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Step into the market through theraphy work with addicts

in Sociotheraphy Institute of Zala County (ceramics production)

A - DESCRIPTION OF THE GOOD PRACTICE

A1 - Title in original language
Zala Megyei Szocioterápiás Intézmény - Kerámia műhely működtetése, a termékek értékesítése

A2 - Title in English
step into the market through theraphy work with addicts in Sociotheraphy Institute of Zala County (ceramics production)

A3 - Location of GP (national)
Hungary

A4 - Location of GP (regional)
West-Transdanubian region

A5 - Economic field of activity
R Arts, entertainment and recreation

A6 - Ultimate purpose of GP
To create or conserve employment
To provide educational opportunities
To improve social cohesion/inclusion

A7 - Spatial scale
Regional (large scale)

A8a - Start date
January 2003

A8b - Anticipated end date (if applicable)
ongoing

A9 - Short description of the GP
People with addictions are trained ceramist and the by them produced products are sale on the market. Employees work on base of employee contract. The work is a complex rehabilitation as part of the therapy.

A10 - Key words relating to the GP
complex rehabilitation
theraphy for addicts
trainings
income generating work
market sales

A11 - Objectives of the GP
Complex rehabilitation of addicts with trainings, work and therapy which ensure to return to the open labour market.

A12 - Activities that have taken place

  1. Learning pottery outside the school system
  2. complex rehabilitation of addicts where the trainings and work are part of it
  3. receiving orders, market research
  4. production
  5. sales

A13 - Achievements of the GP
The people who took part in the program acquired skills and became employee. The organisation could appear on the market with the products which were produce by the participants.


B - IMPACT ON SOCIETY AND ECONOMY

B1 - How has the GP impacted on the following?

B1a - Legal/financial exclusion
Impacts not known
Any other comments?

B1b - Creation or conservation of local employment
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
The addicts can step into this sheltered market already during the therapy.

B1c - Adaptation to new realities
Impacts not known
Any other comments?

B1d - Cross sectoral working
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
The program is example how to combine the education/training and the social economy.

B1e - Enablement of social enterpreneurship
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
The employer is a state institution which could be barrier of the market sales in terms of income. For the long-term sustainability it would be required to continue the employment in other non-profit form.

B1f - Amenities for local people
Impacts not known
Any other comments?

B1g - Educational opportunities
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
The addicts could learn a new profession.

B1h - Crisis response
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
This is a most vulnerable target group on the labour market. The program is able to solve the individual, psychiatric and economy crisis causes by the addictions.

B1i - Local financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Impacts not known
Any other comments?

B1j - Local policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
It is a good example to prove that the actors of the social economy are able to step into the market.

B1k - National financial environment for social enterpreneurs
Impacts not known
Any other comments?

B1l - National policy environment for social enterpreneurs
Very positive impacts
Any other comments?
The experiences of the program were integrated into the legislation of the employment of people with changed working abilities.


C - PARTNERSHIPS & GOVERNANCE

C1 - Is the governance of this GP fully inclusive?
Not known
Comments and learning points

C2 - How influential has this GP been on local or national decision makers?
Reasonable degree of influence achieved
Comments and learning points
The experiences of the program were integrated into the legislation of the employment of disadvantaged people with changed working abilities. Furthermore the therapy experiences appeared in the care of addicts.

C3 - How much partnership work has been involved?
A great deal of cross sectoral partnership working
Comments and learning points


D - PR & TRANSFERABILITY

D1 - Please describe how the GP communicated its experience and success to the public
They have an own website and an own shop. The results are communicated by indirect way as well (e.g. MESSE 1st Local Focus Group meeting).

D2 - Please describe how the GP communicated with local or national decision makers?
The organisation takes part in researches (e.g. competency research in the topic public employment), professional forums and it introduces the results and practice on conferences as well as it reports for the maintaining organisations regular.

D3 - Are there any elements of this project that you think would transfer particularly well to other contexts?
The support for the addicts through their trainings, therapy and employment in order to increase the social inclusion.


E - RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABILITY

E1a - Total annual income of GP 2011/12
The total budget of the whole program is not known. The total cost of the employment: cc. 750 HUF/person/hour (cc.2 EUR/person/hour)

E1b - How is this made up?
State aid. Sales revenues

E1c - Details of human resources
1 artist teacher
1 social employment coordinator
1 folk games and crafts instructor
1 coordinator (recreation, marketing expert)
1 pottery expert

E1d - Details of technology
taining program, manufacturing technologies

E1e - Details of financial investment for start-up/early stage
machineries and equipments of the pottery

E1f - Details of external support
adult training center to implement the trainings

E2 - If public funding were withdrawn, could the GP continue to exist?
yes


F - EXECUTIVE BODY AND CONTACT INFORMATION

F1 - Who set up the GP?
Not-for-profit organisation

F2 - Who runs the GP?
State - national

F3 - Short description/comments
From 2013 it is maintained by state.

F4 - Contact 
Anikó Simon
Sociotherapy Institution of Zala County
8784 Kehidakustány, Kúria u. 7.
Hungary
Telephone +36/83/534026
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http://w3.enternet.hu/szori/index2.htm


G - SUPPORTING INFORMATION

G1 - Photos (between 1 & 3)

You can find more photos under the links below which show the ceramic products made by the addicts

G2 - E documents
the website of the organisation: http://w3.enternet.hu/szori/index2.htm
Local article about the products made by the organisation: http://zaol.hu/hirek/keramiak-szottesek-1449650
The organisation took part in product development and under this link it is an opportunity for web-sales: http://www.e-human.hu/rhi/zala-megyei-onkormanyzat-szocioterapias-intezmenye

G3 - Any other useful information
Olga Horváth – Gyöngyvér Kocsiné Gyenessey – Henrietta Ömböli – Erika Stankovics – Anikó Takács: Is it able to develop the social competency within social employment? – study contains the efficiency analysis of the organisation's work.