The guiding principle of The Living Link is that people with intellectual disabilities can be equipped with new skills and can then successfully find employment in the open labour market. The course material was written for and in collaboration with people with intellectual disabilities to ensure that the material was understandable and could be readily […]
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Although South Africa has some of the best legislation to support the integration of people with disabilities (PWDs) into the workplace, it does not necessarily create a situation that gets them into the workplace and their numbers in the workplace are not growing significantly. One of the challenges to including PWDs is a lack of
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In South Africa, 5% of the population are persons with a disability. However, around 1,4% are currently employed. This needs to change and there are a few agencies who are driving this change. Here are five of them in no particular order. 1) ClockWork Recruitment Company Profile Locations Serviced: Western Cape, Kwa-Zulu Natal and Gauteng
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Job placement programs across the country are providing an under-served population with the opportunity to pursue a rewarding and productive career that will potentially pay more than other employment offers. Warehouse jobs typically pay entry-level employees higher wages than those working outside the industry receive. For example, the non-profit organization Shelby Residential and Vocational Services in Memphis has connected
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According to the last Employment First in Michigan Report, 81 percent of Michigan residents who live with an intellectual or developmental disability are unemployed, while only 9 percent of those without such disabilities are unemployed. Businesses and non-profit organizations are setting out to help combat this issue by finding good jobs for people with disabilities in the
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Unemployment is a serious issue for adults with learning disabilities, but programs nationwide are working to combat that. Warehousing jobs offer great opportunities to an incredible range of people of different interests, skills, backgrounds and experiences, and training specialized programs are helping disabled persons to enter into the warehouse workforce.
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