Employment Opportunities for People With Disabilities

• ACE National Network- promoting open employment outcomes for people with disabilities
• Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) - Commonwealth authority providing a national focus for vocational education and training
• Compass Employment Services Brisbane employment service for people who have a disability. The service is funded by the Australian government's Department of Family and Community Services
• Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services - Disability and Carer Programs - facs making a difference
• Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service (CRS) - national provider of rehabilitation, injury and disability management services
• DEAC- The Disability Employment Action Centre (DEAC) is a Melbourne-based, not-for-profit organization founded in 1984 to represent people with a disability.
• Disability Employment Services NSW
• Diversity@work
• Employers Making A Difference - works with businesses that encourage people with a disability as employees, customers and suppliers
• Deaf Society of NSW - free employment service which offers specialised employment assistance to Deaf and hearing impaired people
• Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) - link to the employment page of HREOC and containing practical advice, resources from State & Territory equal opportunity bodies and information on discrimination issues relating to employment
• JOBS WEST - Victorian employment service that assists people with a disability or someone referred from Centrelink to become active members of the workforce
• Multicap- Services for people with disability
• NOVA - Employment & Training Inc. - a Disability Employment Agency (DEA), funded by the Australian Government's Department of Employment & Workplace Relations (DEWR).
  
• Office of the Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment
• Options Employment - Good Samaritan Industries offers a wide range of employment and training opportunities to people with disabilities in Western Australia
• St Vincent de Paul - Employment Centres for People with a Disability
• West Virginia Rehabilitation and Research and Training Centre (USA) - national centre researching and training to assist people with disabilities into employment, the community and independence through information technology
• WISE Employment Ltd - not-for-profit organization providing quality employment services for disadvantaged people and a successful Job Network services provider in metropolitan Melbourne

Resources

• Choosing Your Path. Disclosure: It's A Personal Decision This resource has been developed for students and employees with disabilities and also for employers, educators and support services. The Resource provides information about: The options and pathways a person with a disability has when deciding to disclose their disability, the benefits and disadvantages of disclosing as well as providing some key considerations to achieving effective disclosure. The rights, roles and responsibilities of employers, educators and support services when a person discloses a disability in post secondary education and employment.

Last updated: 14-Jul-2009