المملكة: Towards empowering families… “Education” trains employees to care for people with disabilities

The Ministry of Education announced the approval of allowing employees during official working hours to train on how to deal with disabilities, in accordance with the controls specified by Article (155) of the Executive Regulations for Human Resources, which confirmed that this training aims to enhance the ability of families to care for persons with disabilities and care for them optimally. .
The article stipulates that allowing the employee to attend this training requires fulfilling a set of conditions that contribute to achieving full benefit, while ensuring that this does not affect the workflow..

Staff training

According to the specific controls, an employee may be allowed to train if he does not have a balance of regular vacations, and if a balance of vacations is available, the period of his absence to attend training is calculated from this balance.

It is also required that the disabled person who requires training be one of the employee’s children, one of his parents, or his legal dependents, with the need to submit a report approved by a rehabilitation specialist and approved by the training authority stating the condition of the disabled person and the period required for training.
The article clarifies that the period of absence for training may not exceed forty-two days for one case, and it is also required that the training authority issue a certified certificate that actually proves that the employee attended the training period and times on a regular basis..
It should be noted that Article Two, Paragraph (1/e) of the Disabled Care System, emphasized the importance of training families of disabled people on how to care for and care for them, which enhances the role of the family in providing comprehensive care for people with disabilities in a way that reflects positively on their daily lives.
The Ministry has clarified that training programs are implemented within the Kingdom only through accredited centers specialized in providing training on dealing with various special needs, as the regulations do not address allowing the implementation of these programs outside the Kingdom.

Dealing with disabilities

The Ministry confirmed that the training focuses on how to deal with disabilities of various types, such as visual, hearing, mental, physical and motor disabilities, learning difficulties, speech and speech disorders, behavioral and emotional disorders, autism, and dual and multiple disabilities, in addition to other disabilities that require special care..

The Ministry of Education also clarified that the training does not include accompanying a disabled person for treatment, whether inside or outside the Kingdom, but rather aims to develop the skills of employees and family members in dealing with people with disabilities in their daily lives.
The Ministry confirmed that Article (155) includes all employees working in government sectors, with the exception of those to whom special rules and regulations apply.
To obtain training, the employee must fulfill the regulatory conditions and requirements and submit the request through the employee’s self-service, where the request is studied and approved by the director of education or his representative..

Improving quality of life

With regard to the definition of disability, Article 1 of the Disabled Care System stipulates that a disabled person is every person who suffers from a stable, total or partial deficiency in his physical, sensory, mental, communicative, educational, or psychological abilities, to the extent that it reduces the possibility of meeting his normal requirements compared to the definition of disability. With his non-disabled peers.
The same article also defined disability as having one of the types of shortcomings mentioned that requires special care, stressing the importance of providing rehabilitation and training services to families who take care of people with disabilities..
The Ministry confirmed that allowing an employee to receive training on dealing with disabilities is a permissible matter subject to the discretion of the concerned authority, and aims primarily to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities and enhance the role of the family in providing them with the necessary care.
These efforts come within the Kingdom’s Vision 2030, which seeks to empower people with disabilities and their families, and enhance their integration into society..