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Employer Opportunities
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The
Association's Vocational
Training Department (VTD) equips visually handicapped clients with vital
vocational skills to prepare them for independent living and open employment.
However, jobs are not easy to come by for the visually handicapped, and there
is generally very low awareness that a visually handicapped person's vision
can be significantly improved with the use of various visual aids available
from the Assistive Devices
Centre (ADC). The Association has various sheltered workshops where
visually handicapped members carry out carpentry / woodwork and creative
artwork. Computer literacy courses are conducted as well and proficiency in
using the Internet is equivalent, if not better than that of a normal,
sighted person. Members are also trained to do telemarketing and there is
strong potential for promotion of products and services through the
Association's telemarketing infrastructure. |
In this section we hope to reach out to employers who might have projects in which the Association can come into collaboration with.
- Telephony / Telemarketing
Service
- Massage Services
- Bizlink Centre Singapore
- These Abled People Centralised
Marketing Service
Telephony / Telemarketing Service
Since the set up of the telemarketing centre at SAVH, more than 20 visually handicapped telemarketers have been trained, and given another avenue for employment, to lead more independent lives.
The telemarketers are employed by companies for telemarketing various products ranging from printing services, insurance to selling cleaning services.
The telemarketers receive on-going training at the call centre. Training workshops are held twice a year for them to refresh their skills.
This call centre also has some features different from the other call centers around Singapore. Each station is specially equipped with assistive technology to assist the telemarketers in their daily tasks. For example, each computer is fitted with screen reader software and a voice synthesizer to enable the visually handicapped telemarketer to type in their reports at the end of the day, to be faxed or emailed to their respective employers. Al the telemarketers are required to have computer skills in Microsoft Word, Access, Excel and Internet skills.
Our telemarketers work from 8 am to 5pm. Products and services marketed include conference tickets, Christmas and Chinese New Year cards, fund raising, etc. For more information or enquiries, please contact Ms Wang Yu Hui, Acting Head – Vocation Training Dept at 62514331 ext. 128 or email yuhui@savh.org.sg
Massage Services
The Massage Training Programme was started in 1992. With the support and funding from the Rotary Club (Raffles City) in 1997, the new SAVH Massage Training Centre (MTC) was set up and a new structured programme was introduced. Massage techniques taught includes:
- Aroma Therapy
- Foot Reflexology
- Shiatsu Massage
- Head and Shoulder Massage
These training programmes are taught by instructors from established International massage agencies such as the Singapore Association of I-Ching Studies, Spirit Shiatsu Association and Raworth Asia Pte Ltd. Upon successful completion of the various courses, the vision impaired clients obtain professional certification.
With the relevant massage skills, vision impaired persons now have an opportunity to earn a living independently and some have even set up their own business in this area.
Our certified visually handicapped masseurs are very successful and at present they provide head and shoulder massage and foot reflexology to companies and individuals in the comfort of their own offices or homes.
Head and Shoulder Massage - $12 per 20 minutes.
Foot Reflexology - $12 per 20 minutes.
For bookings or enquiries, please contact our Mobile Massage Co-ordinator at 6251 4331 ext 168 or e-mail mmt@savh.org.sg
Bizlink Centre Singapore
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Bizlink Centre Singapore is
a centralised employment agency for persons with special needs. For those who
cannot work in regular employment, Bizlink runs a production workshop to
allow them to make a living doing subcontract work. Revenues secured from the
jobs pay their wages. Bizlink is a sister agency
of SAVH and some subcontract work is sourced out by Bizlink for SAVH. Services offered are:
Visit their website at http://www.bizlink.org.sg. Please also read
"These Abled People" below. |
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These Abled People Centralised Marketing Service
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The Centralised Marketing
Service (CMS) is a non-profit program funded by National Council of Social
Service to enhance the collaborations of the sheltered workshops of four
agencies, namely Bizlink Centre, Singapore Association of the Visually
Handicapped, Spastic Children's Association of Singapore and The Society for
the Physically Disabled. CMS aims to provide confirmed jobs for the
beneficiaries working in the sheltered workshops of its participating
agencies. The program aims to create sustainable projects with the aim of
improving the pay of the beneficiaries of the sheltered workshops. Beneficiaries
working in sheltered workshops tend to be more severely disabled or
maladjusted. They excelled in a more protected environment with job processes
reengineered to overcome their disabilities. The agencies then become the
employers to this special group of people. CMS work with the agencies to
enhance the value of their work. These Abled People is a pun
on "disabled people". It is portrayed positively as abled people to
invoke the resilient spirit of the community to rise above its limitations to
actively work towards earning its keep. It does not want to depend on
handouts alone. It wants to stand tall and be financially independent. |
Visit their website at http://www.theseabledpeople.org.sg
Email: cms@theseabledpeople.org.sg
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