Vocational training for adults with mental or cognitive disabilities

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Café Joyeux & Émeraude Solidaire
Île-de-France

The project

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Help the Joyeux Apprentice Training Center train 70 team members a year
20
Café Joyeux en France et à l’étranger
169
équipiers embauchés en CDI au sein d’un Café Joyeux
17
équipiers diplômés

Solution

Since 2017, Café Joyeux has been working to promote the professional inclusion of people with mental and cognitive disabilities through:
 
- the recruitment of these people (known as "équipiers joyeux") in an ordinary environment and on permanent contracts; 
 - their 2-year apprenticeship training, to obtain a state-recognized Catering Agent diploma; 
 - changing the way people look at disability.

The Emeraude Solidaire endowment fund is the sole shareholder of Café Joyeux and supports the Centre de Formation des Apprentis Joyeux (CFAJ).

News

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Congratulations to the first 10 team members to graduate!
They've done it: they've graduated!  

On January 8, the 10 cheerful teammates Sacha, Anne-France, Charles, Thomas, Jacques, Mathilde, Cécilia, Paloma, Pierrick and Noé had the joy of receiving their diploma, from the hands of their class godmother!

After two years of apprenticeship training at Café Joyeux cafés-restaurants, intense revision this summer and an exam at the beginning of October, the 10 team members passed with flying colors the State Diploma in Catering Agent (Level 3), awarded by the Ministry of Labor.

The training is provided by the Centre de Formation des Apprentis Joyeux. It is centered on enhancing the value of on-the-job experience, and aims to enable team members to gain self-confidence, contribute to their professional fulfillment by broadening their field of skills, and eventually enable them to join any type of hotel-restaurant establishment. 
 
A huge BRAVO to all the graduates!

Recent result

Since 2017, 16 Café Joyeux have opened their doors and hired 154 team members on permanent contracts, all of whom have mental or cognitive disabilities.
71 team members are undergoing training delivered by the Centre de Formation des Apprentis Joyeux, with a view to obtaining the state diploma of Catering Agent. 17 team members have already obtained a diploma.

Goal

The aim is to train 70 new crew members by the end of 2024.

The money will be used for

Donations raised will support the launch of a new class of crew members, in training via the Joyeux Apprentice Training Center.
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