Diverse summer jobs offered to disabled secondary school students
Disabled high school students participating in leisure activities at Hitt Húsið Youth Center will be offered a variety of summer jobs this year. In total, 75 young people will receive offers for four-hour daily positions. That represents a significant increase from last summer, when 55 young people took part.
The proposal received approval at the April 10 Culture and Sports Council meeting. It was then referred to the City Executive Council, which will review the plan at its Thursday meeting. The project has a total budget of 18 million króna.
The goal is to give disabled young people exposure to various jobs in the open labor market and hands-on workplace experience—while helping employers recognize them as valuable workforce contributors. In recent years, participants have worked at locations including Krónan, Árbær Open Air Museum, Reykjavík Family Park & Zoo, Ásgarður, Hagkaup, and Reykjavík's cemeteries.
Leisure activities after the workday
Hitt Húsið Youth Center runs a robust leisure activity program for disabled young people during the school year, and the summer jobs are open to past participants. Hitt Húsið Youth Center summer activities run for 13 weeks, from May 18 to Aug. 14.
The first weeks of summer will focus on work placements. Participants will meet at Hitt Húsið Youth Center each morning and travel to their worksites alongside staff. Once the workday wraps up, participants can join open leisure activities until 4 p.m. Following the work placements, the remaining eight weeks of summer will feature a varied program of organized leisure activities.