Build a working routine
Attend consistently, manage time, prepare for tasks and develop habits that resemble a real working week.
Education programme
Work Readiness Through Football
An intensive municipal programme for adults who need structure, confidence, practical responsibility and a clearer route towards work. Football provides the repeated practice environment; employability is the destination.
8 weeksprogramme length
40h/weekfull framework
≈20h/weekFootball Abroad core
Multi-partnerdelivery model
Who it is for
Adults who benefit from a more practical complement to traditional employment support.
This programme is designed for adults who are unemployed or distant from the labour market and who benefit from an active, social and practical learning environment. The full 40-hour week can combine Football Abroad’s core curriculum with language learning, employment support, municipal services, individual work and work-placement elements.
The 40-hour structure is a commissioning framework, not a requirement that Football Abroad delivers every hour. Football Abroad can deliver approximately 20 hours per week and integrate that core with the municipality’s existing language, employment and social-support resources.
Learning outcomes
What participants should be able to do differently.
Make decisions with intention
Gather information, prioritise, act and review — on the pitch and in practical work situations.
Communicate professionally
Practise listening, concise instructions, feedback, collaboration, conflict handling and adapting to different people.
Leave with a route forward
Complete practical job-search work and finish with an individual plan towards employment, study, work placement, volunteering or coaching.
Curriculum
The programme skeleton.
The sequence below defines the core learning journey. Session examples, exercises and language are adapted to the cohort after commissioning.
Week 1
Routine, trust & starting point
Establish attendance, group standards, personal goals and an individual baseline. Introduce football as a learning environment rather than a performance test.
Week 2
Information & decision-making
Practise seeing the situation before acting. Transfer the same process to work tasks, priorities and everyday choices.
Week 3
Communication & feedback
Use team tasks to practise listening, explaining, asking questions, receiving feedback and handling disagreement.
Week 4
Planning & execution
Move from idea to plan: divide tasks, estimate time, assign roles, execute and review what actually happened.
Week 5
Leadership & responsibility
Lead parts of a football session or group task. Work with initiative, accountability and supporting other people.
Week 6
Workplace behaviour & employability
Connect reliability, communication and responsibility to workplace expectations. Build or improve CV, applications and job-search routines.
Week 7
Interviews, networking & practical challenge
Practise interview situations, explaining strengths, asking for opportunities and completing a practical group assignment under real constraints.
Week 8
Demonstrate, reflect & transition
Participants demonstrate learned behaviours in a practical setting, receive structured feedback and finish with an individual next-step plan.
Delivery model
Football Abroad delivers the core. The model is designed to integrate with existing municipal support.
Approx. 20h/week · Football Abroad core
- Football-based practical learning
- Decision-making, communication and teamwork
- Leadership and coaching tasks
- Employability, CV, applications and interviews
- Reflection, feedback and progression
Approx. 20h/week · Integrated support
- Swedish or other language support
- Municipal employment coaching
- Work placement or community practice
- Individual assignments and job search
- Other services relevant to the target group
CV & interview modules with recruitment expertise
CV, applications, interviews and employer-perspective modules can be delivered with experienced HR and recruitment specialists from Football Abroad's network, including professionals with several years of talent-acquisition experience.
For the commissioner
The programme should be easy to follow up.
The municipality is not only buying teaching hours. Delivery can include structures that make participation and progression visible.
AttendanceStructured attendance tracking throughout the programme.
Individual goalsStarting point and goals connected to each participant's next step.
ProgressionFeedback on responsibility, cooperation, communication and work readiness.
CompletionIndividual next-step plan and commissioner summary according to the agreed model.
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