Inspiration
Remco Cornielje calls himself super passionate. And he is just like the employees of TopTaal a hard worker. What does Blik op Talent, the foundation that Remco founded, do and what are the experiences with TopTaal?
Stichting Blik op Talent was founded in 2010 by a group of idealistic integration and participation experts. Located in Amsterdam-West, the foundation focuses on developing and providing training for specific target groups. The diversely composed Blik op Talent team, in terms of education, specialism, language skills and cultural background, works from the principle that the best results are achieved with personal contact and an enthusiastic attitude.
Together we work on 'permanent participation' of students
The collaboration between Blik op Talent and TopTaal is intensive. "We encounter each other in various areas," says Remco.TopTaal provides, among other things, the taaloffer commissioned by the municipality Amsterdam. Within the same framework, we organize the offer to allow people to participate in society. Together we provide cross-professional competencies that positively steer career developments and give people a better chance of finding a job.
In addition, Remco comes TopTaalColleagues regularly meet at the neighborhood learning center, where people can participate in second-chance education to obtain a starting qualification. This starting qualification allows them to take their first steps toward the job market. TopTaal takes care of the taallessons for people with a taalbacklog. And Blik op Talent provides vocational training. In this way, we also work together to improve participation for participants.
Conversely, it can TopTaal Students turn to the foundation when they are looking for internships. Remco and his colleagues often act as intermediaries. These internships are crucial for putting what they've learned into practice as quickly as possible.
Remco: 'The cooperation between the two organizations is very open. 'We complement each other. We share information from the field with each other and, where necessary, discuss solutions and possibilities. That is exactly how a collaboration should be; together we ensure with the same vision that someone makes the best possible start in the Netherlands, whereby we work towards the same goal together, among other things, by being open and flexible. '
Remco is involved in projects in the field of social participation and labor participation from the Blik op Talent Foundation. 'As the founder of the foundation, I often experience intense things. Did you know that only in Amsterdam New West in the first quartertaal In 2018, one hundred and seventy girls were reported missing? It's sometimes incredibly difficult to get in touch with these girls. Afterward, you also try to work with them in a future-oriented way. We do a lot of positive things. For example, we teach them boxing to build their resilience.
Remco and his colleagues always look for opportunities. They involve the personal environment of a client and try to strengthen their social network. 'We first map in general what someone can do and what someone needs. That is different for everyone. We look very emphatically at the talents of people and with that we get to work.
As a foundation, we have grown from two colleagues to a team of twelve. So we are doing something right ', says Remco.
'We are very pleased with the collaboration with TopTaal. TopTaal truly delivers quality. They're hard workers, and so are we. The good thing is that they don't have a nine-to-five mentality. That doesn't work in this environment, where you really have to help vulnerable people navigate the system. We know you can rely on each other's professionalism, the colleagues at TopTaal and us. Even though we are compared to TopTaal a very small player in the social domain, we are both looking for sustainable improvement. And as far as I'm concerned, taal and participation go hand in hand.'