Annotations CROSS BORDER SEMINAR Innovative Tools and Methods in Career Guidance and Counselling 17-18 May 2011 Budapest Venue: Danubius Grand Hotel Margitsziget Address: Margitsziget (Margaret Island), 1138 Budapest, Hungary www.danubiushotels.com/en/our_hotels/hungary/budapest/danubius_grand_hotel_margitsziget 17th May (Tuesday) 11.00-12.00. Keynote lecture Counselling as a profession Klára Szilágyi, PhD, Hungary The main form of human service is counselling, an interdisciplinary procedure based on psychological knowledge that intends to assist clients in shaping their life pathways. Creating the domestic model of individual and group counselling enabled developing a range of methods and tools related to the counsellors preparedness and competence margins. In individual counselling the types of counselling determine the counselling process. Typing the problem definitions facilitates using the various tools during the cooperation. A significant part of problem definitions covers blockages and difficulties related to personality features therefore self-evaluating procedures were developed as self-definition tools (skills, interests, value, working method) in the national counselling practice. In group counselling the target groups demand is the determining factor therefore interactive and microgroup working methods have a crucial role among the assigned tools. Differentiating the structured group sessions in accordance with the target groups allows both emphasising prevention approach and reducing blockage interval. In preparing counsellors and in the process of knowledge transfer towards clients we assign a major role to strengthening orientation in reality and also to obtaining knowledge of the world of labour and profession. Several tools are available during the phases of the counselling procedure: computer-aided, internetbased programmes developing complex self-definition and reality orientation (SZONIP). As a significant result of the domestic development of counselling, the training of counsellors has strengthened therefore beside the low number of psychologists specialized in guidance counselling (4-5 people/year) more than 1000 counsellors with college degree (BA level) and 200 with university degree (MA level) have graduated since the change of the political system. The high number of counsellors means a challenge during which, besides adapting with the ethical norms, ensuring the quality of counsellors work will be the crucial task of the future. Klára Szilágyi, PhD., has been working on the field of guidance counselling for more than 40 years. She began her professional career as counselling psychologist. Besides this job, she worked as a researcher and later established counsellor training in Hungary. Since the introduction of the Bologna process she has been the leader of the university-level training. Currently she is the head of the Psychology Department at Szent István University; together with her colleagues she has established
Kontakt Foundation which is one of the most influential Hungarian NGOs and aims at facilitating the further training of practising counsellors. 13.30-15.00. Workshop 1 (3 parallel workshops) A) Bib-wiki: ONE instrument of knowledge management for all guidance practitioners in Austria - Dr. Erika Kanelutti-Chilas, Austria In this workshop we would like to present and discuss our experiment bib-wiki: a collaborative instrument of knowledge management in the field of guidance. Topics: Framework: The structure of guidance and working conditions for guidance practitioners in Austria; Networks in the field of guidance; Knowledge management for guidance required; ongoing ESF guidance projects in Austria and their structure. History: The idea to the bib-wiki; first steps and first experiences - success and challenges; basic acknowledgements achieved. Presentation bib-wiki today: What is the structure of the bib-wiki; how does it work, which information can I get there (German entries in bib-wiki will be explained in English), how can I contribute? Status quo and next steps intended. Discussion: How is the situation in the participants countries? The transfer of the idea of bib-wiki - would it be possible/would it make sense? Erika Kanelutti-Chilas has been working in the field of information and guidance counselling for 18 years. She developed several network projects and instruments of access to information. B) Personal type preferences and their usefulness for career decision - Elena Lisá, Slovak Republic The 90-minute, practice oriented workshop will introduce helpful tool in career guidance and career counselling personal type preferences and their usefulness for career decision. It will work on an assumption that our job success, satisfaction and happiness lie in the individual personal preferences. The participants will practice how to become aware of these preferences and will learn what activities and jobs are connected with them. These actual activities follow from the dynamic relationships of the mental processes. They are crucial for individual career decision, they make people not only successful, happy, satisfied, but also they can turn the job into hobby. Understanding of personal preferences and dynamic of mental processes will contribute to self-knowledge in the clients and their better career decision. Participants of the workshop will know how to recognize personal preferences, crucial mental processes and will know how to find out which job activities suit their clients personality. Doc. Mgr. Elena Lisá, PhD. is vice-dean for scientific research, graduate study and rigorous procedure in Institute of Applied Psychology at Faculty of social and economic sciences, Comenius University. She lectures in psychodiagnostics, psychometrics and qualitative methods. She also has eight years experience in psychological research.
C) "Online course: Multiculturalism in vocational guidance Innovative tool for career counsellors professional development"- Zuzanna Rejmer, Poland This workshop is designed to show the structure of the online course concerning subject of multicultural guidance. In particular, we ll focus on the advantages, as well as discuss challenges specific to online course dedicated to guidance officer's professional development. During the workshop participants will also go through activities which give them a chance to explore and experiment with some tools used in the course. Zuzanna Rejmer is an intercultural psychologist, vocational advisor and trainer on social skills, specialize in issues concerning working in a culturally diverse/different environment. She trains foreigners coming to Poland, Poles going abroad and workers who provide services for foreigners (e.g. employment officers, teachers). Author of articles and publications on intercultural relations, inter alia: co-author of: Join in a Job!: Practitioner's manual. A career guidance method for migrants. and online course for vocational guidance officers: Multiculturalism in vocational guidance. 15.30-17.00. Workshop 2 (3 parallel workshops) A) Life space mapping as an innovative ICT method in career guidance and biographical counselling - Aneta Slowik, Poland The principal goal of the workshop is a practical training of an innovative ICT method called life space mapping used by career counsellors in career guidance and biographical counselling. As a qualified career counsellor, I had an opportunity to use life space mapping with refugees and asylum-seekers in order to help them to value their biographical learning (formal, non-formal and informal) in a lifelong process of constructing their careers. This method is based on multicultural counselling which respects life experiences and cultural values of the client. In a friendly atmosphere, you will have a chance to know and practice basic principles of this method such as: a cooperation and communication through dialogue between a counsellor and a client, comprehensive and metaphorical thinking, meaning-making and active participation of the help seeker. This workshop will provide a practical use of the ICT method called life space mapping with computers/laptops, then discussion and analysis of various components of this method which influence effective vocational choice of clients from different cultures. The workshop will be realized in a combination of working on one s own, play group, common and personal reflection. In addition, you will have the opportunity of looking through your biography as a counsellor including intercultural exchange with other participants of the workshop. Aneta Slowik is working as an academic lecturer and researcher at the Office of Social Pedagogy and Counselling of University of Lower Silesia in Wrocław (Poland). She is teaching subjects such as multicultural counselling, theory and practice of counselling, social pedagogy. As a qualified career adviser, she had an experience to work with asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in UK. An invitation came to lecture at University of Nantes (France), University of Fez (Morocco), Oslo University College (Norway), Newcastle University (UK).
B) One s creativity in the process of decision making and problem solving - Peter Gabor, Slovenia The workshop is based on prof. Norman Amundson's (University of British Columbia, Canada) principles of working. He tackles the activation of guidance counselling process and activation of counselees through so called active engagement. Counsellor should be aware of several layers a person possesses. Each person has three levels of consciousness: higher consciousness/future, consciousness/present, sub consciousness/past. Counsellor can help the counsellee to come in touch with his or hers»higher consciousness«, meaning with his or hers solutions for his or hers problem through creative/artistic interventions. Those interventions encourage the counselees to self-evaluate and to self-resolve the situation they find themselves in. Peter Gabor is a psychologist and anthropologist, working as a vocational counsellor and an educator at the Employment Service of Slovenia. C) Group work sessions supporting labour market integration Miklós Kenderfi, PhD., Hungary The aim of the workshop is to present some experience resulting from group counselling for groups disadvantaged in the labour market (long term unemployed, women returning to work after maternity leave, roma people, disadvantaged youth). The practice oriented workshop provides good opportunity for the participants to discuss questions concerning the content and methodology of group counselling. Miklós Kenderfi, PhD., Head of Department, Szent István University, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Institute of Career Planning and Teacher Training, Department of Career Planning 18th May (Wednesday) 09.00-10.30. Workshop 3 (3 parallel workshops) A) Supplementary methods in counselling: Profiling, Kerin, Orient - András Vladiszavlyev, Hungary Profiling: Profiling provides assistance for identifying people who may be at risk of long-term unemployment. Early identification takes place by taking into consideration both statistical methods and objective and subjective points of view obtained about the clients during counselling and mediation conversations. Kerin: The programme enables obtaining supply and demand data related to certain professions during counselling. The query can be parameterized to national-, regional-, county- and micro-region-level data dating back to the past 15 years. The programme facilitates monitoring the labour market position of the given occupation. Orient: The programme is the enhanced version of Kerin. Similarly to Kerin, the programme is designed to obtain supply and demand data of professions dating back to the past few years but parameterization and search relates only to Csongrád county and is possible only relating to groups of professions. Data on the position that could be obtained after acquiring the certain qualification helps counsellors to forecast employment with the given qualification.
András Vladiszavlyev has been working in the field of guidance for 40 years and in the field of employment for nearly 30 years in executive positions, such as the director general of the employment service. He participated in improving the county labour system and in developing the labour code. Currently he is the project leader of Euroguidance Hungary and a member of the Hungarian National Guidance Committee. B) The power of colours: Psychodiagnostic in career counselling Truths and myths - Pavel Pospisil, Czech Republic Work with colours - introduction to innovative projective methods in psychodiagnostic testing. Definition of projective and objective methods in psychodiagnostic and their advantages and risks. Combination of projective and objective methods and its benefits. Collecting of testing battery in relationship to concrete situation in terms of working position or life events (managerial, sales, career counselling and orientation, motivation, personal development, life cross, burn-out syndrome). Description of test situation time schedule, invitation, test situation, privacy policy, feedback. Description of counselling process and its benefits and risks. Benefits for employers and for employees and candidates. Truths and myths of psychodiagnostic and its applicability casuistically examples (recruitment, group phenomenon and individual career counselling). Pavel Pospisil works as the Head of Analysis Department in Czech counselling agency TAKT and has eight years professional experience in psychodiagnostic and individual and group psychological counselling in commercial and state segment. C) BeKo: A new concept for guidance-counsellors in the Public Employment Service (PES) - Verena Stolte, Germany As most guidance-counsellors in Germany are working in the PES, the department responsible for guidance-counselling in the PES has developed a new concept for the methods of counselling. What are the goals of this new concept? - to raise the quality of guidance itself - to ensure a better qualification of the guidance-counsellors - to develop tools for guidance-counsellors which are useful and important for the daily work of counsellors - to improve guidance and integration in the labour-market Methods to train the guidance-counsellors: - seminars with experts including practical training of guidance-sequences - Web-based training with questions, multiple-choice-tests and film-examples regarding guidance etc. - guidance of clients with supervision Target groups are: - pupils and students for the orientation in the field of vocational-education and study-possibilities - Unemployed people, who are searching for a job
- people who need general information and orientation in career-guidance. In the seminar the expert will present some of the tools and methods of the new concept with a focus on the web-based-training and how it is used in the field of guidance (Euroguidance included) of clients. Verena Stolte is a Eures-Line-manager and a Euroguidance/Eures-team manager in the Central Placement-Service in Dortmund. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission