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Titel der Veröffentlichung: Berufliche Bildungsperspektiven für Menschen mit gesundheitlichen Beeinträchtigungen zur Sicherung des Fachkräftebedarfs

Vocational training perspectives for people with health disabilities to secure the demand for skilled workers

A central social and educational policy goal is to increase the participation of people with health disabilities. On the one hand, this is based on the normative claim of an inclusive society (BMAS 2021). On the other hand, with around 5.9 million people of employable age, the target group represents a significant national potential for securing the demand for skilled labour (vgl. BMAS 2021, 12ff.). Despite numerous programs, however, their chances of participating in the labour market are below average (Bonin 2020).

Vocational training can take a key role in increasing the participation of the target group. At Workshop 20 of the Hochschultage Berufliche Bildung 2023, around 35 participants discussed the corresponding opportunities and challenges along four focus levels: Institutional and curricular structures, VET professionals, employers, the people affected.

The article reflects on central results of the event and provides an exemplary insight into the possibilities and conditions for vocational participation based on one empirical study. So perspectives on the (re)integration of long-term unemployed persons with health restrictions are presented in more detail based on results from a model project and discussed with a view to their possible implementation. In conclusion, an ambivalent picture emerges, which substantiates fundamental reform needs in the education policy sector, but also outlines possible limits to its ability to integrate.