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Employment Service Providers
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Specialist Employment Service Providers develop a close working relationship with their jobseekers and assist them to achieve their employment goals. They will provide support before, during and after gaining employment, such as:
- Centrelink Direct Jobseeker Registration
- Help the jobseeker identify their employment related skills and attributes
- Identify further training and development requirement
- Guide them through job search activities
- Resume/ Application assistance
- Build interview skills/ techniques
- Negotiate work trails and employment conditions on the jobseeker behalf
- Workplace Modification assistance
- Ongoing support
Jobseekers – don’t try to do the entire job search alone!
Finding that first job can be tough and take longer than anticipated, so take advantage of the experience and expertise of your local Employment Service Providers.
Disabled New Apprentice Wage Subsidy Scheme (DNAWS)
This programme is delivered through the Department of Education, Science and Training and is designed to assist people with a disability who would otherwise be prevented from starting a new apprenticeship because of mobility restriction or need for equipment to enable them to undertake on-the-job training.
Under DNAWS, an employer may be eligible to receive an incentive to accommodate the physical employment requirements of a potential new apprentice, to enable them to fully undertake all training and work experience necessary for the apprenticeship. The training provider may be eligible for funding to provide extra training support needs. Further information is available on the web site www.adcet.edu.au/rdco .
School-based Traineeships
A recently new innovation has been developed in conjunction with registered training organisations (RTO’s) and DES providers for school-based traineeships. These are designed to assist year 11 and 12 students. They can also be negotiated over an extended timeframe, taking into consideration the student’s education levels and the type of employment being sought.
These types of traineeships cover a wide range of career options and information can be resourced from accredited RTO providers.
A Collaborative Approach
A local SA DES provider for the blind and vision impaired, in conjunction with the South Australian School for the Vision Impaired (SASVI), is developing a Student Transition Employment Program (‘STEP’). This program is designed to meet the needs of students transitioning to employment or tertiary studies, and is particularly targeted at year 11 and 12 students.
Developments to date include career information sessions for teachers, parents and students within the school setting, and information open nights to visit their local DES provider to gain hands-on knowledge of specialist equipment, adaptive technology and supports available.
Another vital component of the STEP program is collaboratively working with students and teachers to develop realistic work experience options as part of their Negotiated Curriculum Plans (NCP’s).
A School Learners’ Perspective:
Twins Bianca and Rebecca have Ocular-Cutaneous Albinism, a condition which has left them vision impaired. Bianca and Rebecca have been clients of their local Specialist DES Provider for blind and vision impaired since 2007.
Since transitioning from high school, both young ladies have undertaken extensive pre-employment training, work experience placements and job search activities to build their confidence and independence. It has always been the career goal of both Bianca and Rebecca to be employed together and not be separated in the workplace.
With the assistance of their service provider they have jointly worked together and are now strongly focused on opening a small café style business together and are structuring their training and development towards this objective.
Bianca has stated “Without the assistance of our DES Provider and case management supports I don’t know how we would have got on. I know that working one to one with my employment consultant has assisted me to mature, be assertive and have stronger communication skills.”
Rebecca supports her sister’s view and adds; “I have also learnt a lot about how to prepare resumes and applications.”
Both Bianca and Rebecca agree that being with the Specialist DES Provider has helped them decide what they wish to do regarding employment options, and this led to the decision to open their own family business. Their mother, Josie, has been involved with the planning sessions between her daughters and their provider, and assisted in many of the discussions and interviews.
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