The 25th edition of the European Week for the Employment of People with Disabilities (SEEPH) takes place from Monday 15 November to Sunday 21 November at the initiative of the Association for the Social and Professional Integration of People with Disabilities (Ladapt), on the theme of young people with disabilities and employment.
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The numbers speak for themselves.
According to the Visuel-LSF network, which offers sign language training (LSF) throughout France, “of the 240 people with jobseeker status that we supported in 2020, 68% were reintegrated. socially after having obtained the CC LSF-L2 certification [a certificate of French sign language skills].
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A valued skill
Talking with the hands, competence is sought after, but it is not always enough to convince an employer.
Looking more closely at the figures of Visuel-LSF, 27% of the beneficiaries of the certification found a job directly related to sign language, 31% resumed their studies in continuity with their certification and 10% found work. quickly.
Just under a quarter of certified learners are still looking for a job, and 9% have put their project on hold.
Care and commerce, very demanding
A guarantee of inclusion, sign language is even more important in certain fields of activity, such as medico-social or educational.
"The learners come mainly from the health sector, personal service, commerce and the hotel and catering industry", specifies Charles-Alexandre Peretz, marketing director of the French School, who has been offering training in distance to sign language.
“Hundreds of thousands of people are born deaf and dumb every year.
Today, it is not that difficult to take a step towards them ”, loose the representative of the French School.
“Let everyone know how to say 'hello' and 'how are you?'
It's a minimum ”Charles-Alexandre Peretz, from the French School
For the Visuel-LSF network, there are many advantages of training.
The addition of skills "facilitates professional integration and retraining", but learning is just as enriching on a personal level since it is synonymous with "recognition and integration".
“By promoting the inclusion of certain people, we also enhance ourselves.
We are proud of our skills and happy to pass them on, ”comments Charles-Alexandre Peretz.
“We don't pretend to make people bilingual, but we would like to bring about the same movement as for English: that everyone knows how to say 'hello' and 'how are you?'
It is a minimum.
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11% of the French population is affected by a hearing loss.
To exchange with these people, there are a large number of professional training courses spread throughout France.
With the personal training account (CPF), you can choose your learning device, without going through your employer.
And if you want to go further, why not become a sign language interpreter or teacher?
You can opt for professional licenses or specialized masters.
According to Anne-Marie Sinet, disability advisor at the Youth Information and Documentation Center (CIDJ), “learning sign language allows you to acquire additional skills.
Even if we do not necessarily use it, it shows the acceptance of the other.
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