For Prospective Employers
Support people with disabilities in this programme by providing employment, internship or project opportunities for them.
Commercial Projects
Under commercial projects, we provide a range of services for private and Government organisations that includes:
- Digital imaging/scanning
- Photo restoration
- Website design/maintenance
- Data entry
- Data archiving
- CD/DVD duplication
- Graphic design
- Tagging
- Packaging
- Quality inspection
- Lettershopping
Our trainers are here to guide our trainees in the quality and delivery of commercial projects. Projects are intended to give our trainees the hands-on experience of actual work and give our trainees the opporunity to develop a porfolio and earn an allowance.
Intership
Want to create a job opportunity for people with disabilities but unsure where to start?
Do consider giving our trainees a start through an internship with your organisation.
SPD’s Vocational Training internship programme gives people with disabilities the opportunity to discover their suitability for employment in your organisation. Our trainees have benefited from working as an intern in the areas of graphic design, office admin and call centre, after which, some have eventually found full-time employment in the companies they’ve interned with. You’ll also be glad to know that the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) provides funding for you in hiring people with disabilities as interns. Read here for more details. As part of our contribution to facilitate the integration of people with disabilities into their new work environment, we provide job coaches, and orientation workshop for your staff to understand more about working with disabled people.
Here are some of the types of internship positions we hope you can offer to us:
- Office admin clerk
- Bookkeeping assistant
- Web designer
- Junior Graphic Designer
- Data-entry clerk
- Call centre assistant
Employment
Our Vocational Training Programme provides support for your organisation from the hiring process to the early stages of employment.
Testimonials
Let’s discover more about what some of our corporate partners have to say about employing people with disabilities
KKH has always practiced fair and equal employment opportunities for job applicants. When we hire staff, we look for the appropriate skills, knowledge and capabilities to perform their job well. When we found out that SPD was launching the new IT Apprenticeship Programme, we were very interested to participate in it.
Ms Kavitha, Executive HR,
KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Hiring workers with disabilities can positively impact a company’s bottom line. Workers with disabilities:
- Make good dependable employees
- Are more likely to stay on the job
- Increase workforce morale
- Are an untapped resource of skills and talents
Represent an overlooked and multibillion-dollar market segment Perry, D. (2007). Employability, ILO p.5
How can the Government support me in employing people with disabilities?
Companies can seek funding the SNEF Open Door Fund to subsidise the following components –
- Redesign of Job Scope/Process
- Workplace Modification
- Integration Programmes
- Apprenticeship Programmes
For more information, read on the following link: SNEF Open Door Fund
As part of SPD’s contribution to facilitate the integration of PWDs into their new work environment, we provide job coaches, and orientation workshop for your staff to understand more about working with people with disabilities.
Orientation Workshop
Upon request, we can organise an orientation workshop to introduce employees in your organisation to working with people with disabilities. These workshops are conducted by our qualified social workers or trainers.
If you would like to know more about hiring a person with disabilities, contact:
- Job Placement Officer 6579 0776 Jackson_Low@spd.org.sg