European Learning Pathways for Social and Health Care Erasmus Project

Project Title

European Learning Pathways for Social and Health Care

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Recognition, transparency, certification

Project Summary

The project was a partnership project in the field of Social and Health Care. Target groups were teachers, students and colleges of vocational second degree of Social and Health Care. The main goal of the project was to agree between participating countries on a content of Social and Health Care students’ workplacement periods, learning outcomes, assessment, documentation, and recognition of learning outcomes. The project had 9 partners from 6 European countries. Kouvolan seudun ammattiopisto (KSAO), Koulutuskeskus Salpaus (SALPAUS), Suomen diakoniaopisto (SDO) and EDUPOLI from Finland; Diakonisches Bildungsinstitut Johannes Falck from Germany, IES La Torreta from Spain, Békéscsabai SZC Szent- Györgyi Albert Szakközépiskolája és Kollégiuma from Hungary, Future Focus Ltd from Malta and The College of West Anglia from UK. Kouvola Region Vocational College was the coordinator of the project. In the field of Social and Health Care possibilities for organizing students’ workplacement are very different in European countries because of a different legislation. There was a need to find out what kind of tasks students can carry out in partner countries and also requirements for workplacement, needed certificates and documents.The first objective of the project was to find out the country specific learning outcomes, the type of tasks students can carry out in partner countries and also requirements for workplacement, needed certificates and documents. The second objective was to agree with partner countries on tasks and learning outcomes to be achieved during the workplacement period, their assessment and documentation.The third objective was to plan a learning unit which can be carried out in a partner college, or mixed in partner college and workplace, assessment of reached learning outcomes and their documentation and recognition.The demand for the project was risen from participant colleges and teachers and it is based on the fact that in the field of Social and Health Care possibilities for organizing students’ workplacement are very different in European countries because of a different legislation and regulation. As a result of the project for the VET of social and health care, participants, organisations in participating countries, students and working life of social and health care have 1) A plan how to organize students’ workplacement in each of the partner countries, learning outcomes, their assesment, documentation and recognition 2) A list of the special legislation and special requirements in each of the partner countries for working in the field of Social and Health Care 3) A learning unit, which can be carried out in a partner college or mixed in a college and workplace, learning outcomes achieved and their assesment, documentation and recognition.The intellectual outputs are carried out with 5 workpackages. Every workpackage includes virtual workshop and transnational learning/teaching activity. Themes for the workshops were selected so that every partner organization brought their own country specific information to share and to distribute. Workpackage 1. Germany workpackage 2. UK and Malta, workpackage 3 Sapin, workpackage 4 Hungary and workpackage 5. Finland. As a result of the project the participating organisations have a consept for carrying out workplacement periods abroad in the field of social and health care. The quality of education and training in the field will Increase, because the tasks and learning outcomes can be identified more strictly. Working-life in every participating country will have competent personnel to work in a multicultural working environment.The participants of the project are teachers and trainer of participating organisations. As a result of the project they can plan and guide students’ workplacement periods during their workplacement abroad better, this raises the quality of the workplacement periods. Bcause of LTT activities and information offered during them, teachers are more competent in international nursing and they have more information on nursing practises, legislation and regulations in the field of social and health care in different European countries.The participants have shared best practises with other partners of the project and with these developed also the VET in their own colleges. Their language and culture knowledge skills are improved and they understand better working environments of other European countries.One important impact is also strenghtening of the network between the organisations dealing with social and health care. It helps to raise the planning and quality of students’ workplacement periods abroad. With the help of all the dissemination activities and venues about project and its results, the VET of social and health care gained more popularity in participating countries.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 205534 Eur

Project Coordinator

Kouvolan kaupunki (City of Kouvola) & Country: FI

Project Partners

• Salpaus Further Education Regional Consortium
• Future Focus Ltd
• IES La Torreta
• Diakonisches Bildungsinstitut Johannes Falk gGmbH
• Békéscsabai SZC Szent-Györgyi Albert Szakgimnáziuma és Kollégiuma
• THE COLLEGE OF WEST ANGLIA
• Itä-Uudenmaan koulutuskuntayhtymä