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Support for Self-reliance Scheme
Support for Self-reliance (SFS) Scheme

The SFS Scheme aims at encouraging and assisting CSSA able-bodied unemployed recipients and recipients who are not working full-time to secure full-time paid employment and move towards self-reliance.

  1. The Active Employment Assistance (AEA) Programme and Integrated Employment Assistance Scheme (IEAS) 
  • through the provision of personalised employment assistance service under the AEA Programme of SWD or the IEAS operated by non-governmental organisations to empower participants to overcome work barriers, enhance employability and find paid jobs.
     
  2. The Community Work Programme
  • through the arrangement of unpaid community work to help the participants build up self-esteem and work habit, and prepare for rejoining the workforce in future.
 

3. Disregarded Earnings

  • through the provision of an incentive, by disregarding part of their income, to encourage recipients to continue working.

 

 

4. More Information (downloadable)

Description
Document Format
Pamphlet on the Support for Self-reliance Scheme

MS-Word (MSWord Document)

Pamphlet on the Integrated Employment Assistance Scheme  PDF (Acrobat Document)
Pamphlet on Disregarded Earnings PDF (Acrobat Document) MS-Word (MSWord Document)

 


 

 5. Links

Labour Department
Employees Retraining Board
Construction Industry Council
Other Support

 

 

 

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