Place
Mannerheimintie 109, 00280 Helsinki (Valo Works ja Live-Säätiö sr)
Asiakasnäkymä
Live-säätiö
Updated 21.07.2026
Messi individual and group coaching
Messi (an ESF+ project) is intended for adult immigrants who are unemployed jobseekers and whose integration period has passed. At Messi, you will receive individual and group coaching to support you on your path towards education or employment.
Service organiser
Live-säätiö
Language
Finnish
Easy Finnish
Charges
The service is free of charge
Implementation
Contact service
Hybrid service
Individual guidance
Group guidance
Remote or online service
This service is for you if:
- you are an adult immigrant
- you are an unemployed jobseeker
- your integration period has passed
- you have yet to find a job due to a reason such as poor Finnish proficiency or another challenge affecting your employability
- you live in Espoo, Kauniainen, Helsinki or Vantaa.
Messi will support you towards education or employment by providing group and individual guidance.
- You will receive work-oriented coaching in the Finnish language.
- You will receive help in identifying your skills and strengths and building your own study and career path.
- Additionally, you will receive peer support and mentoring together with others, as well as the opportunity to practise working at workplaces while receiving support (e.g. work try-out).
- If you wish, you can also receive digital job coaching. You will primarily work independently, but guidance is available if you need it.
Who is the service for?
Municipality of residence
Helsinki
Espoo
Kauniainen
Vantaa
Age
All people of working age
Situation
Challenges with work and functional capacity
Immigrant (integration period over)
Lacking upper secondary education
In need of additional training
Active jobseeker
Person with higher education
Lacking comprehensive education
Employer
To join Messi, you need to fill in the Webropol questionnaire form below. You can fill in the form yourself or together with your assigned employment specialist.
The responses to the questionnaire will only be visible to the coaches of the Messi project. The questionnaire is not compulsory, but it will allow you to start the coaching sooner and also serve as your registration with the Messi project. If you prefer not to answer all of the questions, but would like to join Messi coaching, please send us your contact information (name and phone number) by using the form.
https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/10996319B0EFC6D0external link, opens in a new tab
If you are unable to fill in the form, your assigned employment specialist can also contact a job coach of the project regarding coaching via secure email.
The coaching consists of low-threshold activities that support your employment. It is provided on up to three days a week, for a total of up to six hours a week. This also includes the opportunity to complete voluntary exercises independently. You can make use of the Finnish-language materials available on the project’s coaching platform (Howspace) at your own initiative and complete related exercises independently. These weekly exercises take approximately 15–30 minutes, and they do not include instructor-led online learning. However, your Finnish as a second language (S2) teacher can check the exercises and give you feedback about them.
The coaching does not constitute a training course, and you will not earn credits or competence points for participating in the coaching. Furthermore, the objective of the coaching is not to complete an initial vocational qualification or a part thereof or training that prepares students for working life and an independent life. The coaching also does not constitute preparatory education for an upper secondary qualification.
The coaching may include participation in various events, such as recruitment fairs or visits to workplaces. These do not include working, and they are taken into account in the weekly hours mentioned above.
If an opportunity opens for you to participate in a supported work try-out, you must notify your employment services specialist about it immediately, and a separate agreement on the work try-out will be drawn up with employment services.
If you have any questions, you can also contact us yourself:
Job Coach
Heikki Hackman
📞 +358 40 656 0150
✉️ heikki.hackman@inlive.fi
Benefits of participating in the service
Messi will support you towards employment by providing group and individual guidance.
At Messi, you will receive:
- individual and group coaching that will help you practise your working life skills and support your job search
- coaching in the Finnish language, focusing on situations needed in working life
- help in identifying your skills and strengths and drawing up a personal plan
- peer support and mentoring together with other participants
- the opportunity to work at workplaces while receiving support (work try-out)
- digital job coaching. You will primarily work independently, but guidance is available if you need it.
Conditions for participating in the service
The coaching is suitable for you if:
- your municipality of residence is Espoo, Kauniainen, Helsinki or Vantaa
- your language proficiency level is at least A.1
- you are an unemployed jobseeker and your integration period has passed.
Participating in the service requires the client to consent to the disclosure of their personal data. Your participation will be recorded in the ESF+ project’s Eura system. This requires strong identification.
How can I participate in the service?
In this project, you can receive individual and group coaching in person. You can also complete remote exercises that take your digital skills into account.
Individual coaching is also available via a remote connection.
How is the service organised?
Service accessibility
Does not require reading skills
Possibility of easy language service
Requires strong identification
No digital skills required
Where and when?
Accessibility
The space is physically accessible
,
The building has a lift
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Accessible by public transport
Sisäänkäynti: Valo Works, Nauvontie 10.
Toimipaikan lisätiedot
Individual guidance can also be provided partly in the client’s municipality of residence (agreed on separately) or via a remote connection. The street address is Mannerheimintie 109, and the nearest stops for tram line 10 and buses are located right next to VALO. You can find further information on public transport on the HSL Journey Planner website. Enter the following in the search field: VALO Hotel & Work. The stops are ‘Ruskeasuo’ from the direction of Helsinki city centre, ‘Hakamäenkuja’ from the direction of Espoo and ‘Ruskeasuon varikko’ from the direction of Vantaa.
Ajankohdan lisätiedot
A new group will start at the beginning of the month, with meetings taking place on Tuesdays. We will announce any changes. We provide Finnish as a second language (S2) coaching on Tuesdays and job coaching on Thursdays (both last for two hours). Other times will be agreed on separately.
Time
Tue at 09:00 - 11:00
Thu at 09:00 - 11:00
Contact information
Heikki Hackman
Job Coach for the Messi project
Links and attachments
Attachments
Service category
Job search skills
Career planning and choice of profession
Development of working life skills
Skills mapping
Development of vocational skills
Language training
Education advice and study skills
Support for return to work
Work and functional ability assessment
Life management and functional ability support