Building Capacity and VET for Migrants Care Workers in Europe

Building Capacity and VET for Migrant Care Workers in Europe (VET CARE) project aims to provide practical and useful answers regarding qualifications for the labour market, in the segment of long-term care services, contributing for integration and social inclusion of migrants, one of the major workforce in this area. Also aims at transfer knowledge from different levels of stakeholders, contributing for implementing a logic of national/transnational cooperation and partnership in the sector.

(i) Identifying good practices developed at European level regarding formal and informal training on long-term care services; (ii) Characterizing migrants care workers at European level near local NGOs working with migrants, employment centers and care networks; (iii) assessing training needs; (iv) developing an e-learning course/materials to answer sector current demands; (v) create a training toolkit on long-term care work; (vi) providing a pilot-pool model proposal.

Contributing for a better knowledge and understanding of the migrant care workers landscape and training/qualification needs Contributing to capacity building and upskilling of migrant care workers, within a logic of integration and social inclusion of vulnerable populations Fostering cooperation among stakeholders from the care services sector that will allow to create suitable care work pools answering the needs of the labour market at European level