JOBSEEKERS with mental illnesses have yet another avenue to get help on finding a job, and keep it.
The Institute of Mental Health's Job Club equips patients with skills, finds them matching jobs and then follows up with them and their employers after.
Since the centre's pilot in April last year, there have been almost 400 job placements. Seventeen of the 93 patients given jobs between April and September last year have managed to stay on for more than a year.
Job Club was officially launched by MP of Jurong GRC and deputy secretary-general of NTUC Halimah Yacob on Wednesday .
She commended the 59 employers registered with the centre and hopes that the number will double next year. She urged employers to give mental patients a chance at integrating back to the society.
- The Straits Times
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