ICPA2024 PID044 Justin Mui and Kian Peng Ang

Restorative Employment: When Work Restores Dignity and Livelihoods

Authors

Justin Mui

Executive Director, Lutheran Community Care Services Ltd

Justin Mui is Executive Director at Lutheran Community Care Services Ltd (LCCS), a social service agency that focuses on driving a restorative movement to break the cycle of hurt and build connected communities of empowered individuals, for the people, public and private sectors. Trained in Restorative Practices by the International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP), Justin has facilitated proactive relationship-building and responsive peace-making circles for staff of government agencies, professional associations, social service agencies, and corporations. Justin has a Masters in Tri-Sector Collaboration from the Singapore Management University and is a registered social worker with the Singapore Association of Social Workers. He is also a Master Solution-Focused Brief Therapist with the International Alliance of Solution-Focused Teaching Institutes.

Starting as a youth worker at LCCS in 2007, Justin served in various other roles and capacities, such as counsellor and manager, before taking on the role of Executive Director from the founder.
Together with the management team, Justin led LCCS to achieve the Kincentric Best Employers for Social Service Sector in 2021. He has also spoken on local and overseas platforms on LCCS’ people practices and strategies on diversity, equity and inclusion.

Kian Peng Ang

Founder, The Social Kitchen

Ang Kian Peng founded The Social Kitchen to empower the vulnerable through meaningful employment. The Social Kitchen aims to be the largest employer of marginalised individuals in Singapore and across South-east Asia. The company trains and hires from across Singapore’s vulnerable community – persons with disabilities, single mothers, people with incarcerated experiences, mature workers, caregivers and more.
Through a collaborative partnership mindset, Kian Peng scales his work and impact by remaining asset-light, made possible by developing partnerships with landlords such as banks, property developers or non-profits. The most recent partnership with Bistro Bytes by Keppel Land, leverages technology and automation to provide a conducive and structured environment for individuals to receive coaching support while working towards better livelihoods.

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