Meeting with foster parents
The Find your way to the world of work project is funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment.
On the 28th of September, the Find Your Way to the World of Work team met with foster parents in Ciucul de Sus, the place of the meeting in Sandominic being provided by the Congregation of Helping Sisters. The meeting was attended by five foster parents and nine young people, most of whom go to school in Miercurea Ciuc and a few study in Gheorgheni.
The aim of the event was to present the Find Your Way program and to address the young people in person, offering them an opportunity to join the program. During the conversation, the youth asked several questions starting How to continue in life…, mostly because there were teens present who:
- already had a profession in their hands, but had difficulties with the integration on the labor market,
- were on the road of completing school and choosing a career path.
Our mentors offered the young people an opportunity to participate in individual sessions, most of which would take place in the Gheorgheni-basin or online, taking into account the difficulty of traveling. At the same time, an offer was made for a group club activity held by the mentors twice a month.
The foster parents also expressed their need for a joint group session, where they ask for information about teenagers’ personality development, and they could also discuss their obstacles in their parental role and find a common solution. According to them, they see a big shortage in this area, and it would also help the quality development of their relationship with young people, getting to know and accept each other’s values.
The mentors were open to these inquiries and were willing to include one or two group sessions per month in their program as needed. In the future, it will be revealed in practice whether there is motivation in young people regarding the attendance or whether parents actually require these meetings.
At the end of the meeting everyone (parents, young people and mentors) left satisfied, being curious about further developments.
The Find your way to the world of work project is funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Youth Employment.
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