In the Novgorod region will prepare for work children with disabilities and disabilities

In the Novgorod region launched a social project “Magnit-Life”, which helps adolescents with disabilities and disabilities to master the profession and prepare for independent life. The program involves 17 children from 14 to 23 years old from ordinary and vocational educational institutions in the region. The first classes in the format of trainings will be held on October 10, the press service of the government of the Novgorod region reported.

The program consists of two parts: training social adaptation and internship as a trade hall employee. Before practice, children learn to understand their strengths, compose a resume, plan time, understand finances, and communicate with colleagues and buyers. Then they are waiting for a real job in the store under the guidance of mentors. Internship lasts about 40 hours, participants perform real tasks and get paid for it to feel the value of their work.

Recently, an organizational meeting was held on the basis of the Novgorod Agrotechnical College. The teenagers met with the coaches and coordinators of the Magnit Academy, and also passed the first interview. The representative of the charitable foundation Svetlana Belolikova warmly welcomed the participants, and the head of the personnel department of the Novgorod branch of the network told the children about the company and the prospects for working in it.

According to the head of the Resource Center for Inclusive Vocational Education Natalia Vladimirova, for such children, employment becomes the most important step to self-confidence. The project allows you to go this way in a supportive environment where you can always ask for help from mentors and coaches. Participants begin to believe in themselves and feel their need for society. In addition, the systematic approach is important for the resource center: from adaptation trainings to paid internships, which helps teenagers consciously choose their professional path.

The program was created by the Magnit Corporate Academy and the Our House Family Education Assistance Center. In 2022, in a pilot project of 15 participants, 14 were able to get a job. Today, the initiative is already working in more than ten regions of the country, and more than 500 teenagers have become its participants.

The initiative has already received several prestigious awards, including the international award “We Together”, the Moscow award “Wings of a stork” and the award ESG AWARD Russia.

This partnership helps to build a reliable system of support for young people and to take into account the specifics of each region in the implementation of such programs.