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ACCEnT–Assisting Guidance Practitioners in

Working with hard-to-reach Groups

Helping hard-to-reach groups access the labour market requires an additional set of skills and
knowledge on top of those already acquired by guidance practitioners. An online course addressing
these skills and knowledge gaps will enable practitioners to more effectively and confidently work
with these groups.
The project ACCEnT is led by the Innovation in Learning
Institute in Germany, and includes partners from
ACCEnT is a two-year Erasmus+ KA2 project Ireland, Finland, Portugal and the UK.
aimed at enhancing the knowledge and
qualifications of counselling, guidance and
coaching practitioners working with hard-to-reach
groups. This will be achieved through the
development of an innovative online training
course and area to share good practices and
useful e-Tools. Ultimately, this will allow
practitioners to more effectively assist hard-to-
reach groups in entering the labour market.

Online training course

The online course will allow modules to be
completed as and when needed, and the choice of
two courses will be available (Core and
Advanced). This will ensure that it is useful for the To find out more, please visit:
whole guidance community, regardless of prior ∠ Website
knowledge and experience. The course will
comprise of four units focused on working with key ∠ Facebook
hard-to-reach groups: early school leavers,
NEETs, the long-term unemployed, migrants,
refugees and asylum seekers. Emma Campbell
Euroguidance UK
We are currently developing the resources and
materials for each unit which will be finished by
February 2020, where it will be presented at events
in each partner country and ready to pilot. Units
will cover:

∠ Information on hard-to-reach groups, the
types of support needed and where to find
education and workplace opportunities
∠ Counselling, coaching and communication
skills with these groups
∠ Intercultural competences covering
communication, intercultural sensitivity and
how culture (including your own) affects the
guidance process
∠ Using e-Tools in counselling and
communication