Patchanka s.c.s

Patchanka is a “Type B Social Cooperative”, a particular category of Italian non-profit enterprise aiming to integrate “disadvantaged persons”. Our mission is to create social integration of disadvantaged target groups in different working activities as in the community in a broad sense. Out of 40 workers, we employ at least 30% people who face specific obstacles such as physical or psychological handicap, addiction, previous detention, forced migration, economic poverty, ethnic minorities. We are located in Turin, one of the main cities of north-west Italy. We operate in several fields such as Cleaning and Logistics, Fashion, formal and non formal education, Employment Services, Community building. INCLUSION and EMPLOYABILITY In order to multiply our ability in pursuing our mission of creating inclusivity and inclusion in the Labour system, we have launched in 2016 a new Social Labor Agency, “Casa del Lavoro” that operates on behalf of Regional and National Labor Institutions. We provide formal and non-formal training to improve and acquire new skills. These programs are designed and customized for a wide range of beneficiaries. Our specialty in our local context is to include artistic workshops and use the powe of arts and theater to build personal and professional empowerment. For several years we have included a theater pedagogue in our team, in order to apply social arts in daily actions and training. We are also testing the power of art pedagogy on ourselves by conducting internal training and to experience ourselves the effectiveness of our methodologies. The artistic activities are always paired with professional guidance projectation with professionals, parts of our team. Furthermore, we focus on matching enterprises and people, along work projects that can create mutual empowerment. The aim is to support and empower unemployed people to prevent isolation and social exclusion, and to create chances by work. We also support enterprises in the whole hiring phases: competence assessment, definition of job profiles, validation of competences, career development plans, tutoring, training, recruitment, outplacement, internships. We are actively involved in supporting a wide range of target groups who are currently facing or at risk of social and labor exclusion. Our primary focus and mission is on helping unemployed young and adult people in our region and province. Many of our beneficiaries encounter various obstacles when it comes to finding job opportunities, such as mental health issues, language barriers, cultural differences, gender-related challenges, drug addiction paths, disabilities, different sexual orientations.