I want to work! My Symposium (Citizen Awareness Project)

This symposium started as the “Working Symposium for Persons with Disabilities” in 2004 as a dissemination and enlightenment project on the employment of persons with disabilities, and the fourth in 2007, “I want to work! In your symposium, from the 14th in 2017, "I want to work! It has been renamed "My Symposium" and is held every year.
At the beginning of the event, employment for companies was limited and there were few places where vocational training was possible, so the main focus was to introduce training institutions and give lectures by people with intellectual disabilities who work. Since then, the number of persons with disabilities working in training institutions and companies has increased, and since 2018, mentally ill persons have also been subject to the Employment Promotion Act for Persons with Disabilities, and employment opportunities have been expanding for those with disabilities. It is up to the present while changing the theme every time with the transition.

This year, the event was held as follows.

Date and time: Friday, September 6, 2024 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm

Venue: Atrium on the 1st floor of Yokohama City Hall and Space AB (10, 6-50 Honmachi, Naka-ku)

Target: Persons with disabilities who want to work, their families / companies and government agencies / supporters (welfare establishments, schools, etc.), etc.　
　　　※Sign language interpreter / written interpreter (Citizen Collaboration Promotion Center Space AB), wheelchair seats available　　

The event was held at two venues on the first floor of the city hall. The venue layout program is as shown in [Each Venue Layout Program].
In addition to live voices about "working" by persons with disabilities and persons in charge of employment companies for persons with disabilities, we also exhibited and sold by disability welfare establishments.
More than 400 people came to the venue on the day of the event. Thank you very much.

Held flyer (PDF: 883KB)

Thank you for waiting! In response to everyone's request, the 19th "I want to work! I will deliver the archive of my symposium.
Period: From 9:00 am on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 to 5:00 pm on Monday, March 31, 2024
Yokohama YouTube Channel "I want to work 19th! My Symposium"
Click here for access　→　https://youtu.be/YdG4eIR7yvI (external site)

↓You can also access it from 2D barcodes! Check it out!　　　　

19th "I want to work! Thank you very much for watching my symposium.
Thank you for your cooperation in the questionnaire.
Click here for the symposium questionnaire response form.↓
Questionnaire page (Yokohama-shi electronic application, report system) (outside site)　

You can also answer from the two-dimensional barcode.

　In City of Yokohama, Health and Social Welfare Bureau, we aim to create opportunities for people with disabilities to think about working and want to work. "My Symposium" is being held.
　Every year, the symposium asks people with disabilities to share their experiences about employment and work.
　This time, we will recruit presenters from those who are working with the cooperation of workplaces and employment support organizations for persons with disabilities, focusing on the theme of "There are various ways of working" as in the previous fiscal year. If you would like to help you send an ale to those who want to think about your work in the future, please check the recruitment guidelines below and apply. Deadline: Friday, June 28, 2024
(* Recruitment of presenters has been closed. Thank you very much to everyone who applied.
　
〇 Recruitment of presenters (PDF: 908KB)

• I want to work in the 18th year of 2023! Introduction of my symposium

• Interviews with companies and speakers at past symposiums

• List of Past Symposiums

• Relationship between Yokohama City Disability Plan and Symposium (Citizen Awareness Project)

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In the 2023 symposium, not only the venue (Yokohama City Health and Welfare Center), but also live distribution and archive distribution were carried out on YouTube.
Talks from people working in private companies, local governments, offices, etc., colleagues and supporters, and mini-lectures by Tozuka Yokohama Employment Support Center Director "Do you get if you know? It was a good opportunity to think about "work" through "Working Tips".

Interviews with Takashimaya Yokohama Co., Ltd., who had attended the symposium in the past, and K, who works at the Yokohama Branch of Nippon Express Co., Ltd., talked about the employment situation that changes with the times, corporate initiatives, and their thoughts on continuing to work. Was.

● Click here for the detailed version (Excel: 15KB)

In Yokohama City, with a focus on creating a society where people with disabilities can make self-selection and self-determination, the "Plan for Persons with Disabilities (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan")", a medium- to long-term plan related to disability measures, was launched in 2004. Was formulated in Since then, we have formulated the “Second Plan” in FY2009, the “Third Plan” in FY2015, and the “Fourth Plan” in FY2021, and have been promoting measures.
The fourth plan is to aim for Yokohama, a town where people without disabilities can live on their own will as a member of a community-friendly society while respecting their personalities and personalities with each other's personality and individuality. It is set as a basic goal. This symposium is positioned as a “Citizen Enlightenment on Employment of Persons with Disabilities” project in the 4th Plan.
● Click here about Yokohama-shi person with a disability plan

The Act on the Promotion of Employment of Persons with Disabilities (Employment of Persons with Disabilities Act) stipulates the obligation for companies to hire persons with disabilities and various measures necessary to stabilize the occupations of persons with disabilities. It is based on the Employment Promotion Act for the Disabled, enacted in 1960, and has been revised several times to the present. Initially, the employment obligations of companies were limited to persons with disabilities, but since then, the scope of persons with intellectual and mental disabilities has been expanded. In recent years, working styles for people with disabilities, such as working from home and working shorter hours, have also diversified with the times.
We want to think about "work of person with a disability" with citizens in various ways from now on.