How can refugees be better prepared for the job market by means of language internships?

The purpose of the internship is to further improve the participants' command of the Dutch language, to find out what their problems and talents are, to introduce them to the Dutch labour market culture and to help them start building a network.

In preparation for the internship, the participants are offered to take part in a group training programme. This 'Orientation on the language internship’ training programme consists of group meetings with a maximum of eight participants. The course literature is ‘Come to your language internship well-prepared’ by M. Houdijk & J. Scheepers. The subjects that are covered during these sessions are:

Project supervisors support the refugees during the language internship. They find them a suitable internship and stay in contact with employers. In assigning the internships, the background and possibilities of each participant are considered. During the internship, volunteers help the participants with extra language assignments that are designed to match the work environment.

Vluchtelingenwerk (Refugee Work) Utrecht
F. Boonzaaijer, tel. +31 30 2340676

01/01/2003

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Urban Policy > Social inclusion & integration > Integration of social groups

Refugees