Daejeon City Provides Jobs to 19,000 Seniors... Expands Social Activity Support Project

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Daejeon City plans to expand its social activity support projects with the goal of providing jobs to approximately 19,000 elderly residents in the region.

The city announced on the 26th that starting next year, it will create jobs in sectors such as public-type, private-type, and social service-type to provide employment to 19,250 elderly people.

To support the senior employment project, the city will distribute the projects through 42 implementing organizations and about 240 project teams centered around the five district offices.

For this purpose, the city plans to invest a total budget of 68.3 billion KRW in the senior employment project next year, which is an increase of 2.2 billion KRW compared to the previous year.

The types of senior jobs are divided into 16,630 public-type jobs and 2,620 social service-type and private-type jobs.

The creation of senior jobs is being promoted in consideration of the rapid increase in the elderly population in the region and the continuously growing demand for employment among the elderly.

In particular, among the types of senior jobs, the social service-type projects such as Senior Consumer Guardians, Sprout Guardians, and Radio Monitoring are gaining sympathy from the baby boomer generation newly entering the elderly demographic.

Separately, the city plans to facilitate job access by expanding public-type projects such as Nono Care, environmental cleanup, and traffic control by 6.6% (1,030 jobs) compared to the previous year for elderly people who have physical limitations and find active activities difficult.

Elderly participants in the jobs will receive a monthly salary ranging from 270,000 KRW to 600,000 KRW. Working conditions are limited to 3 hours per day and within 30 hours per month.

Jung Hae-gyo, Director of the City’s Health and Welfare Bureau, said, “We will support the elderly to be happy and healthy in their later years by creating various programs and quality jobs that meet their needs,” adding, “Above all, the city will strive to ensure that the elderly live with pride, happiness, and a vibrant senior life.”

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