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Customised Employment series
In this video series, Customised Employment is discussed with a focus on its first step, Discovery. Discovery is a process that helps uncover a person’s interests and strengths and identify workplace conditions that will help the person to thrive in an work environment.
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Rhiannon’s work experience
The video shares Rhiannon’s Year 10 bakery work experience, showing how planning, strengths, and community connections created meaningful inclusion. Her story illustrates how strength‑based planning and engagement open pathways to employment and participation for young people with disability, highlighting the value of tailored opportunities that build skills, confidence and community ties.
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Josh’s story: Importance of work experience, volunteering and paid work
This video about Josh, a young student with a disability, highlights the importance of inclusive education and employment pathways for people with disability. The video shows how Josh navigates school and work experience in his local community. He attends a regular class at his local school and completes work placements with two businesses, demonstrating how...
Guide
Employing your own staff
A guide for people with disability and their families who choose the self-directed option of directly employing and managing their own support workers. It provides a crucial step-by-step framework for the new employer, covering everything from strategically designing staff roles, to writing job descriptions, advertising, conducting interviews and managing ongoing staff training.
Guide
Creating a vision statement
A workbook for people with disability and their families to work through exercises to write a vision statement. A clear, positive and well-articulated vision statement for an individual with a disability is the crucial first step toward helping them achieve a good life. This guide has four example vision statements.