Sheltered workshops provide vocational training to adults with moderate to severe disabilities to improve their opportunities for future employment. They are taught basic job skills such as packaging and assembly through sub-contract work. They also earn an allowance and gain valuable experience working under a real client organisation, thus improving their prospects for open employment.
The Centre for Enabled Living provides referrals to sheltered workshops.
Who
Individuals who are Singapore Citizens or Permanent Residents aged 18 to 55, and diagnosed with any of the following disabilities:
- Developmental
- Intellectual
- Sensory
- Physical
- A combination of two or more of the above
The abovementioned disabilities should be congenital, although persons with acquired disabilities will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
How
Applications for placement in a sheltered workshop should preferably be submitted by a professional (e.g. doctor, social worker, therapist, etc) to the Centre for Enabled Living (CEL). Besides the
referral form, the individual's medical report, social report and psychological report are also required as supporting documents.
For more information, please read the
FAQs. For additional enquiries, you may contact CEL at 1800-8585 885 or
information@cel.sg.