specialised employment service. what is jobs west? employment service assisting people with...

Specialised Employment Service

What is Jobs West?

Employment Service assisting people with disabilities and learning difficulties find and maintain meaningful award based employment

Administration / Clerical

Retail / Customer Service

Hospitality

Trades / Manufacturing

Trades & Manufacturing

Who does Jobs West Assist?• People with Learning

Difficulties (Numeracy & Literacy, Language Disorders) Disabilities (Intellectual and Physical), Mental Illness (Depression, Anxiety, Schizophrenia) and Chronic Illness (Diabetes, Renal Disease) & Centrelink referred Job Seekers

Employers who -• Recognise workers

for their skills and abilities

• Value motivated employees

• Are looking for employees who strive to achieve

Employers who -

• Would utilise the free assistance that Jobs West can provide

• Are prepared to offer assistance and training to enhance employee skills

• Actively promote Equal Employment Opportunities

What does Jobs West do?• Works with motivated Job

Seekers to identify suitable job choices based on skills and abilities

• Assists to source suitable job opportunities through internal marketing and development of job search skills

• Works with Consumers and Employers to develop a plan to ensure sustainable employment, job satisfaction, professional & personal development

Program Procedure3 Steps Prior to Job Seeking

1. Registration• Collection of Information • Centrelink Eligibility• Confirmation of Learning Difficulty/Disability

2. Assessment• Skills and Abilities• Realistic Job Choices• Restrictions• Motivation• Prepared for Job Seeking

Program Procedure

3 Steps Prior to Job Seeking

3. Acceptance• Types and Level of Assistance required • Job Seeking strategies identified• Is Jobs West capable of providing assistance required

Employment Assistance Plan & Job Seeking

Referral to Other Options

(where available)

What types of assistance are available?

• Intensive Job Matching to ensure candidate suitability

• Training and Induction support for new employees to supplement internal company systems including OH&S

• Pre-vocational & on going training to support skill development

• Wage subsidies for eligible Job Seekers

• Supported Wages Scheme (productivity based wages) implementation and review

• Apprenticeship and Traineeship negotiation and implementation

• Employment skills development and counselling

• TEAM skills and work place communication

• Conflict resolution, appraisal and disciplinary action

Why Consider Staff from Jobs West?

• 19% of the Australian Population have a disability

This represents 15% (or 1 million) of

Australians of Working Age

Only 50% of these people are currently employed

• 98% of Staff with a disability rate average or better in workplace safety

• 90% of Staff with a disability rate average or better on job performances

• 86% of Staff with a disability rate average or better on attendanceDuPont (USA)

• 90% of Employers had no change in insurance costs to employ a person with a disability

• Staff retention is 72% higher, saving millions of dollars each year in recruitment and training costs

Department of Labour Victoria

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