We know that going to interviews can be a difficult and intimidating situation. But worry know more, because we are here to help improve your interview skills and feel confident about the situation.
We offer a 45 minute trial interview in a real-world environment. The interview isn’t real, but it comes with real feedback, identifying ways you can improve from a supportive and experienced interviewer. Sourced from real job ads, you get to choose from 7 ‘Sample Jobs’ you can to practice for.
1. Trades Assistant
2. Landscaper
3. Kitchen Hand
4. Admin Assistant
5. Retail Assistant
6. Sales Assistant
7. Food Production Worker
You will undertake a self-assessment to identify where you think you need the most help and practice. Lodge an expression of interest with us and we will contact you or your case manager/DES provider to book you in!
Rule the Tools is a program to help participants learn about and familiarise themselves with common tools used in trade-base apprenticeships and traineeships, but also for Trade Assistant and Labouring Jobs. Activities can include group and individual work. Activities will include watching demonstrations on the safe and effective use of tools as well as using those tools themselves.
They will work on a small project that will put what they have learnt into practice. Participants will learn to apply instructions and techniques in the use of tools to undertake a task. They will learn trade specific terminology and language and use oral communication to describe their projects and tasks. Participants will learn to work in a team environment and share tools and resources, including clean-up and pack-up. Activities will include measuring distances and volumes.
Speak to your jobactive, transiton to work or DES provider TODAY.
Work, careers, money. It can be difficult to know where to start. Understanding your strengths and what’s out there can assist you get the life you want. Pathfinder is a career exploration program that uses virtual and real world activities to help you plan to get ahead. In the Pathfinder Program you will gain confidence and get started on the life you want.
Take part in virtual and real-world activities to increase your motivation and develop employability skills to build confidence and ability to enter the workforce. It’s not just about any job – being able to choose jobs that are a good fit for you, will help get and keep the right one.
Pathfinder is focused on the first step in the Choose-Get-Keep model – identifying an occupational goal which is achievable, realistic in the current labour market and match to values, interests and aptitudes. Pathfinder is aligned to the Australian Blueprint for Career Development and uses Gamification principles to engage users.
BizAbility – Think Ability, Then Design Your Business
BizAbility assists people living with disability explore entrepreneurship as a pathway to achieving self-employment using human centred design (HCD) methodology. You will identify an idea for self-employment matched to your abilities and circumstances, test assumptions and create an action plan to achieve self-employment using the 5 core modules of Design Thinking: Empathise, Define, Ideate, Prototype and Test.
Throughout the program, you will have access to a mentor for individual support and assistance. You will also become part of a community where you can share your experience with others and hear from entrepreneurs with lived disability and business experience.
We see successful participants leave the program with a stronger purpose, awareness of opportunities and increased motivation to achieve self-employment.
Outcomes include:
Increased understanding of self-employment and skills needed
Raised confidence to start their self-employment journey
Available to NDIS Participants:
17 to 65 years old
Want to explore self-employment/business
12 months of learning & mentoring
Approx. 12 weeks (3 hours per week) exploring & learning
Approx. 40 weeks (3 hours per week) business mentoring
Approx. Cost is $10,920
Please contact the BizAbility Team:
Nate Overbeeke on 08 8388 6600
Support Category/Registration Group
Capacity Building:
– Increased Social and Community Participation – Innovative Community Participation
– Development of daily living and life skills (in some circumstances)
Core:
– Access to community, social and rec activities (in some circumstances)
