Social Partnership as a Tool to Improve the Competitiveness of High School Graduates with Disabilities in the Labor Market

Abstract

Purpose. This article is devoted to the issues of ensuring the competitiveness of persons with disabilities in the modern labor market. The aim is to develop an effective mechanism to promote employment of persons with disabilities on the basis of social partnership. In the course of the research, the authors analyzed the main problems arising in the process of employment of graduates with limited opportunities for health, identified the advantages of an inclusive educational model that allows, unlike the traditional approach, not only to provide comprehensive quality training in various professional fields, but also the accelerated integration of persons with disabilities into the labor sphere and public life, which is one of the most important criteria for the effectiveness of the educational process. Materials and methods. During the preparation of this article, the authors used scientific works that reveal the issues of employment of persons with disabilities, research experts in the field of inclusive education and improve the competitiveness of graduates with disabilities. The authors used the methods of scientific cognition, comparison, analysis, and system approach as the main research methods. Results. As the main results of the study, a structural and logical scheme of the Unified Federal Center for the promotion of employment of persons with disabilities in the territory of the Russian Federation was formed, using the advantages of social partnership. The scheme developed by the authors is a universal mechanism that promotes the activation of the process of socialization of this group of citizens and the intensification of the involvement of the human capital of persons with disabilities in the socio-economic processes of our country. Conclusion. The article outlines the possible ways to improve the effectiveness of social partnership as a system of institutions and mechanisms aimed at harmonizing the interests of the three main parties – the State, the employer and the employee interested in finding effective ways to attract persons with disabilities to the economy.