Berufliches Bildungs- und Rehabilitationszentrum Österreich - BBRZ Ö

BBRZ is an employer to about 2.600 people and providing services for people with disadvantages throughout Austria. From the very start the BBRZ and its established and permanently advanced model of vocational rehabilitation were driven by the common objective to open up opportunities for people with disabilities to re-enter the general labour market. That means a dedicated and emancipated co-operation of all concerned, decision makers and employees of the Labour Market Office, social insurance corporations, the provinces and the BBRZ. While BBRZ originally learned from international role models in order to offer its clients and the financing corporations of vocational rehabilitation effective and yet economic types of vocational rehabilitation, meanwhile we have successfully managed to become a respected partner in the international field of rehabilitation. Our total range of services in the field of prevention/vocational rehabilitation was developed on behalf of the Labour Market Service and the social insurance corporations, in co-operation with their employees. Our services cover a wide range of youth projects. In addition to career guidance and training aiming at labour market integration we also provide consulting services at the transition from school to job or Youth Welfare. The host project "Haltegriff" is one project where we offer such welfare services for young people and is situated in Kapfenberg/Styria. Information on the project “Haltegriff”: "Haltegriff" is an institution, which offers living and work training for young people with NEET-status (Not in Education, Employment or Training) aged 16 to 21, who for various reasons can not live at home. “Haltegriff” aims at encouraging the young people regarding a long-term professional and personal independence. The focus is on knowledge transfer concerning skills and competencies that help stabilizing the young persons and thus, preparing them for a long-term integration into the labor market. "Haltegriff" provides job training/coaching and living facilities for 16 young people. The job training takes place in our facilities in our Styrian headquarters in Kapfenberg/Styria, accommodation is provided in a house (flat-sharing) about 2 km away. Within the job training we provide: - job orientation and/or orientation toward further education - skills training (basic knowledge, key skills) - internal technical labor training (in office administration, wood and metal sector) - Internships in companies - Job Coaching and training activities - help with finding a job - learning support Group activities such as hiking, climbing and outdoor days, but also individual support and crisis intervention help to provide young people with personal and social skills. Additional, a broad range of psychotherapeutic support is offered for our clients.