Jeonju City to Increase Senior Job Opportunities to Over 16,400 Next Year

Senior Green Gardeners, Urban Farmers, and Hospital Companion Services Project Promotion

[Jeonju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho] Jeonju City announced on the 12th that it plans to increase both the quantity and quality of jobs next year so that the elderly can lead a healthy old age through employment.

Jeonju City decided to focus on increasing the quantity of jobs due to the high demand for senior jobs.

Accordingly, following the implementation of 12,576 senior job projects last year and 15,382 this year, the plan is to expand jobs to about 16,400 next year.

Specifically, the city will actively discover social service-type job projects such as integrated care supporters who provide care services including health and quarantine by utilizing retired professionals aged 60 to under 65.

The social service-type senior job projects select suitable candidates based on factors such as career experience for each project, regardless of income or asset level.

Additionally, senior jobs will be created in projects linked to Jeonju city administration such as ‘Senior Green Gardeners,’ ‘Urban Farmers,’ and 24-hour safe dispatch services (hospital accompaniment, light bulb replacement, and other daily services).

Along with this, Jeonju City will also focus on strengthening existing senior job projects and improving the quality of jobs.

For example, the integrated care supporters, which created 254 jobs this year, plan to enhance their performance capabilities by supporting cognitive rehabilitation programs using mobile VR (virtual reality).

Moreover, the No-No Care project, in which about 1,300 healthy seniors visited and cared for vulnerable elderly households this year, will be reorganized to strengthen caregiving roles.

Meanwhile, Jeonju City was selected as the grand prize winner in the ‘2020 National Local Government Evaluation of Senior Jobs’ hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare last month and received the Minister of Health and Welfare Award.

Furthermore, in the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s ‘2020 Senior Job and Senior Social Activity Support Project Performance Evaluation,’ Jeonju Senior Club won the grand prize, the Jeonju branch of the Korean Senior Citizens Association won the excellence award, Jeonju Hyoja Senior Club won the multiple-type excellence award, and Jeonju Seowon Senior Club won the single-type excellence award.

Jeonju=Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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