NDIS Assistance to Access and Maintain Employment or higher education
Find a list of NDIS Assistance to Access and Maintain Employment or higher education . There are currently some Assistance to Access and Maintain Employment or higher education providers offering a range of services.
This workplace assistance is designed to help individuals and/or groups of individuals find jobs, making use of professional networks to locate and communicate with employers. Once jobs are obtained, Assist Access/Maintain Employ will help employees keep them.
The support is also available to individuals who secured their jobs prior to becoming NDIS participants. Support may be subject to Commonwealth Quality and Safeguards (for example, the National Standards for Disability Services certification, which is obtained through the Human Services Scheme); it depends ultimately on jurisdiction.
Along with helping NDIS participants find work, the employment support helps them develop critical skills necessary to thrive in the modern economy—for example, resume writing and interview skills, among others.
Additionally, participants will be aided in their efforts to set employment/career objectives and take steps toward accomplishing them. Employers will also be encouraged to offer as much support in this respect as possible, offering on-site training and other programs to help employees reach their potential.
The specific types of support provided by Access/Maintain Employ include the following:
- individual job support before and during employment
- job preparation and support in a group
- school leaver employment supports for individuals in their final year of school, smoothing the transition between education and work
- fostering NDIS participants’ transition through school and to further education
The professions associated with Assist Access/Maintain Employ support include the following:
- teacher
- social worker
- developmental educator
- welfare worker
- aboriginal health worker
- disability support worker
- mental health worker
- peer worker