Employment Support Services (EmSS)
The aim of EmSS is to assist able-bodied Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients in overcoming their work barriers and enhancing employability for paid employment with the provision of a range of one-stop integrated employment assistance services on a family basis.
Introduction of the Programme
To assist the able-bodied CSSA applicants
aged 15 to 64, and single parents/child carers
with their youngest child
aged 12 to 14, in providing:
• Employment Assistance Services: regular interviews, up-to-date labour market information, job matching, etc.;
• Tailor-made and Focused Employment Assistance Services: Pre-employment Training, Workplace
Attachment, etc.;
• Information on Child Care Support (for single parents/ child carers on CSSA whose youngest child
aged 12 to 14).