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Jobs offered to Jakarta’s disabled
Forty of Jakarta’s disabled residents took job tests facilitated by the city’s social affairs agency and the Workers Social Security Agency (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan) on Monday.
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Visually impaired people taking part in the National Public Accessibility Movement (GAUN) walk along Jl. Kebon Sirih in Central Jakarta on Aug. 30, 2017. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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orty of Jakarta’s disabled residents took job tests facilitated by the city’s social affairs agency and the Workers Social Security Agency (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan) on Monday.
The testing was held at the agency’s Bina Netra Rungu Wicara Cahaya Bathin social housing in Cawang, East Jakarta as part of the BPJS’ attempts to provide wider job opportunities for disabled people.
A 2016 law on people with disabilities requires government institutions and state-owned companies to have disabled people account for at least 2 percent of their staff.
The social housing head, Mukhlisin, said 28 visually impaired people and 12 people with speech disorders had applied for jobs.
“The jobs offered are call center officers, telemarketing, cleaning service, administrator, social media administrator, hotel hospitality officer and graphic designer,” Mukhlisin said in a statement.
He added that he would continue assisting people with disabilities in their search for work.
“Hopefully, it will eradicate the public stigma. People with visual impairments, for instance, are widely associated with jobs related to massages or singing, while in fact they can enter other job fields that will enable them to earn decent incomes,” he said. (fac)
