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Employment Pathways

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Our Employment Pathways services can help you build your skills on the way to getting a job.

We can help you with:

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  • writing your resume
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  • learning to take public transport
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  • getting work experience.
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We have Employment Pathways Coordinators who can help you.

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We will match you with an Employment Pathways Coordinator.

They will:

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  • help you build your skills
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  • support you to reach your goals.

Your goals might be to:

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  • manage your own money
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  • take public transport
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  • get work experience.
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Disability Employment Services (DES)

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DES is run by the Australian Government.

It helps people with disability find and keep jobs.

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We can help you work out if you can use DES.

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If you can use DES, we will put you in touch with MatchWorks.

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MatchWorks is our service that connects you to employers and helps you find a job.

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School Leavers Employment Support (SLES)

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SLES is for Year 12 students with disability who:

  • aren’t ready to start looking for a job right away
  • need help to work out what job will be right for them.
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SLES will give you support to:

  • get you ready for work
  • make a plan for your future.
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We can provide you with support for up to 2 years after you finish high school.

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Find out more about our SLES.

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Supported Employment

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We offer Supported Employment for people with disability in our genU Business Enterprises.

A job with one of our genU Business Enterprises could be:

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  • in a café
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  • as a gardener
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  • in a warehouse.
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You can find out more on the Supported Employment page of this website.