Resources for guidance professionals working with refugees

Career guidance professionals and services across Europe have long been supporting and advocating for migrants and refugees to gain new perspectives in education and on the labor market, after critical  disruption to people’s careers and educational pathways. The current war against Ukraine is not only an attack on innocent people; it is also an attack on the education, society and institutions of the country.

The Euroguidance network would like to point out a few articles, resources and tools that might be of help to the guidance community in supporting the newly arrived – the list will be continuously updated.  

Information by European Commission and UNHCR

• EU solidarity with Ukraine (European Commission)
• The European Commission has outlined outlined the actions being taken to support Member States in meeting the needs of those fleeing the war against Ukraine and its people. MORE
• Ucraine emergency communication by UNHCR

Support and resources provided by European Networks and European Commission 

• ETF (European Training Foundation) resource hub to support recognition, education and work for the people fleeing the Russian invasion in Ukraine and ETF Ukraine Country Page
• Euraxess supporting researchers of Ukraine by providing them with an overview of all existing actions at European and national levels
• ENIC-NARIC Country Page Ukraine and ENIC Ukraine
• Preliminary results: DG EMPL Survey on integration of Ukrainian refugees in Vocational Education and Training (VET)

Transparency tools

• EU Skills Profile Tool for Third Country Nationals
  The multilingual tool helps to map the skills, qualifications and work experiences of the third country nationals and to give them personalised advice on further steps. 
  Note: To support Ukrainians who fled their country, EU Social has added the  Ukrainian language to the EU #SkillsProfileTool to help job seekers and and those who wish to continue their studies.
• Europass CV
  The Europass CV is one of the best-known CV formats in Europe. It is easy-to-use and familiar to employers and education institutions. You can create, store and share CVs in 29 languages. 
• MYSKILLS
  MYSKILLS test gives visibility to informally or non-formally acquired skills acquired abroad for 30 professions in twelve languages.

Articles

• Jonna Linde, Joakim Lindgren and Åsa Sundelin: High-stakes counselling: uncertainty, complexity and ethical dilemmas for career counsellors working with asylum-seeking youths
• Ronald G. Sultana: The labour market integration of migrants and refugees: career guidance and the newly arrived
• Barbara Kuss and Mats Mikiver: “Trauma and Learning” (EPALE Article)
• The FAMN project is helping young recent immigrants to Sweden gain qualifications at folk high schools (EPALE Article)
• Euroguidance Cross Border Seminar 2016 “Cross Cultural Guidance and International Careers  - Integrating Migrants and Minorities”

Recorded webinars and podcasts

• Åsa Sundelin: Social justice at work. On power relations, inclusion and recognition in the career guidance practice
• Tristram Hooley, Ronald Sultana, Marcelo Alfonso Ribeiro and Anna Bilon: Webinar on "Career guidance for social justice"
• Cedefop podcast: Access to jobs for refugees to help tackle the Ukrainian crisis
• Cedefop podcast: Jobs for refugees in the face of the Ukrainian crisis

Resources

• Erasmus+ Aademia+ C-Step “Counselling migrants and refugees” (developed by partners in DE, PT, UK, LU and LT)
• Erasmus+ Career Path (final conference and products) (HU, CZ and HR)
• Erasmus+ CMinaR  - Counselling for Refugee and Migrant Integration into the Labour Market – Development of Courses for Higher Education and Public Employment Services (DE, IT, LT, SE, TR, UK)
• Erasmus+ Fast Lane to the Labour Market (DE, NL, BE, IT, AT)
• Erasmus+ R/EQUAL – Requalification of (recently) immigrated and refugee teachers in Europe (DE, AT, ES)
  
• Erasmus+ ARENA (Refugees and recognition)
• Ressources of psychological first aid, psychological care and support from WHO and Solentra, Belgium