Our Programs and Projects

Connect Youth Program

How the connect youth program came about

The Institute’s has an educational partnership with the Jardim Colonial Parish Community Action group, through the Father Bello Adolescent Professional Training Center (CPA), for the development of educational methodology, training and the hiring of teachers on the Connect Youth Learning Program.

General Purpose

To promote the professional preparation of young graduates from courses / projects run by the Nextel Institute, by getting apprentices into jobs, based on the application of law no. 10097/2000, bringing about the application, integration and use of their skills for inclusion in productive processes and in a full social life.

Particular Purpose

  • To enable young people in training to integrate and use their skills to get included in the productive processes and in a full social life.
  • To increase the number of apprentice vacancies, so ensuring a balance between theoretical and practical training, balancing the requirements of the working world and the challenges to build a network of decent jobs for young people.
  • To allowing family members to understand that their children are in a process of great change, developing issues relevant to young people and the challenges of this age range, emphasizing the issue of work.
  • To disseminate Law no. 10.097/2000 – The Apprentice Law – to companies, social organizations, youths and their families as a form of employment and income generation.

Target Audience

Youths aged between 15 and 24.
Young graduates from initial professional qualification projects.
Attending public high school or already graduated.
Being in situations of personally or socially vulnerable situations.

Selection Process

  • Individual interviews
  • Group dynamics
  • Composition
  • Documents

Units

Nextel Institute, São Paulo / Nextel Institute, Rio de Janeiro (as of January 2012).

Period

Four days in the company.
One day a week (Wednesday, Thursday or Friday) at the Nextel Institute.

Program Structure

  Technical modules Description Hours
01 Introduction to administrative techniques Provides skills to support various administrative sectors in companies, handling and filling out documents and reports, spreadsheets, monitoring administrative processes, telephone services, using corporate email.
42 hrs
02 Introduction to commercial techniques Provides skills for face-to-face and telephone customer services, tele-services, verbal and written communication, developing empathy, initiative and flexibility.
21 hrs
03 Communication in the workplace

Oral and written communication, reading and reading comprehension, and digital inclusion.

Presents different commercial and official texts.
48 hrs
04 Labor rights, human resources and the labor market

Labor rights and social security, health and safety at work.

Human resource policies and corporate strategies.
24 hrs
05 Getting along, skills for the workplace

Organization, planning and control of work processes, communication and teamwork.
48 hrs
06 Basic English

English language skills necessary for survival in the current workplace, improvement of professional communication skills.
48 hrs
07 Computing and Information Technology Working with information technology and its applicability in daily work (operating system, Office suite and internet).
30 hrs
08 Lectures and training Through dialogue with the company, adapt corporate lectures and training sessions on practical and theoretical learning for administrative staff
15 hrs
Total hours: 276 hrs

  Basic modules Description Hours
01 Introduction to economics, financial education and conscientious consumption Mathematical and rational reasoning, interpretation and analysis of political, economic and statistical data. Conscientious consumption and consumer rights.
24 hrs
02 Inclusion, diversity and quota law. Brazilian cultural diversity related to employment.
15 hrs
03 Human rights and citizenship

Human rights focused on non- discrimination for sexuality, race, ethnicity, age, religious belief or political opinion.
15 hrs
04 Citizenship, rights and duties, taxes and the use of public resources.

Fiscal education for the exercise of citizenship.
12 hrs
05 Youth Entrepreneurship

Alternative forms of employment and income generation with a focus on youth.
12 hrs
06 Youth Employability

Information on the market and employment.
24 hrs
07 Health and prevention

Prevention of the abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.

Sexuality and sexually transmitted diseases.
12 hrs
08 Youth health and safety Public security policies for adolescents and youths.
12 hrs
09 Social and Environmental Responsibility (Sustainability, the environment and the green economy)

Encouraging individual and collective, permanent and responsible participation in conserving the environment, understanding the defense of environmental quality as a value that is inseparable from citizenship.

Consumption, sustainability and the environment.

12 hrs
10 Cultural Activities - "Learning by visits" Guided visits and leisure activities to expand the cultural universe of each learner. Bi-monthly activities.
42 hrs
11 Communication and Corporal Expression Contributing to educational development, emotional stability, cognitive development and quality of life for students.
30 hrs
12 Life and Career Guidance Contributing to learner’s identifying their profiles, organizing their personal and professional goals, recognizing their skills and qualities.
30 hrs
13 Citizenship Providing youths, through comprehensive training, with reflection on the human condition and citizens, making their action have a positive influence on family, school and community relationships.
36 hrs
Total hours: 276 hrs

Assessment and Monitoring

Specific Objectives Results Qualitative indicators Quantitative indicators Means of verification

Providing young people with training, integration and skills to get them included in the productive process and social life in its fullness.

Youths trained and employed.

Young people using their skills in production processes and having a full social life

Changing attitude of young people with life projects.

Young people seeking opportunities in technical courses and higher education.

100% of youths with certificates.

70% of youths remain on the formal labor market.

Certificates.

Attendance list.

Formal school report.

Assessments across the organization and the company.

Telephone contact after training.

Increase the number of places for learning, ensuring a balance between theoretical and practical training, in line with the requirements of the world of employment and the challenge to find decent jobs for young people

Professional apprenticeship under Law no. 10,097 and /or decent jobs for young people.

Participation on Forums and Working Groups advocating professional training as public policy to get young people in jobs and to generate income.

HR departments at the companies most open to training with the ability to increase vacancies.

Bimonthly meetings with companies involved.

Meetings with interested companies.

Companies running selection processes with young people from the project.

Reports.

Attendance and participation in forums and working groups on youth employment.

Disseminating Law no. 10.097/2000 – Apprentice Law - for companies, social organizations, youths and their families as an alternative to formal employment and income generation.

Law no. 10,097 disseminated among the various social agents.

Active participation in forums, seminars, working groups, networks involving all sectors and agents.

Thematic workshops for 100% of young people from the Nextel Institute.

Attendance list.

Recommendation of these youths for selection processes at companies.