Reference 4 (Table 2)

Table 2 Examples of trainings in welfare and vocational aid centers, etc., for taking employment

Facility	Support center for persons with intellectual disabilities	Employment promotion association	Employment and life support center
Facility category	Vocational aid center for persons with intellectual disabilities	Facility not stipulated in law	Vocational aid center For persons with intellectual disability
Capacity/Period	40 persons 2 years (can be extended one year)	10 persons per year (twice per year) 3 months (3 times per week)	40 persons
Characteristics	To implement support for employment, fully utilizing vocational aid capability. By setting the utilization period, with emphasis on job experience, training is provided in the facility. In addition, support for being employed is given by the use of “job coach” system.	Mainly for persons with intellectual disabilities who have left a job, work commitment guides (for keeping their job) help them acquire concentration and sustaining power and communication skill necessary for work in companies, carrying out training for 3 months.	This facility is a vocational aid center, and in addition, it is designated as an installation for supporting employment and life. One vocational aid branch, two vocational aid locations and two life support homes are run.In addition, an attending rehabilitation facility and a multi-purpose home are provided to offer a wide variety of aids to support “life in the district.”
Contents of training	1) Vocational aid (jobs) a. Printing: envelopes, name cards, post cards, flier printing job, etc. <Job items> Operation of printing press, product inspection, making camera-ready copy of name cards, delivery, etc. b. Laundry: receiving an order for cleaning of cloths (sheets, towels, pillow covers) from homes for the elderly. <Job items> Delivery, recovery, sorting, cleaning, drying, inspection, ironing, stain removal 2) Other activities -Social skill training -Training for experience in the job site	1) Job training Receiving orders for products from private companies, training using articles for voluntary work <Job items> Folding for box making, sealing, cleaning of bicycles, picking of stationery, inputting of personal computers, desk works 2) Life skill training Training for communication for work in a company and method for finding a job 3) Visit to workplace, training in the workplace	1) Jobs in the facility <Job items> Food packaging, assembling mechanical parts, assembling paper boxes, packaging of sweet stuff, work on light duty, etc. 2) Jobs outside the facility (jobs in companies) <Job items> In business establishments: sorting of PET bottles, bottles and cans In recycle centers: sorting of bottles and cans Assembling of mechanical parts, other work on light duty 3) Training in enterprises: 60 to 70 cases per year No. of enterprises for training: 10 or more
Employment status	1) No. of employed persons: 20 to 30 per year 2) Ratios of job categories: cleaning 25%, assistant for desk work 20%, retail shop/backyard 16%, cooking and jobs in the kitchen 15%, inspection and packaging 7%, warehouse/physical distribution 7%, manufacture 4%, others 6%	1) No. of employed persons: 14 per year (record of FY2002) 2) Ratios of job categories: Book binding, manufacture 29%, assistant for desk work 21%, attendant 21%, cleaning 14%, picking and packaging 14%	1) No. of employed persons: 5 to 15 per year 2) Job categories: Manufacture of food, etc., green grocery, packaging, transport, laundry, inspection of parts, cleaning, retrieving of goods in supermarkets, etc.