Staff Training – Erasmus+ Project

The Lino Spiteri Foundation strives to offer an excellent service to all its clients, whether they are persons with a disability or companies seeking to recruit. In order to do this, our staff members regularly attend training so as to remain in tune with all the latest theories and approaches in the field of disability. During the past few years, several of LSF’s staff have attended courses abroad as part of the ERASMUS+ project. Apart from offering the opportunity to increase their knowledge, these courses have also provided the opportunity for different team members to build better working relationships and, of course, have some fun!

The first course took us to Austria, to the beautiful city of Linz. This course was titled Strength Based Coaching and the focus was on how we can support our clients reach their potential by focusing on their strengths and skills. The second course, From Burden to Talent, took us to Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Here we were able to learn more about how we can support neurodivergent individuals and were able to hear from persons living with neurodivergence about their own lived experiences. The last course we attended as part of the ERASMUS+ Project was titled Inspiring, Facilitation, Teaching and Training. This time we had the pleasure of visiting Copenhagen in Denmark. As the title suggests, the focus of this course was on techniques and questioning methods which can be used to better prepare people for their journey towards employment.

Throughout all of these training opportunities, apart from gaining knowledge from the courses attended, we also had the chance to meet colleagues from other European countries, who work in similar settings. This allowed us to learn from each other, discuss our colleagues’ practices and evaluate whether these can be incorporated in our own set up, and impart our knowledge about our own practices for the benefit of our colleagues.

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