2016 Comprehensive Employment Measures
for homeless

■ Situation of Working Homeless in Seoul

• In 2015, homeless with jobs increased by 20%.
• Required measures for employment support depend on their will to work and ability

■ Goal

Guiding the homeless to rejoin the community and financial independence through supporting sustainable jobs

■ Major Plan

• Changing the focus of governmental job support from public to private sector
• Expanding support by field
  - Jobs connected to the private sector (1,150 jobs), the public sector (890 jobs), common workplaces (450 jobs), and self-supporting shelter workplaces (60 jobs)

Private Sectors

237 more jobs (year-on-year) with the private sector, saving approximately KRW 3.3 billion

• Expand partnerships with 300 more businesses including resorts, hotels, construction firms, etc.
• Running job support centers for homeless
• Seeking a solution incentivizing companies to hire more homeless individuals by job council (planned in Mar. 2016)
• Opening a job fair for homeless in cooperation with private companies (planned in Jun. 2016)

Public Sectors

Self-supportive Job Project

Offering jobs to homeless individuals with relatively less ability to work, including the disabled

• Cleaners for Shelters and surroundings, catering assistants, etc.

Make-myself-hired Project

Preliminary level job before having a full-time job in the private sector for homeless

• Cleaners for parks, assistants at workplace for the disabled, office assistants, etc.
• Customized-job consulting in the private sector for homeless eager to work

Common Workplaces

Operating workplaces for cottage industries (making candles, shopping bags, etc.)

• Opening more workplaces from the current 12 to 14
• Promoting participation in extra sessions of cultural programs including movie watching, art therapy, humanities lectures, etc.

Self-supporting Workplaces for destitute citizens

Operating workplaces continuously through sponsorship and talent donation

• Opening new workplaces in other destitute communities (in Donui, Yeongdeungpo, and Changsin areas)