LevelUP

LevelUP supports young people in shaping their professional future step by step. Through individual mentoring, practical projects, and work placements, we strengthen motivation, skills, and perspectives – with the goal of sustainable integration into apprenticeships or employment. In diverse projects covering digitalization, artificial intelligence, social media, robotics, as well as woodworking, metalworking, painting, and domestic science, participants discover their strengths and test their professional abilities. Supplemented by job camp phases at companies, application training, language support, basic instruction, and a daily healthy meal, we provide targeted preparation for apprenticeships and employment.

Target audience

The target group includes, in particular, young people under 25 years of age who

• young people lacking the necessary qualifications for vocational training
• Participants with interrupted educational biographies
• People with multiple problems (motivation, social stability, daily routine, etc.)
• Young people with low levels of education or no qualifications
• young people with linguistic, health-related or social barriers to employment
• Young people far removed from education and the job market
• Participants with little or no professional experience

Goals

• To sustainably integrate young people into education, work or training

• To specifically develop readiness for vocational training and to reduce individual barriers to placement
• Noticeably strengthen motivation, self-confidence and personal responsibility
• develop a stable daily routine and reliable work habits
• Develop professional, social and digital skills in a practical way
• Securing realistic career prospects through on-the-job training
• Avoid dropouts and enable viable transitions into the education and employment system

Content & Services

• Introductory phase for getting to know each other and for individual assessment of your position

• Practical projects on digitalization, artificial intelligence, influencing & social media, as well as robotics and technology
• Craft-based project approaches in wood, metal, paint and household management for aptitude assessment and practical testing.
• JobCamp with company-based phases to get to know everyday work life and the realities of training
• Introduction to the education and employment system
• Teaching general basic skills (e.g., learning, structure, work habits)
• Creation of application documents and intensive application training
• Expansion of job-related language skills
• Promoting everyday skills with practical support
• Addiction and debt prevention
• Basics of a healthy lifestyle including a daily healthy meal
• Participant-related home visits and involvement of the social environment for stabilization

Duration & Course

The individual duration of participation is determined by the Kassel district job center. It is usually six months and can be extended to a maximum of twelve months.

Financial support

The funding is provided by the job center of the Kassel district.