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CONFIDENTIAL #2
REHABILITATION
28. Vocational
Training
for the Disabled
To transfer responsi- bility from the Director of Social Welfare (DSW) to the Director of Education (D) of E)
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(a) In August 1980 the Education
Department (ED) took over from Social Welfare Department (SWD) the World Rehabilitation Fund Day Centre; for the provision of vocational training. Two additional floors will be completed by December 1981 to provide an additional 84 training places for the
disabled and the establishment of a Vocational Assessment Centre.
(b) DSW considers unsatisfactory
the ground floor schools in public housing estates provided in March 1981 by the D of E to accommodate services to be transferred out of World Rehabilitation Fund Day Centre. Further negotiations between the two departments is` continuing.
(c) A revised draft Code of Aid is
awaited from D of E for consideration in Social Services Branch.
To monitor progress.
Social Services Branch will ·.·. convene a meeting with D of E and DSW with a view to resolving the problem.
To monitor- progress.
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