World Toilet Day
Perhaps not a topic you would immediately consider to be employment related by have you ever considered just how important access to bathrooms is for your co-workers and employees with disabilities? 🚽 Well, today (Nov 19, 2024) is World Toilet Day, a global day created by the UN. It’s also International Men’s Day for anyone playing along at home. On the most basic of levels, we all understand that accessible toilets in the workplace and public areas are designed to meet the needs of people with disabilities. The key features of accessible toilets could include: Height...
Assessing Job Readiness & Employment Options
This workshop will help get you thinking about which industries or sectors might suit your needs, skills and...
How to find a Job as a Person with Disability: 6 Things to Consider before Starting your Job Search
Finding a job can be a daunting task for anyone, but as a person with a disability the challenges you face...
EmployAbility Interview Guide
Got an upcoming interview? This interview guide shares 6 common interview questions alongside prompts for...
Why Disability Inclusion in the Workplace Matters
Look at the current statistics around disability and employment in Australia and it quickly becomes clear...
6 questions to ask yourself before you begin your job search
Everyone’s journey to work is different, but It’s important to understand a be prepared for the journey ahead. Below are 6 key questions that you should ask yourself before you start your job search journey.
8 Tips for leveraging transferable skills when switching to a new career
Transferable skills are abilities and experiences that can be applied across different jobs and...
Maneeth’s Story
Hi, My name is Maneeth Singh; I have Spastic Diplegia, which is a mild Cerebral Palsy and mild stutter. I am...
Cultivating the right mindset to succeed in your job search
Whilst having an updated resume and LinkedIn profile is important, to succeed in your job search we...
Disability Discrimination In the Workplace
This webinar provides a comprehensive overview and examples of disability discrimination in the workplace...
Client Success: Deborah’s Story
Deborah had a stroke over two years ago that affected her sight, and in turn her confidence. Our...
Disability discrimination in the workplace
Disability discrimination is, unfortunately, consistently the largest category of complaints...
Binod’s Story
In 2016 Binod arrived in Australia from Nepal. Whist Binod was in Australia to complete his Bachelors’...
The Employability Program Course Overview
The EmployAbility online employment training program has been developed and is delivered by people with lived experience of physical disability. They understand that everybody’s journey will be different and there is no ‘one size fits all’ when it comes to understanding the complexities of disability and looking for work.
The online employment training program covers a range of topics specific to people with physical disability, that will help develop your knowledge, skills and confidence when looking for work.
The EmployAbility Program
The EmployAbility program is an online job skills training program, specifically developed for people with physical disability who might need a bit more support on their journey to work.
Click on the read more button to watch a short introductory video of our EmployAbility Program.
Who is EmployAbility?
Watch our latest webinar to find out a bit more about EmployAbility and how we support people with physical disability to find meaningful work.
Kate’s Story
Having the awareness to leverage her transferable skills as well as use her new lived experience of physical disability in a positive way, meant that Kate was able to explore a job that was completely different to anything she had known pre injury.
Cameron’s Story
Prior to 2006, Cameron McMullen described himself as a “workaholic”, who spent up to 60 to 80 hours a week managing his own bread run. This all changed after he dived into a shallow wave and sustained a C5/6 spinal cord injury, which resulted in quadriplegia.
EmployAbility and IHG® Hotels & Resorts
Spinal Cord Injuries Australia’s employment service, EmployAbility and IHG Hotels & Resorts have announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership to provide career opportunities for people with a disability across their hotel network, throughout Australia.
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