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Hostess at Huis voor de Wijk assistant at Stichting t Broek Boven employees of vintage furniture at Sixty Fruits 4 residents of Arnhem who have difficulty finding paid work but who were active as volunteers or via Activating Work are now at work in a basic job.These jobs are intended for people who would like to work but who do not yet have a chance on the regular labor market. Arnhem wants to realize a total of 25 basic jobs and has reserved a budget of approximately 500000 for this until the end of 2023.Martien Louwers alderman for work and income The fact that these residents now have a paid job instead of receiving benefits makes a huge difference. Not only financially but also more than that. They feel more valued and gain more confidence. Realize dreamOne of the Arnhemmers with a basic job is Negash Said Abdelgader. He has been working as a Welfare assistant at Stichting t Broek Omhoog since 1 January 2022. Negash has come a long way literally and figuratively. He has worked hard to realize his freedom and independence. Partly because of this basic job he can take new steps in his development without being dependent on benefits. It gives him and his employer time to realize his dream counselor Welfare at t Broek Omhoog.Another example is Menekse Bal. She works as a hostess in the Huis voor de Wijk in Immerloo. Here Menekse can work on her skills as a hostess and her personal skills. She is intensively supervised so that we can make her a very good hostess who is ready for the big work elsewhere says Lars Nieuwenhoff director at Huis voor de Wijk. Bob Houter of Sixty Fruits - a company that refurbishes vintage furniture - is enthusiastic about the basic job. It fits seamlessly with activating work and is really a bridge to normal paid work. A big advantage is that from benefit to wage is very precise. is supervised and it gives the employee little risk and therefore also little stress. The employee experiences this whole process as a very concrete step forward. That gives a lot of hope and expectation.Meaningful work in your own neighborhoodPeople with a basic job do meaningful work for example hosthostess in a community center handyman at a school help in the kitchen or support worker in a nursing home. Sometimes these activities are now completed through voluntary work. Arnhem is emphatically looking at the opportunities to help residents who have been on social assistance for a long time to find work in their own living environment. This can involve all kinds of different activities that improve the quality of life in the neighbourhood. The municipality approaches community centres welfare institutions and district managers with the question of what tasks are involved. The condition is that the basic jobs do not cause displacement on the labor market. intermediate stepThe basic job is also an option for residents who are currently working through activating work but who are just unable to make the step to a paid job. For them the basic job is an intermediate step. This gives them extra experience and gives them more confidence in their own abilities. The basic job is then the stepping stone to a place elsewhere in the labor market. The Scientific Council for Government Policy WRR already advocated basic jobs in their report The better work dating from January 2020 to ensure that precisely this target group that has few opportunities on the labor market does get those opportunities. Arnhem has embraced the basic job and is the first municipality in Gelderland where basic jobs have now been created.
