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Organisational structure of public employment services in Slovakia – overview of career information, guidance and counselling services. Štefan Grajcár ÚPSVaR Slovak Republic. Contents:. History of Slovak PES since 1990 Public employment services legislation
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Organisational structure of public employment services in Slovakia – overview of career information, guidance and counselling services Štefan Grajcár ÚPSVaR Slovak Republic Lifelong Guidance for Job Seekers, Bratislava, September 25 - 26, 2008
Contents: • History of Slovak PES since 1990 • Public employment services legislation • Organisational structure of PES SR • Guidance and counselling in employment services - information and guidance services - counselling services • Characteristics of information and guidance services • Characteristics of counselling services • Staffing of guidance and counselling services Lifelong Guidance for Job Seekers, Bratislava, September 25 - 26, 2008
History of Slovak PES since 1990 • Before 1990: no employment services, „full“ and compulsory employment • 1990 – 1996: Employment Services Administration as part of the ministry of labour, a network of labour offices • 1997 – 2003: National Labour Office as a public institution built on tripartite principles, three levels of NLO • 2004 until now: Central Office and local Offices of Labour, Social Affairs and Family as budgetary organisations under the MOLSAF Lifelong Guidance for Job Seekers, Bratislava, September 25 - 26, 2008
Current Public employment services legislation • Act. No. 453/2003 on state administration institutions in the area of social affairs, family and employment services (valid since January 2004) • Act No. 5/2004 of Employment Services, valid since February 1, 2004, with major amendments valid since May 2008 Lifelong Guidance for Job Seekers, Bratislava, September 25 - 26, 2008
Organisational structure of PES SR • Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of Slovak Republic • Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family • 46 Offices of Labour, Social Affairs and Family • 135 contact points throughout the country Lifelong Guidance for Job Seekers, Bratislava, September 25 - 26, 2008
Guidance and counsellingin employment services (1) • Information and guidance services are services provided in the framework of: • choosing a career (mainly for young people), • selection of employment including its change • selection of an employee (for an employer), • adaptation of an employee in new employment Lifelong Guidance for Job Seekers, Bratislava, September 25 - 26, 2008
Guidance and counsellingin employment services (2) • Information and guidance services are also services providing information and advice on • vacancies and employment possibilities in the territory of the Slovak Republic and abroad, • requirements for individual occupations, • possibilities and conditions of participating in active labour market measures and programmes, • conditions of claiming unemployment benefits, etc. Lifelong Guidance for Job Seekers, Bratislava, September 25 - 26, 2008
Guidance and counsellingin employment services (3) • Counselling services are focusing on solving problems associated with job seeker's employability, on harmonizing his/her personal characteristics with requirements of a certain job, as well as on improving his/her decision making, job search and other skills needed for successful personal and social adaptation to the labour market Lifelong Guidance for Job Seekers, Bratislava, September 25 - 26, 2008
Staffing of guidance and counselling services (2007) • Information and guidance services: 592 employees (13 per office), great variety of level and type of education, • Counselling services: 270 counsellors (less than 6 per office), all with university degree (Master level) of various types (prevalence of social work, teaching, adult education, and other social sciences) Lifelong Guidance for Job Seekers, Bratislava, September 25 - 26, 2008
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