Occupational introduction for people with visual impairment

What is occupational introduction for people with visual impairment?

The occupational introduction for people with visual impairment programme helps improve your opportunities to find work. The content of the programme makes it possible for you to

• get employment in your occupational and geographical search area
• start education or training, such as municipal adult education, training at a vocational college or one of Arbetsförmedlingen’s procured occupationally oriented training courses
• start a business as a self-employed person.

The programme consists of four parts. In the first part, you receive information about the programme content and how it can be tailored to suit your needs. The second part is optional and offers an orientation to Swedish working life and work culture for people born abroad. The third part is about finding a suitable professional focus. If you are assessed as able to study or work, you will move on to the fourth part, in which you obtain practical working life experience and we figure out what you need before finding a job or studying.

Who is eligible for the occupational introduction for people with visual impairment programme?

The occupational introduction for people with visual impairment programme is for you if you are or are at risk of becoming unemployed. You need to be registered as a jobseeker with us. You should also have a documented visual impairment that means you require adapted measures to be able to get a job.

How it works

• The Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen) assesses whether the occupational introduction for people with visual impairment programme is suitable for you.
• You can combine this programme with Swedish for Immigrants (SFI).
• Different suppliers in the country offer the programme and it is permanently available in Stockholm County, Västra Götaland County and Skåne County.
• A large part of the programme takes place at a workplace, but it is also possible to participate remotely.
• Up to 50 per cent of the time is independent work on tasks at home.
• You participate in the programme for up to 84 weeks.
  

Compensation and conditions

Participation in this programme means you are eligible to apply for compensation from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan). On the page When you participate in a programme, we explain how to apply for compensation and what applies when you are enrolled with the Public Employment Service and participating in one of our programmes.

When participating in a programme