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Telling tales and thematic booklets Professional training course on mobility for guidance practitioners

Telling tales - Understanding and practising nar- • Career Exposure Experience The knowledge we have gathered in Portugal practitioners with the skills to promote mobility
rative career counselling was the topic of one of • Lenti fuq id-Dinja tax-Xogħol (A focus on the shows us that study abroad periods during the and foster the cooperation across sectors of
the conferences that the Euroguidance Centre in world of work) school path have a positive impact on finding and education and training, employment and social
Malta organised in collaboration with the Malta • Lenti fuq il-Karrieri (A focus on Careers) getting a job where the mobility experience can inclusion.
Career Guidance Association (MCGA) in May be of added value for the employee as well as
2015. This Conference targeted the 124 guidance These publications have been produced in the employer.
collaboration with Europass Malta, MCGA and
teachers in state, independent and church schools
as well as career advisors at the Employment the Directorate for Educational Services, Student However, for a mobility experience to be suc-
Services Department.
cessful, it requires good preparation in advance
Training Centre to make them aware of how they
could practice narrative career counselling. and professional support to make use of the
competences acquired during the stay in another
The event theme was presented by Dr Hazel Reid, country. In this context, the Portuguese Euro-
a Reader in Career Guidance and Counselling and guidance centre developed training courses on
Director of Research in the Faculty of Education international mobility for guidance workers.
at Canterbury Christ Church University, where
she coordinates the autobiography and narrative Altogether some 220 school psychologists, career
research theme group. Dr Reid is also researching counsellors from public employment services
the experiences of young unemployed people and psychologists from social inclusion sector
in coastal towns of Southeast England with Jane participated in blended-learning training courses.
Westergaard. The aim of these training courses were to equip Photo: Shutterstock
On the same occasion, the Maltese Euroguidance
Centre launched three booklets that by now have
been distributed to all schools in Malta: Photo: Euroguidance Malta

CONTACT:
CONTACT: Helia Moura, Euroguidance Portugal
Rebecca Borg
IN-SERVICE Euroguidance Malta Email [email protected] IN-SERVICE
TRAINING – Email [email protected] Filomena Pereira, Euroguidance Portugal TRAINING –
PROFESSIONAL Email [email protected] PROFESSIONAL
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