NCKU launches vocational rehabilitation resource center for the disabled
Tainan, Taiwan, April 25, 2013
National Cheng Kung University had officially launched the Vocational Rehabilitation Resource Center for Individuals with Disabilities in Yunlin-Chiayi-Tainan Region (VRRC-YCT) on April 16.
The Executive Yuan of R.O.C. Taiwan has entrusted the varsity to assist and advise local Labor Affairs Bureau and Vocational rehabilitation units for the disabled in the Yunlin-Chiayi-Tainan region, thus opening up job opportunities for this special group of people and providing them with more professional capabilities.
According to statistics, the disabled people’s labor market in the Yunlin-Chiayi-Tainan region is estimated to have exceeded 100 thousand people. There are some disabled people who have already entered into the job market, but it is a well-known fact that most of them are struggling to find jobs to earn a living.
The launching ceremony was jointly hosted by NCKU Vice President Hong-Sen Yan, the Director General of the Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training (BEVT) under the Executive Yuan’s Council of Labor Affairs San-Quei Lin, the Director of the BEVT Tainan Training Center Zhen-Yang Shi, the Tainan City Government Labor Affair Department Hui-Mei Huang, the Director of Yunlin County Government Labor Affairs Department Du-Hui Tsai and the Director of the Chiayi County Social Affairs Bureau Jun-Jie Lin.
After the unveiling ceremony, the center’s director Nai-Wen Guo gave a talk on a topic entitled “Vocational Rehabilitation for the Mentally Disabled – Challenges and Future Prospects.”
“The spirit of NCKU is to serve the society, to contribute to the country, to benefit the people,” explained Vice President Hong-Sen Yan while welcoming the participation of all distinguished guests on behalf of NCKU President Hwung-Hweng Hwung. “Hence, establishing VRRC-YCT is the most direct means of providing benefits to the people.”
Using NCKU as an example, the number of the disabled required by the university is 119 people. However, NCKU Vice President Yan has hired more than 147 people, thus fully conforming to government policies in order to provide more job opportunities for the disabled community.
“NCKU’s biggest strength is cross-disciplinary integration,” stressed Vice President Yan while expressing his gratitude to the Executive Yuan for presenting the opportunity for NCKU to serve the community. “The center (VRRC-YCT) not only can integrate NCKU’s College of Management and College of Social Sciences, it can also help integrate resources of cross-disciplines such as law and psychology to develop its unique features.”
The Director General of the Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training (BEVT) under the Executive Yuan’s Council of Labor Affairs San-Quei Lin revealed that there are currently about 190 thousand disabled people in the Yunlin-Chiayi-Tainan region, where 107,628 of them are aged between 15 and 64 years old. Hence, Lin stressed that the biggest challenge for BEVT is to transform them into useful labor force.
“Currently, the BEVT has already established vocational rehabilitation resource centers (VRRC),” explained Lin. “With VRRC-YCT fully established, the effort to set up 5 VRRCs is now completed, and they are now expected to benefit even more disabled people, enabling them to express their abilities and talents.”
As the director of the VRRC-YCT, College of Medicine Associate Professor Nai-Wen Kuo revealed that NCKU integrates its academic research on evidence-based medicine, biomedical engineering, information engineering and rehabilitation psychology as well as the practice of vocational rehabilitation to develop the center based on the combination of both research and actual practice, hence becoming one of Taiwan’s latest vocational rehabilitation resource service network.
VRRC-YCT provides professional assistance to four county and city governments including Yunlin County, Chiayi County, Chiayi City and Tainan City, as well as 38 vocational rehabilitation units to help develop the features and quality of localized services, making such services more accessible and proactive. It aims to provide vocational rehabilitation services to meet the demands of the disabled community, thus helping them to obtain jobs suitable to their needs.
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National Cheng Kung University had officially launched the Vocational Rehabilitation Resource Center for Individuals with Disabilities in Yunlin-Chiayi-Tainan Region (VRRC-YCT) on April 16.
The Executive Yuan of R.O.C. Taiwan has entrusted the varsity to assist and advise local Labor Affairs Bureau and Vocational rehabilitation units for the disabled in the Yunlin-Chiayi-Tainan region, thus opening up job opportunities for this special group of people and providing them with more professional capabilities.
According to statistics, the disabled people’s labor market in the Yunlin-Chiayi-Tainan region is estimated to have exceeded 100 thousand people. There are some disabled people who have already entered into the job market, but it is a well-known fact that most of them are struggling to find jobs to earn a living.
The launching ceremony was jointly hosted by NCKU Vice President Hong-Sen Yan, the Director General of the Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training (BEVT) under the Executive Yuan’s Council of Labor Affairs San-Quei Lin, the Director of the BEVT Tainan Training Center Zhen-Yang Shi, the Tainan City Government Labor Affair Department Hui-Mei Huang, the Director of Yunlin County Government Labor Affairs Department Du-Hui Tsai and the Director of the Chiayi County Social Affairs Bureau Jun-Jie Lin.
After the unveiling ceremony, the center’s director Nai-Wen Guo gave a talk on a topic entitled “Vocational Rehabilitation for the Mentally Disabled – Challenges and Future Prospects.”
“The spirit of NCKU is to serve the society, to contribute to the country, to benefit the people,” explained Vice President Hong-Sen Yan while welcoming the participation of all distinguished guests on behalf of NCKU President Hwung-Hweng Hwung. “Hence, establishing VRRC-YCT is the most direct means of providing benefits to the people.”
Using NCKU as an example, the number of the disabled required by the university is 119 people. However, NCKU Vice President Yan has hired more than 147 people, thus fully conforming to government policies in order to provide more job opportunities for the disabled community.
“NCKU’s biggest strength is cross-disciplinary integration,” stressed Vice President Yan while expressing his gratitude to the Executive Yuan for presenting the opportunity for NCKU to serve the community. “The center (VRRC-YCT) not only can integrate NCKU’s College of Management and College of Social Sciences, it can also help integrate resources of cross-disciplines such as law and psychology to develop its unique features.”
The Director General of the Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training (BEVT) under the Executive Yuan’s Council of Labor Affairs San-Quei Lin revealed that there are currently about 190 thousand disabled people in the Yunlin-Chiayi-Tainan region, where 107,628 of them are aged between 15 and 64 years old. Hence, Lin stressed that the biggest challenge for BEVT is to transform them into useful labor force.
“Currently, the BEVT has already established vocational rehabilitation resource centers (VRRC),” explained Lin. “With VRRC-YCT fully established, the effort to set up 5 VRRCs is now completed, and they are now expected to benefit even more disabled people, enabling them to express their abilities and talents.”
As the director of the VRRC-YCT, College of Medicine Associate Professor Nai-Wen Kuo revealed that NCKU integrates its academic research on evidence-based medicine, biomedical engineering, information engineering and rehabilitation psychology as well as the practice of vocational rehabilitation to develop the center based on the combination of both research and actual practice, hence becoming one of Taiwan’s latest vocational rehabilitation resource service network.
VRRC-YCT provides professional assistance to four county and city governments including Yunlin County, Chiayi County, Chiayi City and Tainan City, as well as 38 vocational rehabilitation units to help develop the features and quality of localized services, making such services more accessible and proactive. It aims to provide vocational rehabilitation services to meet the demands of the disabled community, thus helping them to obtain jobs suitable to their needs.
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