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Contents
Theory of Change
Short-Term Outcomes | Mid-Term Outcomes | Long-Term Outcomes | Social Impact | |||
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Employers understand PWD capabilities | → | Employers are willing to hire PWDs | → | Workplaces are inclusive | → | PWDs are able to secure, retain and progress in employment |
Employers know how to accommodate PWDs' needs | → | |||||
Employers find it financially feasible to hire PWDs | → | |||||
PWDs fully understand their suitability for job options/career paths | → | PWDs' ability to compete in the job market is maximised | ||||
PWDs know about available job opportunities | → | |||||
PWDs acquire work skills | → | PWDs are work ready (having put work skills into practice in actual work settings) | → |
If.... | Then... | |
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Employers understand PWD capabilities | → | Employers are willing to hire PWDs |
Programmes | Gaps | Ideas | Inclusive Business Forum (IBF) and “Fostering Inclusion At The Workplace” Seminar
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Can there be more opportunities to dialogue with employers or partners such as WSG/MOM, such that the process may be more institutionalised/supported? | |
SG Enable employer resources
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Inclusive Employers in Singapore |
If.... | Then... | |
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Employers know how to accommodate PWDs' needs | → | Employers are willing to hire PWDs |
Programmes | Gaps | Ideas |
SG Enable employer resources
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Disability education training for employers and co-workers of PWDs
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PWDs continue to face discrimination in the workplace: see 2015 study by DPA and this DPA-IPS 2016-2017 participatory research |
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Employers find it financially feasible to hire PWDs | then | Employers are willing to hire PWDs |
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Engaging and Equipping Employers
Need for ready supply of jobs
Ready supply of jobs
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EXISTING RESOURCES | GAPS AND THEIR CAUSES | POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS |
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Inclusive Business Forum (IBF) and “Fostering Inclusion At The Workplace” Seminar
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Can there be more opportunities to dialogue with employers or partners such as WSG/MOM, such that the process may be more institutionalised/supported? | |
Special Employment Credit (SEC)
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Government efforts to set up employment centres in residential neighbourhoods | Question: Any updates on the neighbourhood employment centres? | |
Employment Opportunities | ||
Inclusive Employers in Singapore
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Sheltered Workshops
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Some PWDs may find sheltered employment too easy/not challenging, yet be unsuited for open employment. What of a supported employment model?
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Public Service Career Placement (PSCP) Programme
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Gaps
Questions
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Need for secure jobs
Available Information
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EXISTING RESOURCES | GAPS AND THEIR CAUSES | POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS |
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School-to-work transition programme (S2W)
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SPD Employment Support Programme (ESP)
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Job retention is a major issue even if people with disabilities are hired. | Consider to improve rapport between employers and job support and placement agencies (JPJS), to increase the likelihood of employers approaching JPJS agencies and being more forthcoming whenever they face issues (e.g. behavioural) with PWD employees that are new on-board. SPD provides job coaching support post-employment for up to six months. |
SPD Transition To Employment Programme (TTE)
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ARC Employability & Employment Centre (E2C) Programme
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MINDS Employment Development Centres (EDCs)
Provides vocational training for adults with intellectual disabilities aged 18 and above: |
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ABLE Return-to-Work Programme
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Public Service Career Placement (PSCP) Programme
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Gaps
Questions
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Need for inclusive workplace
Definition
Inclusive workplaces should include
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EXISTING RESOURCES | GAPS AND THEIR CAUSES | POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS |
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Open Door Programme
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Guidelines by Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (TAFEP) for fair employment practices
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Inclusive Business Forum (IBF) and “Fostering Inclusion At The Workplace” Seminar
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Enabling Employers Network
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Singapore Business Network on Disability
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SG Enable employer resources
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DPA Diversity Inclusion Workshops | ||
Disability education training for employers and co-workers of PWDs
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Experiences of PWDs in the workplace
Gaps
Questions
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Job Matching/Placement
Need for information on available job opportunities for persons with disabilities
To know about job opportunities
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EXISTING RESOURCES | GAPS AND THEIR CAUSES | POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS |
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SG Enable - Job Advisory
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SG Enable — Disability Employment Jobs Portal
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Jobs listed on most job portals do not reflect if the hiring company is interested to employ PWDs. Career events are not always universally designed as well. | Employers can reflect if they are keen to employ PWDs, at career events, on job portals and other avenues.
Having a “ready-to-hire PWDs” mark would ease PWDs’ job search process. |
ABLE Return to Work Programme
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BizLink Vocational Assessment Service
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SPD Employment Support Programme (ESP)
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SPD Transition To Employment Programme (TTE)
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ARC Employability & Employment Centre (E2C) Programme
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MINDS Employment Development Centres (EDCs)
Provides vocational training for adults with intellectual disabilities aged 18 and above: |
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Gaps
Questions
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Continuing Career Development
Need for continued opportunities for job growth, career development and skills upgrading
EXISTING RESOURCES | GAPS AND THEIR CAUSES | POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS |
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SG Enable
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Questions:
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Consider availing using HDB void decks or unwanted public buildings as training venues. |
Workfare Training Support (WTS) Scheme
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Even with the WTS Scheme, accessing SkillsFuture training courses remain difficult for some. A blind individual with a Master’s degree in counselling called SG Enable asking for help to navigate available subsidies for training such as the WTS, but she was offered Sheltered Workshop training instead. | |
SkillsFuture
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The SkillsFuture platform is difficult to navigate for the blind. | To facilitate lifelong learning, have additional funds for the SkillsFuture Credit of PWDs. |
Gaps
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Need for financial independence and stability
EXISTING RESOURCES | GAPS AND THEIR CAUSES | POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS |
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Workfare Income Supplement
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Handicapped Earned Income Relief (EIR)
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PWD Training & Work Readiness
Need to be job ready
How 'job ready' is understood
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EXISTING RESOURCES | GAPS AND THEIR CAUSES | POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS |
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SkillsFuture
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Vocational Training in SPED Schools | ||
School-to-Work Transition Programme (S2W)
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Framework for Vocational Education
To guide the 19 SPED schools in designing a structured vocational education programme that includes vocational guidance, an assessment of students’ interests, preferences and strengths, and opportunities for structured and authentic work experiences to support development of work habits and skills. Enabling Masterplan 3[59]
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Some SPED students have difficulty mastering job skills training even when approaching graduation/18 years old. Can they continue learning even after graduation? | Allow SPED students to attend courses ad-hoc, even after graduation. |
SPED school graduates lack internship opportunities during their school-going years and a foothold in permanent employment. SPED schools and VWOs typically do this through their own contacts. | Have a central coordinator that facilitates the internship process. What are the possible alternatives for students who are unsuccessful in an internship placement? | |
Content taught in WSQ- and WPLN- certified courses may not always be understood, and skills learnt not retained and applied. | ||
Transition Planning Guide
(entitled Transition Planning For Living, Learning And Working - Making It Happen)
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Question: Are there channels available for teachers and parents to provide feedback on the transition planning process? | |
Metta School’s Vocational Certification Programme
Institute of Technical Education Skills Certificate (ISC)
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Metta School’s Employment Pathway Programme (EPP)
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Metta School’s C (Career) Programme
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APSN Delta Senior School’s Vocational Certification Programme - Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ)
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Students in Institutes of Higher Learning (IHL) – Universities or Polytechnics | ||
IHL Internship Programme
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Rise Mentorship Programme
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Non-Students/Adults with Disabilities | ||
Vocational Training
For post-primary school students, available at:
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BizLink Vocational Assessment Service
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CV Clinics by Singapore Business Network on Disability
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Training Programmes
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ABLE Return-to-Work Programme
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Hospital-to-Work Programme
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SPD Employment Support Programme (ESP)
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SPD Transition To Employment Programme (TTE)
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Job coaches face difficulties in providing psychosocial support for those with acquired disabilities. Some PWDs have difficulty accepting their disabilities and the job coaches are not trained to provide psychosocial support to address these issues. | |
Employability & Employment Centre (E2C) Programme
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An individual with autism received vocational assistance from ARC; he paid $494 (after subsidy) for the vocational assessment but was deemed unemployable. However, he managed to secure a job later through his & his family’s efforts with Dignity Kitchen.
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MINDS Employment Development Centres (EDCs)
Provides vocational training for adults with intellectual disabilities aged 18 and above:
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Sheltered Workshops
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Gaps
Questions
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- ↑ https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/aged-and-disabled-should-be-top-issues-in-the-workplace-survey-of-hr-leaders-show
- ↑ https://www.msf.gov.sg/media-room/Pages/Employment-rate-of-Persons-with-Disabilities.aspx
- ↑ https://www.tafep.sg/sites/default/files/E-News%20April%202011_files/Publication%20CIW%20Start%20Up%20Kit%20(as%20of%20040712).pdf
- ↑ https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/myth-of-the-disabled-worker
- ↑ https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/myth-of-the-disabled-worker