Medialys, France

Medialys

MEDIALYS is a non-profit organization created in May 2006 in Lyon, France. It is the result of a partnership between local transport authorities, health and social care government bodies and the private sector.

Medialys has a two-fold purpose:

Around 200 members of staff are working on the public transportation in Lyon urban district. They are involved in the assistance and the orientation of passengers as well as being in charge of giving them accurate information. They also help regulating passenger flow in the metro and do mediation or promote a good behaviour within the public space. They participate to assist preventing bad behaviours and to fight against fraud. The aim is to provide a quality service and to promote the use of the public transport service.

The employees recruited are always state benefit recipients. They can be young people without experience and qualification, long-term job-seekers, disable persons, people with social difficulties. This public has little or no work experience thus almost no knowledge of the world of work. 40 % of the recruited public arises from the outskirts. All are in situation of social exclusion because of their inexperience, their lack of training and mobility. The aim of Médialys is to promote social inclusion and access to the labour market of his employees. At the end of their employment contract, the goal is that a majority of employees find a steady job.

To that purpose, we offer to all employees a global support: help with the writing of CVs, job search workshops, simulated job interviews, on-the-job training. We also deal with some social difficulties like housing, care and mobility. Medialys focuses on the professionalization by providing training courses. Every year, about 50 persons attend private security training and business and hospitality courses training. Medialys also offers 24 persons a year to attend refresher courses.

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