An anonymously registered Siret number. Last year, the Est Accompaniment association, known in particular in the Thionville area for its integration projects, discreetly put a foothold in entrepreneurship. Feet in the plasterwork, very precisely, “a promising field and which complements our projects focused on painting, cleaning, or even moving”, observes Michel Gocel. The managing director knows it: he took a risk, calculated, but a risk nonetheless, by freeing himself from his cozy nest: “An integration company faces the same taxes as a traditional company. It benefits from less state aid than an integration project. In short, the financial constraints are more important. “
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“Very often, you have to review everything”
By chance, the prologue to this adventure pursued a laudable goal: “To capture an audience on the side of the road. People who have real know-how, experience in plastering, but who find it difficult to get back into the circuit. Addictions, painful family context, illnesses: this is what encompasses the expression “accidents of life” used in the social environment. These “accident victims” are offered a four-month fixed-term contract (renewable) within the structure, managed locally by Michel Roth. Responsibility to the head of department to give a framework to an audience lacking benchmarks.
“The know-how, the know-how, the respect of the rules within the company… Very often, it is necessary to review everything in their behavior”, recognizes Michel Roth. Saïd Semrouni, an executive with a respected voice within Est Accompaniment, evokes the final objective of this professional renewal: “To obtain positive exits. Another expression in vogue in the world of social workers and which means obtaining a CDI, a qualifying training, or more simply a recovery in hand.
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Objective: ten employees
At the time of this first progress report, the accounts of the young company take on a glowing note. In question, an evil of time: the health crisis which paralyzed its takeoff. “But we have a strong enough back to plan for the coming year,” reassures Michel Gocel.
Five employees are currently working in the structure. In a few months, the workforce should reach ten employees: “We have projects for several months,” says Saïd Semrouni. For the moment, the majority of the clientele consists of communities. But a few private individuals, such as the owner of a building in downtown Thionville, rue de Paris, are starting to call on the services of the young integration society: “Proof of the seriousness of our work. Our rates are rather attractive and we are less time consuming than a traditional company. “
The reason: in the social, the human balance sheet counts at least as much, if not more, than the accounting balance sheet. Company or not …
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