In late 2003, the Social Welfare Department announced that two sheltered workshops will be outsourced. The Association successfully bidded for the operation of the Workshop in Lek Yuen, and officially took over in April 2004. The transferred centre was reformed into an Integrated Vocational Rehabilitation Service Centre (IVRSC) to comply with the new policy of the Social Welfare Department. The IVRSC provides both a sheltered workshop and supported employment under one roof. It facilitates the internal upward mobility of sheltered workshop users to use our supported employment services before looking for a job in the open employment market. The centre also provides a safety net for fallback users by giving them the chance to get re-trained, thus lessening the worry of the parents. We named our service unit ‘Tiptop Training Centre’, which reflects the Association’s target to operate a training centre with a tip-top quality of service.
Our centre provides one-stop vocational training services for people with disabilities including assessment, training, job placement and onsite follow-up. We also provide other support services such as parents’ meetings, social skills training and recreational activities. Eventually, we aim at “fully realizing the talent” of our service users.
Persons with moderate intellectual disabilities (for sheltered workshop service)
Persons with mild intellectual disabilities and other disabilities (for supported employment service)
Persons rehabilitating from mental illness
Persons with other types of disabilities
Persons aged 15 or above
Persons who are mentally and emotionally stable with no infectious disease or severely disturbing behaviour
Persons capable of self-care; and
Persons who are willing to work
Prevocational assessment and job attitude training
Vocational skills training (packaging, cleaning, car beauty services, arts and crafts work, office assistance, warehouse work and sales)
Job matching, on-the-job training and placement follow up
Casework and counselling service
Interest group and development group
Parental work and recreational activities
Dry goods packaging
Hot press lamination
Printed matter packaging and posting
Arts and crafts production
Photocopying and binding services
Car beauty service
Home, shop and office cleaning services
Charity sale of donated items
Service applicants, employers who wish to employ our trainees or provide production jobs to our sheltered workshop, and companies with donation items are all welcome to contact us.