The epidemic has worsened the unemployment situation in Hong Kong, especially the underemployed disabled people. The situation has become more severe. The Civil Society and Governance Research Center of the University of Hong Kong and non-governmental organizations are launching the "Jockey Club Inclusion and Action Plan" and announcing the establishment of an inclusive employment interaction. The platform showcases the unique talents of people with different special needs or disabilities, and develops them into "alternative slash races." Some speakers also believed that they advocated Metaverse in recent years in a seminar held today (6th). It helps to break the time and geographical boundaries of the public office, so that people with disabilities are no longer restricted by facilities and regions. It is worthy of detailed discussion.
Jockey Club Support Program and Employment Interactive Platform to promote social inclusive employment
The "Jockey Club Inclusion-Knowing Action Project" is jointly promoted by the Civil Society and Governance Research Center of the University of Hong Kong, together with four non-governmental organizations, CareER, Heep Hong Society, Hong Kong Solar Energy Association and St. James' Community. The framework of rehabilitation services will work together to form a resource-sharing platform, sharing information, networks, creativity, knowledge and skills and other resources with each other, so as to improve the quality and effectiveness of services and promote social inclusive employment as a whole.
The entire project has a webpage that includes an interactive platform for inclusive employment. It contains a list of job opportunities like the Labour Department webpage, posting recruitment notices for employers who are interested in hiring people with disabilities, and setting up an unprecedented talent pool for different types of disabilities. , Mentally handicapped persons or organizations tailor-made "personal resumes". In addition to showing academic qualifications and related work experience, the assisting organization will also shoot personal short videos and upload them to the resume to introduce themselves, so as to increase employers’ understanding of disabled employees and thus improve Intention to hire.
The Civil Society and Governance Research Center of the University of Hong Kong held a seminar on the campus of the University of Hong Kong today (6th). Among them, the staff of St. James' Settlement who set up booths outside the venue stated that the organization has established a stable work slash career plan to provide a platform and Opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to develop art-related "slash careers", allowing them to find additional job opportunities in their original jobs.
Metaverse breaks the boundaries of office geography and time
The Jockey Club Charity and Community Affairs Executive Director Zhang Liang quoted employment data for people with disabilities in the discussion. It is estimated that there are approximately 196,000 people with disabilities in Hong Kong, of which only 35%, or 69,300 people are employed, with a median income of 9,500. It is estimated that the poverty rate of the relevant population is as high as 29.5%. In addition to constant support under the raging epidemic, it is necessary to try new perspectives to assist the disabled to enter the workplace, including support services for school children with special needs, reconstruction of sheltered workshop infrastructure, and Using technology and data to create opportunities, he especially mentioned the Metaverse that Facebook and other technology giants have been vigorously promoting and developing in recent months. He believes that the epidemic has changed inherent jobs, and the office is no longer limited to a certain place or time is limited to nine nights. Fifth, people with disabilities have the opportunity to play their strengths in the metaverse. In the future, business or non-governmental organizations should focus on discussing what can be done in this broad scope, which is conducive to social inclusive employment.
The chairman of the Social Council, Chen Zhisi, believes that the disabled are divided into different types. The employment situation has been unsatisfactory for many years. The epidemic has pushed up the unemployment rate. Relatively disadvantaged disabled employees have become targets for pay cuts or reductions. Among them, social enterprises that provide more job vacancies are in During the epidemic, he was unsustainable, and eventually failed to continue the "Employment Development Program" and ended up sadly. However, he believes that the "WFH" work-at-home model derived from the epidemic will become permanent in the later stage of the epidemic and it will be beneficial to the employment of people with disabilities. With the advancement of science and technology, there are opportunities to open up space and development opportunities for in-depth discussions among all parties. The government should also take the lead in increasing the employment rate of disabled employees and reserve positions for SEN young people or people with disabilities.
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