June 30, 2009 PM : Visit : Iidabashi Public Employment Security Office
Training Report - Decent work course
If persons with disabilities in your country would like to find jobs, where do they go?
How can they get to access information of job vacancies?
Today's afternoon session, five participants visited the Iidabashi Public Employment Security Office, Hello Work or PESO in shortened form.
Hello Work utilizes a variety of measures to support employment consultation, job introductions, for persons with disabilities who want to find work, support for setting in the workplace, continuation of employment after employment, and to provide guidance and support to employers regarding employing persons with disabilities.
Director of Employment Division first explained about the responsibilities of Iidabashi Hello Work (PESO.) Participants learned about the relation between Hallo Work and other related organizations, such as Local Employment and Life Support Centers for Persons with Disabilities, Schools for Special Needs Education, Vocational Ability Development Centers for Persons with Disabilities, private companies, and etc. They could understand the importance of networking and information barrier-free. And then, each participant tried the search for job on computers. They were very surprised to know that they could find a job of any place in Japan at Iidabashi Public Employment Security Office and they also could choose an adequate job according to their needs and conditions.
More than 4,000 job placement cases for persons with disabilities including home-based employment were reported in fiscal year 2008.
Five participants could get many keys to success regarding employment promotion and realization of decent work of persons with disabilities through the observation.
