Personnel development at Samhall

Samhall’s assignment is based on personal development through employment. Samhall has a continuous personnel development process consisting of three components: recruitment, development, and transition. The process differs for each employee, but the aim is always to strengthen the individual’s self-confidence and to provide motivation, social skills, and occupational skills.

The Employment Office refers unemployed job seekers with disabilities to Samhall. Employment in Samhall is often preceded by a practice period. The job seeker, the employment office, and Samhall together establish clear objectives for employment. All different kind of disabilities are represented among the employees in Samhall. Roughly 60 percent have some kind of physical disability. Remaining 40 percent is divided into the groups of people with intellectual disabilities, mental illness and socio-medical disability.

Employees play an active role, accepting personal responsibility for their work and their own development. Each employee has a personal development plan specifying objectives and activities. Employees have at least one development speech each year, resulting in an updated development plan. After this orientation, employees may choose from a range of basic training programs for the varied occupations in Samhall’s operations.

If possible, the ultimate goal is a job outside of Samhall. Samhall uses a “willingness and ability model” to prioritize various actions based on each employee’s needs. One of these actions is the regular reassessment of an individual’s abilities, long-term goals, and plans to achieve those goals (Dare to Win). Other actions involve strengthening self-confidence and motivation, individually or in groups, (Dare More) and encouragement for job seeking, individually or in groups, (Dare to Move on). Everyone who makes a transition to an employer outside Samhall is entitled to return to employment with Samhall for 12 months. During that time, Samhall monitors the transition and offers support to the individual and the outside employer.