TOIMI-työvalmennussäätiö sr.

What TOIMI-työvalmennussäätiö sr. does

TOIMI-työvalmennussäätiö sr. (DBA: Toimi-Säätiö) is a private non-profit foundation (sr. = säätiö) registered in Finland (Y-tunnus 2502175-6) and certified as a social enterprise (yhteiskunnallinen yritys). It delivers social and vocational rehabilitation, employment coaching, and work-based learning services to youth (16-28 years), long-term unemployed job seekers, persons with partial work capacity, immigrants, and disability services clients in the Ylä-Savo region of Northern Savonia. Core offerings include individual coaching, group coaching, work coaching, employment coaching, rehabilitative work activity, and social rehabilitation, delivered through eight specialized workshop environments (assembly, metalwork, woodwork, textiles, weaving, kitchen/cleaning, copy/mail services, and handicrafts including laser engraving and furniture manufacturing via the TOIMI-kalusteet line). The organization operates two physical sites — headquarters in Iisalmi (Lammenkaari 4) and a secondary unit in Kiuruvesi (Yrittäjäntie 8-10) — plus a café-shop Pirtti and a recycling/upcycling store that generate ancillary retail revenue.\n\nThe revenue model is diversified across four streams: (1) statutory social and rehabilitation services funded by municipalities, Kela, and the North Savo Welfare Area; (2) café and retail sales (lunch €7.50-11.00, handmade crafts, recycled furniture) under unit pricing; (3) subcontracting services for regional businesses (assembly, metalwork, woodworking, packaging, sewing); and (4) EU and government project funding (ESF+, ESR+, ELY Centres, LEADER) plus private foundation co-funding (Olvi-säätiö). The go-to-market is referral-driven, with public employment services (TE-palvelut), social services, Kela, and the welfare area as primary referral channels, complemented by strategic partnerships with municipalities (Iisalmi, Kiuruvesi, Pielavesi, Sonkajärvi, Vieremä) and educational institutions (YSAO, Sakky, Luovi). Marketing is limited to organic social media (Facebook, Instagram) and partner referrals — no direct advertising.\n\nGovernance is exercised through a Board of Directors (6+6 members, 2024-2026, chaired by Kauko Korolainen) and a Supervisory Council (11+11 members, 2024-2028) representing regional disability and support organizations. The CEO is Aki Heiskanen. As a foundation, TOIMI has no shareholders, no parent company, and no subsidiaries; assets are dedicated to its social mission. Operating status is active, with project commitments extending through August 2027 (NOVA-hanke). An explicit founding date is not disclosed in the available sources, and revenue is not publicly reported.

Name

TOIMI-työvalmennussäätiö sr.

Legal name

TOIMI-työvalmennussäätiö sr.

Website

https://toimisaatio.fi

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TOIMI-työvalmennussäätiö sr. is a Finnish non-profit foundation and social enterprise providing vocational rehabilitation, employment coaching, and work-based learning services to youth, long-term unemployed, immigrants, and persons with partial work capacity across two locations in Ylä-Savo, Northern Savonia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vocational Rehabilitation Services

NAICS

Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243), Employment Services (5613), Individual and Family Services (6241), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Job Readiness Support Services (BPAGAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services (EDAAAOAL), Integration & Inclusion Services (Housing, Education, Employment) (BPADAHAI), Disability Services & Assistive Solutions (Accessibility, Assistive Tech) (BPAGALAM)

Keywords

• Vocational rehabilitation services
• Social enterprise employment
• Work coaching services
• Supported employment programs
• Rehabilitative work activities

Headquarters

HQ city

Iisalmi

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Statutory Social and Rehabilitation Services: Core revenue from government-mandated social services including rehabilitative work activities, social rehabilitation, supported employment, and vocational rehabilitation funded by municipalities, Kela, and welfare areas. Services include individual coaching, group coaching, work coaching, and job coaching.
2. Café and Retail Operations: Café-shop Pirtti operates in Iisalmi providing lunch service (€9.50 home-cooked/€8.50 soup/€7.50 salad) and sells handmade crafts. Recycling shop sells renovated furniture and textiles. Revenue from direct consumer sales.
3. Subcontracting Services for Businesses: Provides subcontracting production services to regional businesses including assembly, metalwork, woodworking, packaging, sorting, counting, sewing, and other serial production tasks. Revenue from business customers for production services.
4. EU and Government Project Funding: Multiple funded projects including TÄSMÄT (EU ESF+), NOVA (EU ESR+), REITTI, TOIMEEN, UUkkari, and others. Project funding from EU Structural Funds, ELY Centre, TE Services, and private foundations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

TOIMI-työvalmennussäätiö sr. is a non-profit foundation that delivers social and vocational rehabilitation, work coaching, and employment support services through authentic workshop environments in Iisalmi and Kiuruvesi, Finland. Services target unemployed individuals, youth, immigrants, and persons with partial work capacity, and include subcontracting production, furniture manufacturing, café operations, and retail sales of crafts and recycled goods.

Product overview

TOIMI-työvalmennussäätiö sr. is a social rehabilitation and vocational training organization offering a portfolio of interconnected services centered on work coaching and employment support. The core offerings include individual coaching, group coaching, work coaching, and employment coaching, supplemented by various work and learning environments where participants gain practical skills. These work environments span textile production (including weaving, textile work, and gift item manufacturing), metal work, woodwork, assembly, kitchen and cleaning services, copy/printing services, and furniture manufacturing. The organization operates a café-shop (Pirtti) and upcycling workshop that serve both as training venues and retail outlets. Additional services include recruitment support for employers and subcontracting work for regional businesses. The organization targets youth, job seekers, immigrants, and people with partial work capacity through various funded projects and rehabilitation programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Työvalmennus (Work Coaching) Individualized work coaching that supports participants in learning various work tasks and acquiring necessary knowledge and skills for working life based on their personal needs and capabilities.
• Yksilövalmennus (Individual Coaching) Comprehensive personal guidance for participants, setting realistic goals tailored to their life situation, supporting functional capacity and daily management, and providing support in educational and career planning.
• Ryhmävalmennus (Group Coaching) Activity-based group coaching aimed at strengthening participants' cooperation skills, interaction skills, and helping each person identify their own resources.
• Työhönvalmennus (Employment Coaching) Coaching where the job coach searches for suitable jobs and work tasks from the open labor market with the participant and supports learning in tasks.
• Kuntouttava työtoiminta (Rehabilitative Work Activity) Rehabilitative work activity for long-term unemployed individuals aged 18-64, aiming to promote life management and work and functional capacity.
• Sosiaalinen kuntoutus (Social Rehabilitation) Social rehabilitation for individuals aged 18-64 who need support in managing daily life, strengthening functional capacity and providing content to days and opportunity for participation.
• MONI-nuorten työpaja (MONI Youth Workshop) Youth workshop for 16-28 year olds offering start coaching, individual coaching, group coaching, and work coaching to support finding education or work.
• Alihankintatyöt (Subcontracting Work) Subcontracting work for companies including wood, metal, assembly and sub-assembly work, packaging, bagging, sorting, counting, sewing, and various serial work tasks.
• Rekrytointipalvelu (Recruitment Service) Recruitment service for employers providing capable workforce and committed employees, with support for employee onboarding and adaptation.
• Kahvila-myymälä Pirtti (Pirtti Café-Shop) Café and handicraft shop selling products made by participants in various work environments, located at the Iisalmi unit, offering lunch service and handmade crafts.
• Kopio- ja lähettipalvelu (Copy and Mail Services) Copy services including printing of posters, advertisements, postcards, and documents in desired sizes; large format printing with photo papers, canvas, and synthetic paper options. Mail service transports mail between public administration offices.
• TOIMI-kalusteet (TOIMI Furniture) Furniture manufacturing focusing on kitchen cabinet assembly using Carlo Casagrande door collections, with model collection viewable at Kiuruvesi unit.
• Tuunaus-paja ja tekstiilikierrätys (Upcycling Workshop and Textile Recycling) Upcycling workshop where donated furniture are renovated and sold, textile sorting and recycling services, accepting household textiles for collection and processing.
• Laserkaiverrus (Laser Engraving) Laser engraving services on glass, wood, cardboard, and leather; custom signage production for mailboxes, doors, and memorial markers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Participants successfully transition to employment or education through supported pathways
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Iisalmen kaupunkicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal partner and co-funder of TÄSMÄT project (2024-2026) providing work ability assessments for long-term unemployed. Also partner in NOVA youth project. Iisalmen kaupunki acts as lead implementer for NOVA project with TOIMI-säätiö as consortium member.
• Kiuruveden kaupunki, Pielaveden kunta, Sonkajärven kunta, Vieremän kuntacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal co-funders of TÄSMÄT project providing work ability assessment services to residents across five municipalities in Ylä-Savo region (2024-2026).
• Ylä-Savon koulutuskuntayhtymä (YSAO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational consortium partner in NOVA project targeting at-risk youth. Also partner in UUkkari project supporting vocational education students at risk of dropping out. Provides work placement opportunities and collaborative training.
• TE-palvelut (Employment Services)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational employment service provider referring clients for vocational rehabilitation and work coaching. Funder of TOIMEEN project (2021-2023) supporting unemployed job seekers. Key channel for client referrals and work trial arrangements.
• Pohjois-Savon hyvinvointialue (North Savo Welfare Area)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional welfare authority providing disability services and social rehabilitation services. Funder of Kaveri-Kaara project for youth well-being. Coordinates social services referrals for supported employment and work activities.
• Kela (Social Insurance Institution of Finland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational provider of vocational rehabilitation services for persons with partial work capacity. TOIMI-säätiö provides work trials and job coaching as part of Kela's vocational rehabilitation programs (2017-2020 contract).
• Ylä-Savon JätehuoltominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional waste management company collaborating in LammenKIERTO textile recycling project to develop circular economy solutions for household textile waste collection and processing.
• ERASMUS+ KA202 Consortium (Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational consortium for EntR-21 project (2020-2023) developing entrepreneurship and 21st century skills training. TOIMI-säätiö as co-implementer alongside IRIS (Poland), Bloom Foundation (Netherlands), LUNG (Slovenia), and Lahti Folk High School (Finland).

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Kuntoutussäätiö: Finnish rehabilitation foundation providing vocational rehabilitation, work trials, and employment coaching funded by Kela. Directly comparable service offerings and funding model (Kela vocational rehabilitation contracts), operating at national scale.
• Live-säätiö: Finnish foundation providing supported employment, work coaching, and social rehabilitation for people with partial work capacity and disabilities. Directly comparable service portfolio, target population, and workshop-based methodology to TOIMI, operating across multiple Finnish regions.
• SASKY koulutuskuntayhtymä (Sakky): Regional Finnish vocational education consortium referenced as a TOIMI partner; provides work-based learning placements and at-risk youth support that directly overlap with TOIMI's MONI-nuorten työpaja and UUkkari service lines.
• Ylä-Savon koulutuskuntayhtymä (YSAO): Regional vocational education provider partnering with TOIMI on the NOVA youth project and providing work-placement opportunities. Comparable in its focus on Northern Savonia and youth employability, though operating in formal education rather than rehabilitation.

Emerging players

• Diakonissalaitos (Helsinki Deaconess Institute): Broader parent organization encompassing multiple social enterprises; its Nuoriso-, koulutus- ja työllisyyspalvelut division competes for the same EU and municipal contracts TOIMI relies on, especially in youth and immigrant integration services.
• Työpaja-yhdistys: Finnish national association of youth workshops (työpajat); TOIMI's MONI-nuorten työpaja operates within this framework. Comparable in offering work-based coaching to NEET youth, with peer workshops spread across Finland in similar regional configurations.

Regional players

• Pohjois-Savon hyvinvointialue (North Savo Welfare Area): Regional wellbeing services county that is both a major funder and a potential in-house provider of social rehabilitation and disability services for TOIMI. Represents the institutional counterpart TOIMI operates within and is partially exposed to as a procurement counterparty.

Others

• Kehittämisyhdistys Ylä-Savon Veturi ry: Local development association in Ylä-Savo providing EU LEADER funding, including to TOIMI for the LammenKIERTO project. Comparable as a regional development actor, though focused on funding distribution rather than direct service delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Helsingin Diakonissalaitos: Large Finnish social enterprise providing vocational rehabilitation, supported employment, and social rehabilitation services nationally. Directly comparable mission and service menu to TOIMI, but operates at national scale with significantly larger resources and broader geographic reach.
• Vates-säätiö: Finnish umbrella foundation coordinating disability employment and vocational rehabilitation providers nationally. TOIMI is a member organization; Vates functions as both an industry association and a service developer, making it a direct peer in the supported-employment ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TOIMIsaatio
• Instagraminstagram.com/toimisaatio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/toimi-ty%C3%B6valmennuss%C3%A4%C3%A4ti%C3%B6-sr.

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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