sector in terms of employment, social inclusion, skills […]
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Mental Health Services Working on Trauma
Trauma is a complex issue that has received increased attention over the past years. However, many mental health professionals still face challenges to study and work on it and mental health service providers do not always work in a “trauma-informed” way. This document was written by the EPR Secretariat with the contribution of the EPR […]
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EPR Study 2021: Service provision for people with disabilities during COVID-19
The idea of the study was to understand what ensured services for people with disabilities and mental health conditions worked well during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. EPR wanted to find changes that were made to the services for labour market and social inclusion and new ways that they were provided which were made […]
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EQUASS
The European Quality in Social Services (EQUASS) is an initiative of the European Platform for Rehabilitation (EPR). EQUASS enhances the social sector by engaging social service providers in continuous improvement, learning and development, in order to guarantee service users quality of services throughout Europe.
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