KICK-OFF MEETINGANCONA 15/11/2012

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AGES 2.0ACTIVATING AND GUIDING THE ENGAGEMENT OF SENIORS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA(VS/2012/0346)

PHASE 1. PROJECT START & SET UP

PHASE 1START 1/10/2012 – END 31/01/2013

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WORKPLANPHASE 1 – PROJECT START & SETUPDuration

October 2012 – January 2013

Aim

to put in place the organizational and procedural framework in order to guarantee smooth implementation of the research

Activities• Development of a training package• Draft of research procedures and manual for project delivery• Training to carers• Recruitment of project staff

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RECRUITMENT OF PROJECT STAFF•Within December 2012

•Involves:

FGB: Communication Expert; Research Assistant

LABIRINTO: IT Expert; Carers

UNEXE: Research Assistants

SOMERSET: Carers; Project Officer

•Job profiles: tasks; salary; previous experience

•Focus on carers, whose position is designed to enhance the resident’s quality of life through the engagement with Easy PC System.

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RECRUITMENT OF PROJECT STAFFCARE TECHNOLOGIST

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Criteria Essential Desirable

Experience

Good interpersonal skills Good IT skills Driving licence/appropriate insurance Access to a vehicle Access to IT at home

Experience using Skype, social networking and other IT products

Training

Be flexible in order to attend training courses Good literacy skills

Other related qualifications and training

Flexibility

Be flexible in location and type of work (residential/community setting)

Attend staff meetings

Personal Characteristics

Ability to communicate clearly (to understand Service Users and make yourself clearly understood)

Listening skills Approachable Honesty and respect for confidentiality Enthusiastic and proactive Ability to remain calm under pressure Caring approach Reliability Ability to manage your own time, work

independently and part of a team Clean and tidy appearance Sense of humour

Dynamic

Awareness of different methods of communicating i.e. signing, story boards, body language

DISSEMINATION

•Project Brochure, includes:

Objectives, Focus on Easy PC model, Activities,, Presentation of partners

•Online Social Package:

Website – will host project deliverables and outputs; information on events; links to relevant documents

Facebook Page – share experiences!

Forget Me Not Book?

Twitter Account?

LinkedIn Group?

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RESEARCH PROCEDURES & MANUAL FOR PROJECT DELIVERY

•How will the research will be undertaken?

•How will the participants be selected?

•Measurements?

•Which are the different steps of EASY PC delivery?

•What are the participants expected to produce?

•How will the follow-up assessment be carried out?

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TRAINING

• January 2013

•One week training of Italian care staff to support participants receiving Easy PC.

•Translation into Italian of training materials

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