Inclusion in Upper Austria: 140 new living spaces & jobs for everyone!

Inclusion in Upper Austria: 140 new living spaces & jobs for everyone!

Oberösterreich, Österreich - Upper Austria sets a strong sign of the inclusion of people with impairments! In 2025, 140 new living spaces will be created and comprehensive measures for labor market integration will be implemented. State Councilor Christian Dörfel emphasizes: "A own place of living is a sign of self-determination." In addition to increasing the living spaces, the country also brings partnership systems such as fully supervised and accompanied living in order to cover the need for security for those affected and their families, such as OE24 reported.

Another important aspect is to improve labor market integration. The “work and inclusion” process focuses on new models that support companies to integrate people with impairments into the first labor market. This includes the so -called "inclusion subsidy" and a one -year trial period through labor hiring. "Work means more than income-it means dignity," said Caritas board member Stefan Pimmingstorfer. This is the only way to ensure a real and lived inclusion in the world of work, according to the initiators, as well as Land Oö confirmed.

Inclusion service as an innovation

A particularly innovative project is the first holistic inclusion service center for professional advice and mediation. This new contact point is intended to support people with impairments by making direct connections to companies that are willing to stop them. In addition to the analysis of individual skills and wishes, the service point also offers workshops to raise awareness of the teams in the companies. The measures of the service point aim to make it easier for people with impairments to access to the first labor market and to understand employers, to understand the legal framework, as described in the source of Land Oö