In 2023, 409 job seekers from vulnerable groups received dedicated job coaching.
Among the job seekers from vulnerable groups who received dedicated job coaching in 2023, 81 per cent of them gained employment.
In 2023, 409 job seekers from vulnerable groups – such as rough sleepers who experience homelessness and sleep in public places or temporary shelters, and people with mental health conditions like Camila – received dedicated job coaching. Among these people, 81 per cent or 333 successfully gained employment.
In 2021, he could not continue his housing lease due to financial struggles, and lost his rental room. He stayed in different shelters for about a year, and sought housing at the New Hope Community Services shelter in March 2022. New Hope CS is one of the social service agencies supported by SBF Foundation to run a job support and retention programme for displaced individuals and those living in transitional shelters.
Job coaches also work with other parties like social workers to ensure the individual is supported in other ways, such as helping them seek more permanent housing arrangements to enable them to sustain employment. A spokesman for SBF Foundation said that linking up and working with hiring organisations is a critical factor besides having job coaches to support vulnerable individuals to be job-ready.
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