Closing date: December 4, 2023
A great new job opportunity at WDV! They are seeking a Workforce Capacity Building Officer – Gender and Disability Equity to join our team. Please refer to the Position Description for further details. The position will deliver the Women’s Health Services (WHS) Capacity Building Project to support regional women’s health services to engage and work … Continued
The Albanese Labor Government remains focussed on boosting employment opportunities and meaningful careers for people with disability, with the official launch of the Career Pathways Pilot today.
The DREAM Employment Network bridges the gap between young people with disability who want to work, and forward-thinking employers who recognise that diversity fosters creativity, innovation, and success. The aim of the Network is to build leadership skills, inclusive employment pathways, and opportunities for leadership positions for young people with disability. The project was co-designed by … Continued
Annabel Pitt says she struggled to decide if she should disclose her disability when she applied for jobs. “People often perceive it as lying if you tell them later even if actually what you’ve been waiting for is safety and assurance that it won’t be held against you,” Ms Pitt said. She has started a job … Continued
Consultation has begun on a new disability employment centre of excellence, designed to encourage greater opportunities and participation in the workforce.
The film industry hasn’t always been inclusive for people with an intellectual disability, but this program seeks to change that.
Despite one in five Australians living with a disability, the jobless rate for people with disabilities remains stubbornly high. Working aged people with a disability are twice as likely to be unemployed (10 per cent) as those without a disability (4.6 per cent). Tasmanian man Finn Graham-Hilder is bucking the trend after he landed a role … Continued
Closing date: September 24, 2023
Are you passionate about advancing the rights of women with disabilities? Women with Disabilities Victoria is a vibrant organisation of women with disabilities working for women with disabilities in Victoria. They currently have two vacancies – Gender and Disability Training Coordinator and Gender and Disability Program Support Officer. Any enquiries regarding the role please contact … Continued
Australian governments spend a lot of money supporting young people with disability to find a job. But the success of these programs has been modest.
The Andrews Labor Government is supporting women with disabilities to secure work in the health, social and disability service sectors, recognising the wealth of lived experience women with disabilities can bring to these industries.
This project features content and resources about disability pride created by disabled young people. It aims to encourage all Victorians to see disability as a strength. Shifting the community perception of disability is an essential part of helping to remove the barriers disabled young people face across all aspects of their lives. There are resources for employers, organisations, the wider community and disabled young people. Around 30 disabled young people in Victoria participated as part of the Project Advisory Group. The Gallery is an opportunity to meet the content creators and check out their amazing art, videos, poems, written pieces and more.
Survey data released by the Business Council of Australia (BCA) on Monday shows more than 90 per cent of members reporting they want to recruit more people living with a disability. However, only six per cent reported having employees with disability at the executive or senior management level.
Programs that are supposed to help workers with disabilities find employment have criteria that means most screen industry jobs are excluded.
The Australian government’s new system for judging the quality of disabled employment providers will use independent observers to monitor the performance of the programs.
She is not alone, with recent data from the University of Technology Sydney suggesting people with disabilities have a much higher rate of self-employment or entrepreneurship (13.1 per cent) compared to the Australian average (9.2 per cent). It means people like Ms Martinez are 43 per cent more likely to be self-employed than non-disabled Australians.