Bringing Artistry and Motivation into Social Care Work through Capacity Building and Validation of Skills

<< Objectives >>We want to: 1) increase capacity of care professionals and help them to verify acquired skills on how to use culture and arts with people with intellectual or cognitive disabilities; 2) to provide opportunities for informal carers and unemployed people to improve their skills or to start a job in social sector; 3) create a network of social care experts and VET trainers as future instructors; 4) raise general awareness about importance of constant capacity building of social care experts.<< Implementation >>We will: 1) Develop Training Programme and VET Educator’s Manual for using cultural prescribing and adapted arts and craft activities with people with cognitive or intellectual disabilities; 2) Organise competence verification system (probed by 2-stage piloting) and International training; 3) Develop national case studies on how to verify skills acquired through different educational experiences; 4) Set up local promotional teams; 5) Organise national webinars and local multiplier events.<< Results >>1) Capacity of care experts is increased to use culture and arts with people with cognitive or intellectual disabilities and to verify their skills acquired with different educational experiences; 2) Informal carers and unemployed people are reskilled or upskilled to start a job in social sector; 3)VET trainers are provided with innovative, systematic CVET training and skills validation system; 4) General awareness about importance of constant capacity building of social care experts is raised.