香港政府
GIS
新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1976
WORK OF S.W.D.'S JOB PLACEMENT UNIT ******
THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT FOUND JOBS FOR 417 DISABLED PEOPLE IN THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF THIS YEAR.
THE FIGURE REPRESENTS MORE THAN A HUNDRED PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE 1975 TOTAL OF 200.
CUTLINING THE WORK OF THE UNIT, THE OFFICER IN CHARGE, MR. CHAN SHIU-WING, STRESSED THAT A DISABLED PERSON WAS NOT JUST GIVEN INDISCRIMINATELY ANY JOB THAT CAME ALONG.
+APART FROM VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE PLACEMENT COUNSELLING WHICH FORMS A MAJOR PART OF OUR WORK,+ HE EXPLAINED.
MR. CHAN POINTED OUT THAT SOME OF THE DISABLED LACKED CONFIDENCE WHILE SOME CHERISHED EXPECTATIONS TOO HIGH FOR THEM.
+THROUGH COUNSELLING, WE HOPE TO HELP THEM GET A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR ABILITIES AND DISABILITIES AND TO FIND OUT WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM,+ HE SAID.
SOMETIMES THE PROBLEM COMES FROM THE PARENTS IN THAT THEY TEND TO OVER-PAMPER THEIR DISABLED CHILDREN AND ARE RELUCTANT TO ALLOW THEM TO GO OUT TO BE TRAINED.
IN THIS CASE, PLACEMENT OFFICERS HAVE TO EXTEND THE COUNSELLING SERVICE TO THESE PARENTS.
+ALL THESE EFFORTS,+ HE ADDED, AIM TO HELP THE DISABLED TO BECOME SELF-SUPPORTING MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY WHICH IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF REHABILITATION WORK.+
ON THE PROCEDURES OF FINDING THE DISABLED A JOB, MR. CHAN SAID THE PLACEMENT OFFICER HAD TO MAKE INITIAL CONTACT WITH THE PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYER TO FIND OUT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB, THE TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT AND THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT.
HE THEN MATCHES THE RIGHT CLIENT WITH THE RIGHT JOB, ENSURING THAT HIS ABILITY AND POTENTIALS ARE DEVELOPED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT AND THAT HIS DISABILITY DOES NOT HANDICAP HIM IN HIS WORK.
/+HE WILL
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
PRH 7