WorkAbility is a new employment service for people with disabilities to support them into employment, self-employment, or access training and upskilling opportunities.
WorkAbility aims to:
- Improve employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
- Engage and build capacity of community employers to support people with disabilities into employment and career progression.
- Create and maintain relationships with stakeholders, and bolster networking connections across services to suport people with disabilities.
What the WorkAbility team can offer:
- One-on-one mentoring and support.
- Personal employment development plan tailored to the needs of the participant.
- CV and cover letter writing workshops.
- Career guidance.
- Work experience placements.
- Self-employment and entrepreneurship workshops.
- Relevant certification opportunities e.g. Barista skills, Manual Handling, Fire Safety, Bookkeeping and more.
- Support through the next steps of employment, further education and training opportunities.
Working with employers, the WorkAbility team aim to:
- Build capacity of employers to recruit, retain and progress people with disabilities within their organisation.
- Equip employers with disability awareness training and share new approaches to providing employment supports to people with disabilities.
- Provide consistent support to employers, adding value through a richness of diversity and talent to your workforce.
- Support champions of employment, diversity and inclusion.
