In this section there are tips, tools and resources that can be helpful for employers. Below we offer a diverse range of media types including videos, websites referrals, articles, booklets and more exploring and unpacking the below topic areas.
Moving on from a role from time to time is a normal part of working life. When the time comes to move on to the next step in your career, here are some ideas to make the transition easier.
- Reflect and Document
If considering leaving a role, it’s an important time to note the skills and tasks you have been completing in your current role. You might like to add these into your CV. If you have (or would like to create) a visual resume, consider also making photographs of yourself at work completing tasks in your current role.
- Maintaining a Professional Network
Maintaining good relationships with former colleagues can be a real asset in strengthening a professional network over time. You could decide who you’d like to keep in touch with and how often you’d like to reach out to those people. This might be by email, phone, face to face catch-ups, or via professional social networks such as LinkedIn.
Fact Sheet
Information for Employers
Community Resource Unit Ltd. (CRU)
- Inclusive Employment Fact Sheet 7:
This fact sheet provides information on the benefits of employing a person with disability, tips on recruiting, supports for employers and job mentors. - Inclusive Employment Factsheet 6:
This fact sheet provides about Job Mentors and Thinking Long-term
Video
Peter Rowe - Focusing on Potential
Imagine More
Customised Employment is an approach that begins with the person, their skills, contributions and interests, rather than an advertised job position. This explainer video from Imagine More (Canberra) provides an overview of the process.
Info Sheet
Information for Employers
Resourcing Inclusive Communities (RIC)
This document breaks down the stages involved in Customised Employment and the roles an employer can have in the process. This resource was developed by Resourcing Inclusive Communities (Family Advocacy) as part of the School to Work project.
Job Access
This Australian Government initiative provides information and funding support to employers of people with disability (as well as people with disability working or looking for work).
The below links are a place to start:
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- Employer Toolkit:
Includes video lessons and resources to download.
Click here to visit the website - Guidelines for Reasonable Adjustments:
Reasonable Adjustments information for employers.
Click here to visit the website - Employment Assistance Fund:
A fund that provides financial assistance for a range of work-related modifications and services
(employees must work minimum of 8 hours per week, for an expected minimum of 13 weeks).
Click here to visit the website
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Podcast
One in Five: Episode 1 - When the Rubber Hits the Road (Part 2)
University of Melbourne
Here, the Melbourne Disability Institute (University of Melbourne) speak to researchers to answer the question “What should employers be doing to create more inclusive workplaces?” This podcast also explores the governments’ role in increasing disability employment rates, and some short-term and long-term solutions. They also discuss the ‘tyranny of low expectations’ and that people with profound disability can make a meaningful contribution (Keith McVilly, Professor of Disability and Inclusion at University of Melbourne).