Helping the independence of people with disabilities through providing customized jobs…kiosk guidance, librarian assistance, etc.
Developing job competencies through work experience and aiming for private job linkage and employment after participating in projects.
[Seoul Welfare Newspaper=Reporter Jang Kyung-geun] Following last year, the city of Seoul is promoting the ‘2025 customized specialized job program for disability types’ this year as well, which provides appropriate jobs tailored to the characteristics of people with disabilities. The ‘customized specialized job program for disability types’ not only involves discovering and supporting jobs for people with disabilities but also plays a role in linking them to future private job opportunities through valuable work experience.
The project will be conducted in a way that selected institutions as assisting organizations (implementing agencies) discover and provide jobs, and candidates who wish to participate apply directly. The specialized jobs offered this time include 250 positions such as △big data collection, IT program planning assistance △librarian assistance △store management △kiosk guidance △management of assistive devices for people with disabilities △culture and arts, etc. When selecting implementing agencies, incentives will be given for jobs related to new growth sectors, expanding work in the IT field.
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In addition, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has increased the number of public jobs for people with disabilities to 5,116 this year, an increase of 256 from last year, and the budget has also increased by 2.2 billion won to 54.769 billion won.
*Please note this is a Korean article
Source: Seoul Welfare Newspaper
