Developing a curriculum for both employers and employees to enhance employment opportunities for young people with special educational needs

In Hong Kong, young people with special educational needs (SEN) sometimes have difficulties in securing a job despite possessing good qualifications. This is partly due to their lack of skills and mindset required in a work environment, while employers may have insufficient knowledge of hiring and grooming SEN employees. Against this background, the venture is to develop a training curriculum for both SEN youths and employers and to help training organisations/instructors master the deployment of the curriculum.

The training curriculum will be designed and developed with employers' input. Through the training, SEN youths will acquire the mindset, technical skills and behavioural and professional presence required in a workplace. Trainees will be provided with individual support by a dedicated mentor. Employment opportunities will also be offered to the graduates.

Frontline supervisors who will work with SEN staff will also receive training to understand SEN youths more and learn how to groom them.