Qualitative Research for Activating the Transition Support Project: Focusing on Grounded Theory

The purpose of this study was to identify the current status of the transition support project for disabled workers excluded from the minimum wage at vocational rehabilitation facilities and to find out ways to activate the project. In order to explore the problems and ways to activate the transition support project, in-depth group interviews (FGI) were conducted with the Korea Employment Promotion Agency for the Disabled, which is in charge of the project promotion system, and those in charge of vocational rehabilitation facilities for the disabled. The results of the in-depth interview survey showed that not only did this project expand awareness of transition at vocational rehabilitation facilities, but it also had a positive effect of increasing the job-seeking desire of the subjects due to participation in the project. However, the fact that the project mainly utilized the infrastructure of the vocational rehabilitation facility itself, the characteristics of the project subjects as occupationally severely disabled people, and the lack of awareness of the need for transition caused difficulties in the transition support project along with factors such as lack of communication that could occur in the initial stage of the project. Based on the problems revealed in the in-depth interview results, the establishment of an improved transition support system was emphasized and ways to activate this project were suggested.