Training adults with mental or cognitive disabilities in catering professions

Dear difteurs,

Marianne, apprentice team member at Café Joyeux Westfield Parly 2, told us:

Like Marianne, there are currently 66 team members taking the training delivered by the Centre de Formation des Apprentis Joyeux (CFAJ).

All hired on permanent contracts at a Café Joyeux in Paris, Tours, Marseille, Nantes, Bordeaux or Angers, they have chosen to follow the apprenticeship training offered by the CFAJ, which gives them the opportunity to become true catering professionals and prepare for the state diploma of Multi-skilled Catering Employee.

Integrally adapted to people with mental and cognitive disabilities, this on-the-job training focuses on enhancing their experience in the workplace.

To date, 40 other apprentices have completed the training and graduated with flying colors. What pride for them!

They've done it: they've graduated!  

On January 8, the 10 cheerful teammates Sacha, Anne-France, Charles, Thomas, Jacques, Mathilde, Cécilia, Paloma, Pierrick and Noé had the joy of receiving their diploma, from the hands of their class godmother!

After two years of apprenticeship training at Café Joyeux cafés-restaurants, intense revision this summer and an exam at the beginning of October, the 10 team members passed with flying colors the State Diploma in Catering Agent (Level 3), awarded by the Ministry of Labor.

The training is provided by the Centre de Formation des Apprentis Joyeux. It is centered on enhancing the value of on-the-job experience, and aims to enable team members to gain self-confidence, contribute to their professional fulfillment by broadening their field of skills, and eventually enable them to join any type of hotel-restaurant establishment. 

 

A huge BRAVO to all the graduates!