Sheltered Workshop

Service Description

To provide persons with disabilities who are not able to enter into open employment with appropriate vocational training in a specially designed environment in order to help them develop their social and economic potential to the fullest extent; and

To enhance their working capacity in order that they can move on to supported or open employment wherever possible.

Eligibility for the Service

Persons with disabilities who are aged 15 and above and possess basic self-care and work ability.

Service Contents

Various training and activities are provided to extend trainees' potentials:

• training in work habits;
• allowance-generating work skills training (training allowance is in general calculated according to the kind of job training and the trainees' participation);
• on-going assessment on progress of trainees; and
• activities to meet trainees' developmental and social needs.

*Note: There is no employer-employee relationship between the service units and the trainees

Application Procedures

Referrals can be made by social workers to the Central Referral System for Rehabilitation Services of the SWD. The application is free of charge. 

Fees and Charges

Free.

Information of Service Unit

As services of Sheltered Workshop (SW) are also provided in Integrated Vocational Rehabilitation Services Centre (IVRSC), please refer to the centre list of Integrated Vocational Rehabilitation Services Centre when applying for Sheltered Workshop.