Competence Kaleidoscope

Competence Kaleidoscope. A competence mapping procedure for labour market integration
Since the beginning of 2018, the Upper Austrian center for migrants migrare has implemented Competence Kaleidoscope, which was developed in cooperation with partners from the Czech Republic and Slovakia as part of competence-oriented intensive counselling with the support of the Upper Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS). This article reports on the development and implementation of this competence mapping procedure and initial experiences with its application. The main emphasis is on playful discovery, communication and continual exchange within the group. Competence Kaleidoscope is a group-oriented method consisting of eight modules that build upon each other to meet the demands of different target groups flexibly. Participants are guided from thinking about their own life story and competences to considering how they can be applied in the context of the labour market. Experience indicates that this process is able to significantly contribute to the integration of disadvantaged groups to the labour market. (Ed.)