Opening of Nowon-gu Disabled Employment Support Center

32, Sanggye-ro 5-gil, Nowon-gu (Sanggye 2-dong), Nationwide First 'Nowon-gu Disabled Job Support Center' Opens...Providing Customized Job Matching by Disability Type, Hosting Job Fairs, Post-Employment Adaptation Guidance, Serving as a Hub for Integrated Disabled Employment Services...Open Weekdays 9 AM to 5 PM, Consultations Available In-Person or by Phone

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Nowon-gu (Mayor Oh Seung-rok) has opened the 'Nowon-gu Disabled Employment Support Center,' the first dedicated agency for disabled employment among local governments nationwide, to create productive jobs aimed at establishing an economic self-reliance foundation.

Located on the 1st floor of Kumho Plaza at 32 Sanggye-ro 5-gil (Sanggye 2-dong), the Nowon-gu Disabled Employment Support Center was established with a budget of over 200 million KRW and covers an area of 130.69㎡.

The center is equipped with offices, training rooms, and counseling spaces, staffed by a center director and four social worker employees.

Operated directly by the district, the Employment Support Center serves as a hub institution providing integrated services related to disabled employment. It targets residents aged 18 and over with disabilities living in the area, connecting them with customized jobs according to their disability types and establishing a systematic employment support network among related organizations.

The Employment Support Center promotes disabled job development, training, and placement projects through ▲job counseling and linkage ▲job seeker job training and pre-employment preparation education ▲hosting disabled employment fairs ▲public employment projects for the disabled ▲post-employment adaptation guidance and self-help groups.

Specifically, it creates jobs by holding job fairs involving local related organizations and private companies, and develops niche occupations considering the district’s regional characteristics and the individual strengths of disabled persons.

Additionally, the center provides basic competency education helpful for employment, such as computer job training, resume writing, and interview training, and offers education on essential daily life skills including finance, trusts, and self-advocacy for people with developmental disabilities and their guardians to support their smooth social life and independence.

In particular, the district goes beyond simple job linkage by monitoring to ensure that disabled employees and hiring companies maintain their employment relationship after hiring. It also operates self-help groups and meetings for employed persons to support continuous and stable workplace life.

Those wishing to seek employment can visit the Nowon-gu Disabled Employment Support Center or receive information about jobs through telephone counseling.

The center operates from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and is closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays.

As of September last year, a total of 27,274 disabled persons are registered in Nowon-gu. Among them, 2,660 are people with developmental disabilities, accounting for about 10% of all registered disabled persons, with 2,100 aged 18 or older.

Oh Seung-rok, Mayor of Nowon-gu, said, “Our district has the second-largest disabled population among Seoul’s autonomous districts. Going forward, through the operation of the Disabled Employment Support Center, we will actively discover customized jobs where disabled persons can work stably.”

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