The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) officially launched a programme to help patients with kidney failure to find jobs that can accommodate their three times a week dialysis schedules.
The Patient Employment Rehabilitation Programme, sponsored by a $2.3 million grant from the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, aims to find suitable jobs for unemployed patients, both within the NKF and with other employers.
The programme aims to have 50 patients employed by NKF by the end of next year, and 120 by the end of its third year in specially created positions such as patients relations officers and exercise specialists. It also provides career guidance and job matching services through collaborations with external employers.
The launch event, held at the NKF centre in Balestier, also hosted a job fair. Minister for Social and Family Development Tan Chuan-Jin presented Courage Awards to six patients with long service to their companies and Extraordinary Awards to their employers, which included DBS Bank and the National Environment Agency.
Thoughts:
- While it is nice to note that NKF is taking the lead to create jobs for these patients, I do think that there must be more firms that will be able to support it as well. Currently there is a donation grant to help foot the pay of these patients, what happens if the donation has dried up few years down the road?
Thoughts anyone?
Yours,
Something Small Thinking Big
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