EMPLOYMENT
SUPPORT
Looking for employment?
ISA can help you find a job and keep it!
SLES and Finding & Keeping a Job
We work with you to create a customised job plan based on your goals, skills and aspirations. You'll get tailored pre-employment training and are welcome to attend any of our Work Preparation Workshops to assist you with developing your resume and confidently attending an interview. We’ll also support you with your job search and match your skills to the right position.
Is finding a job one of the goals in your NDIS plan, or simply something you’d like to find out more about?
Then contacting ISA is a must!
We will help you to explore various ways the NDIS can fund you for employment and support on the job. ISA can help you find the right job for you!! This can be done in several ways, depending on your situation and needs.
Some of the things the NDIS can fund include:
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Finding ways to overcome the complex barriers to employment
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Counselling to successfully engage in employment
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Workplace assessment
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Assistance with writing a resume
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Support before and during a job interview
These can be funded under the support category, ‘Finding and Keeping a Job’ (Category 10), a Capacity Building Support that aims to help people with a disability get into the workforce and build their independence.
There are several other ways the NDIS can support you on your employment journey! The ‘Increased Social and Community Participation’ (Category 9) can be used to develop confidence in social skills and independence that can help you find employment.
What is SLES?
SLES is an NDIS-funded individualised service for eligible students in their final year of school or directly after leaving school for up to two years. ISA supports school leavers to prepare, look for and gain employment. They provide meaningful, individualised capacity building activities so school leavers can achieve their employment goals.
What support can ISA provide?
We are experts in developing skills and tailoring the support for our young people. Our amazing program prepares them to become job ready, working with them to develop their motivation and confidence to work either supported or independently.
We know the challenges facing parents and their school leaver have post high school. Our program works with the school leavers network and is able to offer choice and opportunity to a young person so that they are able to gain industry experience in job area's they love!
Interactive workshops are on offer every week with industry visits every month, and our amazing work experience program offering on the job support!
Work Preparation Program
The ISA Work Preparation Program offers weekly workshops in your area and industry visits on each subject!
These include covering a variety of workplace relevant topics and processes, such as:
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Resume Writing and Updating – adding profiles to Seek, applying for jobs online, and talking about your resume.
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Interview Techniques – learning how to interview, answering interview questions, confidence building, and role-playing.
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Money Handling Skills – understanding documents, bank account & Tax File Numbers, EFTPOS, and the use of cash registers.
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How to Keep that Job!
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Challenges on the Job
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Coping with your Disability on the Job
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Your Employer and Fellow Staff
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Motivation and Commitment to Work
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Communication Skills in the Workplace
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Time Management
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Travel Training
Work Experience Program
ISA offer regular activity and structure and move onto highly individualised support once all parties are confident to begin looking at work experience and employment. We will work with you and develop an activities schedule, reflected in a service agreement, which helps you reach your employment goals.
Our Work Experience, Employment or Traineeships Support includes:
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Finding placement for work experience with over 4000 Host Employers in our QLD database.
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Industry and job matching across all industries.
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On the job support – we will support you until you become independent at work.
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Industry visits to gain real world understanding.
Traineeships for People with Disabilities
ISA has partnered with an exclusive labour hire organisation that works directly with people with a disability and understands the need to ensure a tailored flexible employment arrangement is offered to our participants.
Employment opportunities are offered to students with a disability under our partners' School-Based Traineeship program at no cost to the student, school or the host employer. We offer a wide range of industries that allow the student to choose the best career pathway and the opportunity to start working while at school. We believe this will give the student the best opportunity to transition from high school.
School-Based Traineeships are a great combination of academic study and training plus paid industry experience. This allows the student to work for an employer, while also gaining a nationally recognised qualification.
We believe that no student should be limited by this fantastic opportunity and that is why we have partnered with a number of RTOs that offer qualifications ranging from Certificate II to Diploma level in a wide range of industry areas.
Can ISA support me at work?
Yes we can!
Along with ISA helping you find a job, the NDIS can also provide funding to support you when you’re at work. We will provide on the job support to you that will help you learn to maintain and sustain your employment and also help you and your employer understand your disability and implement coping and managing strategies.
It can be a daunting process for a person with barriers to communicate their workplace needs and barriers towards their employment. ISA educate and support both the employer and you to make this an easy process!
Some examples of workplace support that the NDIS can cover include:
Personal supports while at work, such as assistance with eating meals.
(‘Assistance with Daily Living’ - Category 1)
Transport to and from work.
(‘Transport’ - Category 2)
On the job training to assist you manage the demands of the job.
(which can be funded under ‘Finding and Keeping a Job’ - Category 10)
ISA will work with the Employer to ensure the workplace is accessible and you have all the specialised aids and equipment to help you perform your job.