Asiakasnäkymä
Finnish-language integration training in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area
Service implementation:
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Charges:
Integration training organised as labour market training is free of charge.
Who is the service for?
- Immigrant clients in the integration phase.
- Primarily intended for persons living in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area (Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen, Vantaa).
- Primarily intended for unemployed jobseekers during their integration period.
- Also intended for those working part-time who are able to participate in full-time studies while working and who have an actual need specifically for integration training (when independent Finnish-language training is insufficient).
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How can I participate in the service?
Your assigned specialist will direct you to this training.
The Employment Services for Espoo-Kauniainen, Helsinki, and Vantaa will cooperate in the organisation of integration services. If you receive an invitation to training, the invitation is not necessarily sent by the employment services of your own municipality.
Your assigned specialist will assess your service needs and, in many cases, first direct you to Testipiste for an assessment of your initial level of Finnish proficiency. The service will determine your level of Finnish proficiency, reading and writing skills, and learning skills. The service will provide you with a recommendation on suitable integration training or other services. The test will take around four hours.
During integration training, students can complete certificates required in working life (such as the hygiene passport or occupational safety card) or a national certificate of language proficiency (YKI certificate) if necessary. The process to seek recognition of a foreign degree may also be initiated during integration training.
How is the service organised?
Organised in Espoo, Helsinki, and Vantaa.
The integration training comprises the following parts:
- language proficiency and communication skills
- social and working life skills
- guidance and support for studies and learning.
During the training, a personal study plan will be prepared for you, taking into account your previous work experience and education, for instance.
The integration training includes on-the-job learning implemented at workplaces, which allows you to experience working life in Finland and practise using Finnish in practical situations.
The integration training may comprise more than one training programme or service. Your study path will be built during the studies.
Slow study path
- This training is intended for persons who have been encouraged to participate in studies progressing at a slow pace. The training includes a language training period lasting 2–3 weeks and an on-the-job learning period lasting 6 weeks.
- The goal is to reach the B1.1 proficiency level in Finnish.
- The training lasts for 300 days if the initial proficiency level is 0. If the studies start at the proficiency level A1.3, the training lasts for 210 days. If the studies start at the proficiency level A2.1, the training lasts for 130 days.
- If necessary, the training includes a 10-day follow-up period that takes place later on.
Basic study path and fast study path in the initial phase
- This training is intended for persons who have been encouraged to participate in studies progressing at a normal or fast pace. The training includes a language training period lasting 2–3 weeks.
- The goal is to reach the A2.1 proficiency level in Finnish.
- The training lasts for 120 days. If the studies start at the proficiency level A1.3, the training lasts for 70 days.
Study path aimed at studies and working life (final phase)
- Groups in the final phase of integration may be groups aimed at studies or working life or ‘mixed groups’ in which the teaching is differentiated according to the clients’ needs.
- Training aimed at studies is intended for persons who need to complete a vocational qualification, units of a vocational qualification, or a university or university of applied sciences degree in order to find a job in Finland. The students may not necessarily yet know which sector they would like to work in.
- Training aimed at working life is intended for persons who are able to immediately find a job on the labour market.
- The initial proficiency level for this training is A2.1. The training includes an on-the-job learning period lasting 6 weeks.
- The goal is to reach the B1.1 proficiency level in Finnish.
- The training lasts for 120 days.
Fast study path for persons with a higher education (initial phase)
- This training is intended for persons who have been encouraged to participate in studies progressing at a fast pace.
- For persons who have been encouraged to participate in studies progressing at a fast pace and who have a university or university of applied sciences degree or who aim to study at a higher education institution.
- The training includes a language training period lasting 2–3 weeks.
- The goal is to reach the A2.2 proficiency level in Finnish.
- The training lasts for 120 days. If the studies start at the proficiency level A2.1, the training lasts for 70 days.
Career guidance path for persons with a higher education
- This training is intended for persons who have been encouraged to participate in studies progressing at a fast pace.
- For persons who have been encouraged to participate in studies progressing at a fast pace and who have a university or university of applied sciences degree or who aim to study at a higher education institution.
- The initial proficiency level for this training is A2.2. The training includes an on-the-job learning period lasting 6 weeks.
- The goal is to reach the B1.2 proficiency level in Finnish.
- The training lasts for 100 days in total.
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Where and when?
Teaching is provided on weekdays (Monday–Friday) between 8.00 and 16.00.
The exact timetable will be provided in the invitation letter or at the start of the training at the latest.
The invitation letter for integration training will be sent roughly a month before the training starts.