MOBEC

MOBEC is the acronym of Mobility in Elderly Care, and it is the result of 2 applications submitted in 2015 under the Erasmus+ programme in Italy and Sweden. The project started off from an analysis of problems and needs in the elderly care sector. In particular, the partner organizations have acknowledged that the staff responsible for training other staff need to acquire specific competences given the social and cultural changes that are taking place within the social services. On the basis of the training needs, the consortium has identified three areas for improvement :

1. Improve the intercultural competence of the staff participating in the mobility
2. Develop training skills in the assessment and development of staff working within care services for the elderly
3. Develop or enhance the European dimension of education in the participating organizations

On the basis of training needs and areas for improvement identified by the European development plan activities are planned for jobshadowing in the social services of the municipalities.
The job shadowing will see the participation of 68 professionals in the field of elderly care, 32 from Italy and 36 from Sweden. The participants will have the opportunity to spend a week abroad in a corresponding facility as to where they normally work. While there, they will follow and observe the work of their colleagues abroad in order to learn about different approaches. The project will also include a course on case management held at the University of Pori in Finland, which will be participate by 18 professionals from Sweden and 13 from Italy.