THRIVE produced one integrated multilingual resource package for youth workers, trainers, facilitators, and organisations supporting Roma and Roma-origin youth: the THRIVE Youth Worker Handbook and Employability Toolkit.
The complete publication combines research findings, employability guidance, digital-readiness support, soft-skills development, inclusive youth-work methods, workshop-planning resources, and practical tools. The full Handbook includes all nine annexes, while the individual annex downloads allow users to open, print, or share a specific template without searching through the complete publication.
Core Project Result
A multilingual practical resource supporting youth workers and organisations in helping Roma and Roma-origin youth strengthen employability, digital readiness, soft skills, confidence, resilience, and preparation for education, training, and the labour market.
The complete publication contains the full THRIVE guidance, research findings, practical methods, and all nine toolkit annexes in one document. Select a language to open the PDF.
Survey findings and practical conclusions from Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and Serbia help youth workers understand local employment, confidence, and digital-access needs.
Guidance and practical tools support CV preparation, professional communication, vacancy searching, job applications, interview readiness, and career planning.
The resource covers professional email use, online job platforms, file organisation, application workflows, online safety, and smartphone-accessible support.
Activities strengthen communication, teamwork, problem-solving, self-confidence, self-presentation, motivation, and the ability to handle rejection and setbacks.
The Handbook supports intercultural sensitivity, ethical facilitation, trust-building, mentoring, and learning environments adapted to Roma and Roma-origin youth.
Youth workers receive practical support for planning workshops, creating local action plans, assessing progress, collecting feedback, and organising follow-up.
Every practical annex is included in the complete Handbook. Individual versions are also provided for users who want to print, share, or use a specific tool without opening the full publication.
Annex A
A beginner-friendly one-page template for first-time job seekers or young people with limited formal work experience.
Annex B
A copy-ready structure for sending a clear and professional job-application email.
Annex C
A short adaptable template for vacancies that require a motivation letter in addition to a CV.
Annex D
A simple log for recording vacancies, deadlines, application progress, status, and follow-up notes.
Annex E
A planning tool for defining the local context, target group, objectives, sessions, materials, expected results, and follow-up.
Annex F
A practical session outline covering welcome, introduction, demonstration, guided work, reflection, evaluation, and next steps.
Annex G
Questions for measuring changes in participants’ confidence, digital readiness, job-search knowledge, and ability to apply for work.
Annex H
A checklist for recognising suspicious offers, protecting personal information, managing files safely, and applying for opportunities online with greater confidence.
Annex I
Participant exercises for communication, active listening, teamwork, problem-solving, confidence, SWOT reflection, resilience, handling rejection, and overcoming challenges.
Use the full Handbook to understand the THRIVE research, employability approach, digital-readiness guidance, soft-skills methods, inclusive youth-work principles, and local-delivery process.
Open or print individual annexes when preparing CV activities, job applications, workshops, assessments, action plans, mentoring sessions, or participant follow-up.
Youth workers and organisations can adapt the templates to participants’ age, confidence, language, digital access, learning needs, and local labour-market context.
The complete Handbook and all nine individual toolkit resources are available in English, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Serbian.
The materials are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). They may be used, shared, and adapted, provided appropriate credit is given.