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.
Get Moving is a learning program for NDIS Participants to obtain their Learner’s permit for driving. Get Moving includes activities to learn road rules, undertake tests and support to attend testing centre.
(The goal is to get your L’s – Learner’s permit)
You will work with your NDIS Mentor 3 hours per week for approx. 10 weeks
Your NDIS Mentor will provide Face2Face mentoring in a group environment to hep you get your L’s
This program can be funded under Core Supports or Capacity Building Supports, depending on your available funding
The total cost of this program (depending on your NDIS funding and group size) is approx. $2500.
We may be able to include the Services SA Cost to sit tests and your Learner’s permit.
Please Note:
You may be required to obtain a Treating Doctors Report (TDR) before applying for your Learner’s permit at Services SA.
Drive Me is a Driving Experience Mentoring Program to help you get the required 75 hours for your P’s. The goal of this program is to overcome your challenges for getting your P’s, increase opportunities to learn about employment or traineeships, and acquire necessary skills and develop good driving behaviour.
To start the Drive Me Program a minimum of 4 lessons must be completed with a professional driving instructor.
We will provide you with a Trained Driving Mentor (Responsible Supervising Driver) and the use of our modified car
You will participate in a four-hour road safety program, before driving practice commences
To attain the required 75 hours, you will attend 1.5 hours twice per week for one2one mentored driving practice. The time and day is negotiated with you and our NDIS Mentor
Please Note:
The program is approx. 115 to 120+ hours over 12 months – approx. cost $7500
The program includes approx. 60 kilometres per session – approximate total 4500 kilometres – approx. cost $3,825
Total approx. cost for Drive Me – P’s is $11,325
The hours required to achieve the P’s depends on the participant progress and capabilities. (everyone is different)
Final driving test (VORT) must be successfully completed with a professional driving instructor; this cost is not included in Drive Me Program.
This program can be funded under Core Supports or Capacity Building Supports depending on your available NDIS funding
“Work, career, independence and choice. It’s what I want.”
“Knowing how to get it can be tricky”
School Leaver Employment Supports is an early intervention approach for Year 12 school leavers on NDIS to support their transition from school to employment.
These supports are designed to build an NDIS participant’s capacity to meet the access criteria and transition to a Disability Employment Services Provider (DES).
Through our Tomorrow Me SLES Program, we help young people to prepare, look for and gain employment. We provide meaningful, personalised, individualised capacity building activities so young people can achieve their employment goals.
Tomorrow Me starts with you choosing the help you need from our menu of supports:
Pathfinder – career exploration that makes finding your future FUN!
Mentoring to help you find and keep a job
Get Moving – start with your L’s, achieve your P’s
Drive Me – Driving Experience Hours Mentoring, Safe Driver Workshop
Skills Development & Work Experience
Typically, Tomorrow Me is delivered over 48 weeks in a 1 year period or 96 weeks in a 2 year period
Delivery Location and Methodology
Delivery may include a combination of:
Face2Face, Group Environment, Social Group and/or One2One
Face2Face, Individualised & Personalised Service
and/or Via Zoom/TEAMS Online
at Sturt Street Youth Hub, 40 Sturt Street, Adelaide, Murray Bridge and/or other locations.
Support Category/Registration Group
Capacity Building – 0102 – School Leaver Employment Supports (SLES)
The cost of the Tomorrow Me Tailored Package is $474.78 per week.
