OBJECTIVES
	To enhance the employment of young persons with disabilities or early signs of mental illness through proactive training
	To provide wage subsidy to employers, especially those who have no experience in employing young persons with disabilities or early signs of mental illness, so as to encourage them to offer job vacancies to try out the work abilities of disabled young persons
PROGRAMME PARTICIPANTS
Persons with disabilities or early signs of mental illness as assessed by psychiatrist and aged between 15 and 25 who are in need of employment training, job attachment, support and assistance to secure a job in the open market
THE PROGRAMME
1.	Job-related Counselling
The Operators will provide job-related counseling services to address participants' needs
2.	Employment Training
180 hours of employment training should be provided to each trainee. The training courses could cover the areas of:
2.1	job-related personal skills, such as self-confidence training, interviewing skills, communication skills, social skills, interpersonal skills, emotional control, etc.;
2.2	orientation visits to vocational rehabilitation service units, social firms and private business organizations to prepare them for future job attachment;
2.3	activities to meet participants' development and social needs; and
2.4	specific job-related skills such as computer skills, job-related English, printing, catering, selling and retailing, cleaning and car beauty service, etc.
3.	Job Attachment
3.1	The Operators will arrange job attachment for each participant. During the job attachment period, which is not more than three months, the participants who can fulfill the required attendance will have the job attachment allowance of $1, 250 per month
3.2	After completing the job attachment, the participants will be assisted to find suitable job or job trial in the open market
3.3	There is no employer-employee relationship between participants and organizations that provide job attachment opportunities
4.	Job Trial
4.1	To encourage employers to employ young persons with disabilities, employers can try out work abilities of the participants through job trial. During the job trial period, employers will receive a wage subsidy equal to 50% of the actual wage paid to participants with a ceiling of $3,000 a month, whichever is the lower, for a maximum period of three months
4.2	Participants under job trial should enjoy the status of employees and are entitled to the normal employment benefits as defined under the Employment Ordinance, Minimum Wage Ordinance, etc.
4.3	Job trial may be skipped if the participants could secure an employment after the job attachment
5.	Post-Placement Service
No less than 6 months of post-placerment service is provided to each participant.
APPLICATION / REFERRAL
	Young persons with disabilities or referrers may approach the Operators directly for intake assessment
	Employers who would like to offer job vacancies may contact the Operators directly
ENQUIRY
Please contact the Operators or the Rehabilitation and Medical Social Services Branch of the Social Welfare Department at 2892 5156 or 2892 5147
NOTE
There is no employer-employee relationship between the Operators and the participants
List of Operators
List of Agencies Operating Sunnyway Programme can be downloaded here   Acrobat Document  MS Word Document