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project info
Start date: 1 September 2020
End date: 31 August 2022
funding
Fund: European Social Fund (ESF)
Total budget: 598 401,00 €
EU contribution: 165 466,50 € (27,65%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2020
Managing authority: työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö, yritys- ja alueosaston rakennerahastot ja koheesiopolitiikka -ryhmä
European Commission Topic

Quality Destructive — Promoting knowledge and well-being at work for better results in care services

According to the latest labour sector barometer, nurses’ dissatisfaction with working conditions is growing. Activities supporting well-being at work are not sufficiently conceived, work guidance is not sufficiently available, decision-making is not transparent, problems are not adequately addressed, and work orientation is partly inadequate. In care companies, there may also be a conflict in terms of the number of staff and the occupational structure in relation to the demand for work. Working conditions are also weakened by the lack of skilled and appropriate staff. The quality of care suffers if staff work tired or sick. If more attention is not paid to the well-being of carers at work and to the working environment, then there will be insufficient skilled staff for the pool. In health care, greater emphasis should also be placed on management practices and employee engagement. A company and organisation that invests in pull factors attracts committed and skilled workers, whose contribution is reflected in better quality and performance of nursing. (Working conditions barometer for nurses 2018). The project is timely and important because it seeks to find solutions to the problems of coping with care work. The aim of the project is to support the working ability and resilience of workers in the social and health care sector, and thereby to develop the quality and effectiveness of work in nursing work for older people. The project will be implemented through work packages. The content of the work packages focuses on developing expertise, strengthening community and inclusiveness, promoting motivation and coping at work, and digital methods to promote well-being at work and the attractiveness of the sector. As a result of the project, the well-being at work, coping at work and commitment to work of social and health workers has improved. By means of co-creation methods, new types of solutions have been found to improve the quality of working life and the results of work for challenging situations.

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