N.G.N.Y.A. Mobility Jobshadowing Slovenia - Lithuania

Erasmus+ Horizon Professional Development: the E.G.N.Y.Y.A. in Job Shadowing in Slovenia & Lithuania

The Hellenic National Health Service, in the framework of the Erasmus+ Accredited Project 2024-1-EL01-KA121-ADU-000236119, implemented in May 2025 two Job-Shadowing mobilities in Slovenia and Lithuania, with the participation of four of its employees.


Objective: to exchange know-how, enhance professional skills and promote the social inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.

Varstveno delovni center Tončke Hočevar (Ljubljana) & VDC Zasavje (Zagorje ob Savi), Slovenia (07-12/05/2025)

Panevėžio socialinių pokyčių centras, Lithuania (19-24/05/2025)

Focus areas:

Day care: educational techniques, workshops, supportive approaches.

Assisted Living: home management, self-care, development of autonomy skills.

Supported Employment & Social Inclusion: job coaching, progress monitoring, empowerment and active participation.

Active Ageing & Wellbeing: social care, promoting healthy ageing and quality of life.

What the participants learned:

  • Good practices in social care, independent living and inclusion.
  • Person-centred models of care and self-representation.
  • Non-formal and experiential learning approaches.
  • Strategies for communication, cooperation and active participation.

What they gained:

Professionally: They enriched skills, knowledge and innovative ideas for social inclusion, active ageing and the well-being of people with disabilities.

Social: They created networks of cooperation with EU institutions and enhanced intercultural understanding.

Individual: They strengthened their belief in inclusion, autonomy, self-advocacy and equal rights for all.

The Erasmus+ and the State Scholarships Foundation/ State Scholarships Foundation enable professionals to "spread their wings", draw inspiration from other European practices and come back with new ideas that change lives.

Erasmus+ and IKY show that international cooperation in the education of adults with disabilities is not a luxury, but an investment in a more inclusive society.

 It all starts here.

 Erasmus+: opening up new paths. Changing lives.

 This publication was produced with the support of the European Commission in the framework of the Erasmus+ programme. Any information or opinions expressed in this publication are the sole responsibility of the author. The European Commission and the Erasmus+ ICI National Coordination Unit cannot be held responsible for any use or republication of the information contained herein.

N.G.N.Y.A. Mobility Jobshadowing Slovenia - Lithuania
N.G.N.Y.A. Mobility Jobshadowing Slovenia - Lithuania

1) The Action concerns the continuation of the support of the operation of the structures by the KDEFs/other Centres, which were funded during the 2014-2020 programming period under the "ATTIKI" 2014-202 programme, until 31/12/2025.

By including the Facility in the FP 2021-2027, the EYNYA ensures the following:

A) The provision of day care and accommodation services to persons with disabilities, as follows:

(i) needs assessment, development and implementation of an individualised education, care and rehabilitation plan, including early intervention services,

(ii) training in social and life skills, with particular reference to applications of

modern technology, supported decision-making and sex education and health programmes, and preparation for independent or assisted living,

(iii) development and promotion of professional/employment skills, including professional

guidance and pre-vocational training,

(iv) promotion in employment and labour integration, using appropriate methods and tools,

(v) supportive and therapeutic interventions at individual and group level,

vi) preparing meals and catering for the beneficiaries,

(vii) recreational, cultural and sporting activities,

(viii) training, support and counselling programmes for families and/or carers,

(ix) community awareness and education programmes on issues relating to disability, disability

combating prejudices and adopting modern concepts of it,

x) training and education programmes for staff and volunteers,

(xi) recording and continuous evaluation of activities,

xii) transportation of beneficiaries to and from the Facility

The above services are provided for at least 4 and no more than 8 hours per beneficiary per day, during working days, including the transport of the beneficiaries to and from the Facility.

B) The implementation of networking and cooperation actions with social institutions/providers of social services such as Community Centres, and other structures providing similar services and the local community in general (e.g. municipalities, sports, cultural or other types of associations, educational community, etc.), aiming at the interconnection of the structure with the local community, the integration of beneficiaries in it and consequently the strengthening of social cohesion at local level.