NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Representative of
EASPD for Bulgaria
QUESTIONNAIRE
For Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities
Focus Group
Draft
INTRODUCTION
The following questions form part of the international project LLP-2012-LEO-MP-14 An
examination of barriers which inhibit the transition from school to employment for persons with
disabilities funded by Leonardo da Vinci Programme, the European Commission's Lifelong
Learning Programme.
The questions are intended to help us find out about barriers which restrict or inhibit the
engagement process from education to employment identified by you as service providers.
The results of the questionnaire will be analyzed and will form part of the overall BITSE project
results and outcomes.
The answers given will be dealt with anonymously. The information needed is only about the type
of organization you represent.
The “key words” to be understood in this context are as follows:
Barriers: Any obstacle/ obstruction which restricts/ prohibits the transition to employment process
(relevant too project theme/ topic and experienced in all partner countries)
School: Vocational Education & Training (including ‘drop-out’)
Employment: “Jobs in the open labour market”, jobs that all people can access, regular work (not
sheltered workshops etc.)
Disability: “Any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity
in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being.” (World Health
Organization definition)
Perception: A settled way of thinking or feeling about something
Awareness: Knowledge or perception of a situation or fact
Accessibility: (To a place, programme, opportunity) able to be reached, entered, availed of!
Thank you for helping us with these questions.
Your participation is highly appreciated!
Background Information:
What type of service provider are you? - Public/ private.
What is your source of funding? - State/ local/ private funding.
What type of service do you provide?
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Representative of
EASPD for Bulgaria
Attitude/ perception/ awareness
What people think/ know; how they are informed about disability
1. What in your opinion are the existing barriers related to public attitudes that PwD experience
in their transition from education/ school to employment?
2. What kind of barriers related to the use of providers’ services do PwD encounter in their
transition from education/ school to employment and what are the attitudes of their families,
society, potential employers to this?
3. What is needed to achieve appropriate attitudes to providing employment as well as support
through service providers?
Structural/ administrative barriers
Including policy making, legislation, entitlements
1. What kind of disability barriers do the Bulgarian policies and practices create?
2. Are there adequate legal and administrative solutions to support disability employment?
3. What is the role of service providers in facilitating the transition process from education to
employment?
4. What is needed to ensure that service providers offer adequate services for supporting the
process of training and education of PwD?
Environmental/ physical barriers / accessibility
Access/ egress to school/ training/ employment/ transport
1. Which of the physical environmental barriers inhibit the successful transition of PwD?
2. Are there adequate services for adapting working environment according to the needs of
PwD?
3. What are the environmental barriers which the service providers encounter implementing the
activities in support of PwD?
4. What is the main thing that should be done to overcome the barriers?
Education/ training/ including informal learning
Regular vocational education & training, including informal learning:
advertisements/ media/ other
1. What are the main problems in the sector of education and training limiting the transition to
employment?
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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Representative of
EASPD for Bulgaria
2. What are the barriers to inclusion of PwD in the services for support of their training and
education?
3. Are there sufficient opportunities for inclusion of PwD in specialized/ vocational/ informal
training courses?
4. What is needed to achieve more active involvement of PwD in learning processes?
Resources/ opportunities
Access to funding/ work experience/ information
1. How do you evaluate the opportunities available to PwD of supporting their training and work
experience?
2. What resources and opportunities are needed to support the transition from education to
employment?
3. What barriers prevent the inclusion of PwD in internship programs?
4. What is needed to provide adequate financial support by the government and institutions for
PwD during the transition process from school/ training to employment?
Accessibility
In general/ equality
1. Do PwD have an opportunity to choose social services tailored to them?
2. What barriers do PwD face to use social services?
3. What services are needed to support PwD to ensure their equality?
State of economy
Austerity measures/ cutbacks in funding / services/
losing a job or lack of work
1. What solutions would provide affordable financing sources for service providers so that they
could offer appropriate social services supporting the transition process from school/ training
to employment?
2. What new barriers does the financial and economic crisis cause to the transition from school/
training to employment?
3. What incentives are needed for PwD, service providers and employers to ensure an effective
transition from education to employment?
4. Are working conditions, job positions and salaries adequate to PwD?
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Representative of
EASPD for Bulgaria