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Disability Employment Australia

Disability Employment Australia. The peak body for Australia's Disability Employment Services Represent the interests of members at a national level to government and other stakeholders.

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Disability Employment Australia

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  1. Disability Employment Australia • The peak body for Australia's Disability Employment Services • Represent the interests of members at a national level to government and other stakeholders. • Get a “better deal” for people with disability participating in the workforce and educate the public about issues related to disability employment.

  2. Paul Matley 34 years old • Lives independently in his own apartment • Works 2 days a week as a recreation officer’s assistant • Performs with one drama group and one dance group • Patron of e.motion21 a dance company for children and young adults with Down syndrome • MCs for a mixed ability dance club, Street Festivals and co MCs Corporate Events • Hip Hop Dance Group teaching children and young adults • Adhoc performances contracts • In relationship

  3. Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. Louisa May Alcott widely known as the writer of Little Women

  4. Dare To Dream The Environment makes it possible: • UN convention – Article 27 – Open Employment • Disability Service Act – Disability Service Standards • Disability Employment Services • National Disability Insurance Scheme • Access • Choice and Control

  5. Supported Open Employment Disability Employment Services in Australia

  6. Unemployment

  7. Open (or supported) employment in Australia Funded by Government and outsourced to different organisations

  8. Disability Employment Services

  9. Employment Support Service

  10. Disability Management Service

  11. Job Access

  12. Employer Assistance Fund

  13. DES Locations

  14. Characteristics

  15. The DES Model

  16. Eligible School Leavers To be eligible to commence in DES as an Eligible School Leaver, the job seeker must be: • in the last 6 months of full time secondary school and considering post‐school options/employment opportunities, or • a full‐time student who is participating in a school based Apprenticeship which is recognised by an Australian Apprenticeship Centre and a training contract is lodged in the Training Recognition System (TRS), or

  17. Eligible School Leavers • a full‐time student who is intending to work part‐time outside of school hours at award‐based wages, or • first registering with a DES provider within the 12 months of leaving full time secondary school, or • first registering with a DES provider directly from participating in a recognised State or Commonwealth funded transition to work program. AND….

  18. Eligible School Leavers • of legal working age, • assessed by the provider as having capacity to work for a minimum of 8 hours a week with the assistance of a DES provider, • not currently employed for 8 hours or more per week,

  19. Eligible School Leavers • able to provide suitable evidence from their current educational authority recognising the student’s need for educational support due to the nature of their disability, • does not have a current and valid JCA with an employment services referral*

  20. Employability Skills • 1 Communication • 2 Team work • 3 Problem-solving • 4 Initiative and enterprise • 5 Planning and organising • 6 Self-management • 7 Learning • 8 Technology (Source: Business Council of Australia & Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry 2002)

  21. Pathway • Directly approaching providers • Schools have relationships with providers • Direct registrations do not require a Job Capacity Assessment • Referral from Centrelink via Job Capacity Assessment • Volunteering to participate in DES does not trigger a review of a person’s DSP

  22. Eligibility - Post School Leaving • Working aged up to 65 • Australian citizen or resident • Has a work capacity of at least 8 hours per week • Medical evidence to support disability

  23. What are the options after secondary school? • The move from school to employment represents a critical life transition for young people - even more so for people with disability • Open (competitive) employment through DES, in our view, offers the best pathway towards improved economic and social outcomes. • Natural inclusion in and contribution to the communities they live and work.

  24. What are the options after secondary school? • In Australia many young people with disability are transitioned into Australian Disability Enterprises (ADE) – ‘Sheltered Workshops’ • People who work in an ADE are paid wages in line with their productivity ‘not based on the award wage system’ • Being included in an excluded group is not true social inclusion

  25. What are the options after secondary school? • There are 20 000 people working in ADEs and 75% of those people have an intellectual disability. • 60% of people with intellectual disability are not employed

  26. Open employment through DES offers the best pathway towards improved economic and social outcomes

  27. Find a Provider • Use the Disability Employment Australia website http://disabilityemployment.org.au/provider-search/all/ • Or use the Australian Job Search Website http://www.jobsearch.gov.au

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