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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