On the Job Training Programme for People with Disabilities (OJT)

Service Description

• To enhance the employment of persons with disabilities through proactive training;
• To provide wage subsidy to employers, so as to encourage them to offer job vacancies for persons with disabilities to try out their work abilities.

Eligibility for the Service

Persons with disabilities aged 15 or above who are in need of employment training, job attachment, support and assistance to secure a job in open market.

Service Content

1. Job-related Training and Counselling
   • The service operators will provide job-related training and counselling services to address participants' needs.
2. Job Attachment
   • The service 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 $2,000 per month.
   • After completing the job attachment, the participants will be assisted to find suitable job or job trial in the open market.
   • There is no employer-employee relationship between participants and organisations that provide job attachment opportunities.
3. Job Trial
   • The employers can try out work abilities of the participants through job trial. During the job trial period, the employers will receive a wage subsidy equal to 50% of the actual wage paid to the participants with a ceiling of $4,000 a month, whichever is the lower, for a maximum period of six months.
   • The participants under job trial should enjoy the status of employees and are entitled to the normal employment benefits as defined under Employment Ordinance, the Minimum Wage Ordinance, etc.
   • Job trial may be skipped if the participants could secure an employment after the job attachment.
4. Post-placement Service
   • No less than 12 months of post-placement service is provided to the participants to help them settle in employment.

*Note: There is no employer-employee relationship between the service operators and the participants

Application Procedures

• Approach the service operators directly for intake assessment.
• Employers who would like to offer job may contact the service operators directly. The service operators will identify the most suitable candidates for the employers.
• The application is free of charge.

Fees and Charges

Information of Service Unit

Online Submission

Only authorised personnel of recognised service operators of non-governmental organisations can make registries in relation to social welfare services through "The Client Information System (CIS) Online Submission" of SWD.