Observatoire des pratiques innovantes dans l'accompagnement des seniors vers l'emploi durable : un outil pour ouvrir un nouvel horizon professionnel aux séniors

"<< Background >>This project is inspired by the desire to make the most of our diverse experience in supporting older workers (50+) into and within employment, to innovate in our practices, and to unite the players involved in the employment of workers 50+ with a view to enhancing the employability of these groups in a complex socio-economic context. The challenge of the project was to combine Franco-German views on the employment of senior citizens in order to provide a response to current societal needs, capitalise on innovative practices and disseminate them at regional, national and European level. The project also aimed to enhance the skills of counsellors. << Objectives >>The project aimed to achieve the following objectives:- To encourage innovation in career guidance practices for older workers, drawing on research from social psychology and theories of commitment in particular. - Enhance the employability of workers 50+ (jobseekers, peaple undergoing reskilling, vulnerable groups). - Enhance the skills of employment players (MIFE teams, local PES operators, SMEs, etc.). -Contribute to developing the digital skills of target groups.- To develop expertise and promote excellence in providing career guidance to workers 50+ towards employment. << Implementation >>To achieve the objectives set for this project, we carried out the following activities:- Field diagnosis of career guidance practices dedicatd to older workers. This activity made it possible to carry out a very detailed diagnosis of the area, as close as possible to the local situation, the target groups and the ecosystem of economic, social and political players. The diagnosis included several steps : development of the specific methodology, design of the surveys, questionnaires and analysis of the results.- Creation of a handbook entitled ""Workers 50+ and employment"" devoted to career guidances councellors . Inspired by the critical incident approach, this handbook contains practical advice and an analysis of 30 situations collected in France (15) and Germany (15). - Creation of an observatory, a forum for counsellors, with a view to proposing shared resources, capitalised on and systematised as part of the field diagnosis. The observatory is defined as follows: a space identified by and for employment players. - Organisation of dissemination events at local, European and international level on the topic of older workers' employment.<< Results >>- Carrying out a field diagnosis of support practices for senior citizens. This diagnosis was carried out with local employment players and older workers supported towards and in employment. The consortium developed a specific methodology based on three qualitative research tools: written surveys of workers and jobseekers aged over 50, interviews with local employment players and a focus group with employment players. In all, 112 questionnaires and interviews were collected and analysed. At the end of the diagnostic phase, a quantitative and qualitative report was produced on the results of the study. - creation of a handbook on good practice ""Older workers and Employment"". Inspired by the critical incident approach, the book is aimed at support professionals. It provides theoretical and practical added value, changing our anthropological outlook to enhance the value of people at work.- creation of the observatory on older workers' employment https://innopro50plus.org/ - Organisation of a conference on older workers' employment, attended by 90 people in Bourg en Bresse."