Work for the disabled
MIDRAND - After two residents complained about the shortage of adequate services and employment opportunities for disabled persons, Midrand Reporter came across a company in Midrand that uplifts disabled persons.
Dr Madelise Grobler managing director of Bytes People Solutions, a provider of talent management services said the company realised the need for the development of people living with disabilities, and the valuable contribution that they can make. Grobler said, “We launched our first learnership programmes for people living with disabilities in 2006, and have since become a market leader in the training and placing of learners with disabilities.”
Grobler added that the company trained more than 500 people with disabilities in the past eight years. Most of the students enrolled in its programmes are now fully employed, some for more than five years at the same company.
“A crucial aspect of employment equity involves ensuring that more than five million disabled South Africans obtain equal opportunities in the workplace,” said Grobler.
The custom-designed Bytes People Solutions learnership programme for people living with a disability is a comprehensive offering involving various components, such as the identification of companies where learners can gain workplace experience, the recruitment of suitable candidates, and an analysis of the specific needs-profile of each learner living with a disability.
The company’s one-year accredited training programme in IT includes six months training and six months practical in-service training. The outcome of the learning experience is a national certificate. Of the 60 percent of trainees on the programme, more than 25 percent are disabled.
Read our previous story, Resident questions assistance for disabled persons.
