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Services:
Government Funded Employment Programs
- CRS Australia website
- Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
- JobAccess
- NSW Premiers Department: Public Employment Office – Employment, Equity and Diversity
- Job Networks:
- Disability Employment Network Services:
Government Funded Support Programs
- Supported Wage System:
- Wage Subsidy Scheme:
- New Enterprise Incentive Scheme (NEIS):
- Workplace Modifications Scheme:
Apprenticeships and Traineeships
- Australian University Careers and Employment Services contact list: Gradlink website
This web page provides contact details about university careers and employment services across all Australian universities
- NSW and ACT University Disability Advisors contact list: RDLO Western Sydney website
This web page provides information and contact details about the Disability Liaison Officers located across all NSW and ACT universities.
- TAFE NSW Disability Teacher Consultants
This web page provides information and contact details about the TAFE NSW Disability Teacher Consultants located across all TAFE NSW Institutes
- TAFE NSW Counselling and Careers Service
This web page provides information and contact details about the TAFE NSW Counselling and Careers Service available in TAFE NSW Institutes
- Regional Disability Liaison Officers (RDLO) and Disability Coordination Officers (DCO): ADCET website
This web page provides information, resources and contact details about the RDLO’s and DCO’s located across Australia. The RDLO and DCO programme is to enhance post-secondary education, training and employment opportunities.
- Australian Employers Network on Disability
The Australian Employers´ Network on Disability (formally known as Employers Making a Difference (EMAD)) is a not for profit organisation funded by its members to operate as a strategic business partner with companies, organisations and governments employing people with a disability.
General Employment Information:
- Career Information Centres: Centrelink website
Centrelink's Career Information Centres offers a free service providing career information and assistance to students, unemployed people or those looking at changing jobs. They provide information and resources in accessing education, training and employment opportunities.
- Career Information products: Department of Education, Science and Training website
A collection of PDF publications on job searching and career planning.
- Career One
A national listing of job opportunities as well as career information, advice and job news
- Careers Online
This website provides career information such as resume writing, job vacancies, job guide, new apprenticeships, defence careers and quizes to assist you to choose a career.
- Graduate Careers Australia website
A comprehensive website that provides career and employment information for Australian graduates. Gradlink is the official website for the Graduate Careers Council of Australia.
- Jobjuice: Department of Workplace Relations
A youth resource that provides information, links and resources about career and employment opportunities.
- Job Outlook: Australian Careers website
Information on occupations and careers including job prospects, weekly earnings, type of work and useful occupational information.
- My Career: Sydney Morning Herald
This site provides a listing of jobs advertised in the Sydney Morning Herald as well as information about resumes, interview skills and careers information.
- Myfuture website: Department of Education, Science and Training website
A comprehensive website that requires time to navigate around. The website provides information on career related topics and activities to help explore your career pathway.
- Seek
A national job site as well as a comprehensive listing of career resources.
- The Job Guide: Department of Education, Science and Training website
The Job Guide provides an in-depth look at a range of occupations and their education and training pathways. It also gives useful information about how to work out what occupations suit you best, based on your interests and abilities.
- Graduate Recruitment: Australian Jobsearch Government website
Links to Australian Government Departments that regularly recruit graduates. Please note that most Australian Government Departments only recruit graduates in the first half of each year, so graduate vacancies may not be available at all times.
- Recruitment Agency Search: ACPeople.com.au website
This website provides a national search facility to access recruitment agencies.
- Featured Recruiters: Byron Employment Services website
Byron Employment website provides a national search facility to access recruitment agencies.
- Recruitment Agencies for Overseas Jobs: Gradlink website
The Gradlink website provides a listing of recruitment agencies for overseas positions of employment related to teaching, healthcare and other non-specific positions.
- Graduate Opportunities in Australia and New Zealand: Gradlink website
The Gradlink website provides information for prospective graduates in areas such as graduate recruitment programs, job hunting resources, career information, employer/company information, and national and international graduate opportunities.
- A-Z of Employers: Graduate Opportunities website
This website provides a search facility to access recruitment agencies and employers in Australia and New Zealand.
- Recruitment Agencies: University of New South Wales Careers and Employment website
This website provides a listing of recruitment organisations specific to accounting, banking and finance, information technology, temporary work, legal, library, sales, science and teaching.
Note: To access other graduate recruitment programs offered by private organisations, type in ‘Graduate Opportunities’ in an Australian search engine.
- Australian Local Government Job Directory
National listing of Local Government vacancies and job information.
- Career one website
National listing of jobs and additional career resources.
- Jobs.nsw, government jobs online website
NSW State Government public service employment opportunities.
- Mycareer.com.au website
A listing of jobs taken from the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age, the Australian Financial Review and the Fairfax community newspapers.
- Online job database: Australian Jobsearch website
This is a national online employment website that lists job vacancies.
- Public Service Gazette website
Australian public service employment opportunities.
- Seek website
An online database of jobs, career resources, training information and links to overseas job opportunities.
- Web Wombat website
An online database of jobs and career information, services and resources.
Psychometric Assessment - Ability/Aptitude Tests
- Ability Tests: University of New South Wales Careers and Employment website
An information sheet about ability tests including sample questions from commonly used tests.
- Aptitude Testing: Disability Services Queensland website
A brief summary about aptitude tests providing the advantages and disadvantages of using aptitude tests in the application process.
- Assessment Centres: Gradlink website
An information sheet about the variety of assessment tools such as psychometric tests, role plays, presentations and group interviews that an employer may use to assist in the selection process of a new employee.
- Interviews and Tests: University of Technology Sydney Careers Service website
A series of information sheets to prepare graduates for a job interview and assessment process.
- Listing of Tests: Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
ACER is an educational research centre that has developed an extensive range of assessment tools for education and employment sectors. This site may assist you in developing an understanding of the type of assessments used by employers and educators.
- Psychological Assessment & Listing of Additional Resources: RMIT University website
This website provides a good overview of assessments used by employers and the process to prepare you for the assessment process. The website also provides links to sample tests and a listing of useful resources.
- Psychological Assessments: SHL People Performance website
SHL design a number of assessment tools to measure the performance of employees. The website provides an overview of the type of assessments that may be used by employers.
- Psychometric and other Tests: Gradlink website
An information sheet about the range of tests an employer may use to identify the best candidate for a job.
- Business Enterprise Centres
Business Enterprise Centres are community-based not for profit business assistance organisations that are designed to facilitate the creation, retention and development of sustainable business enterprises and foster local economic development.
- Self-employment NEIS Scheme: Employment and Workplace Relations Australia website
Information about government funded assistance schemes and links to resources related to self employment opportunities.
- Small Business Development Corporation
An informative site about starting and running your own business.
- Alison Hunter Foundation, ME/CFS Related Information
- Arthritis Australia (2006) What is Arthritis
- Association for the Blind of Western Australia (2002) Resources
- At Health.com, Adults with ADHD
- Australian Association for the Deaf, Understanding Auslan Information Sheets
- Autism Spectrum Australia, What is Autism
- DepressioNet website, What Is Depression
- Epilepsy Action Australia (2006) Understanding Epilepsy
- JobAccess website: Disability Information
- ME/Chronic Fatigue Society of NSW, About ME/CFS, Impact of ME/CFS. Frequestly Asked Questions and Practical Considerations
- Narcolepsy Network, Frequently asked Questions, USA
- NSW Council for Intellectual Disability, Fact Sheets
- post-polio Network NSW, Fact Sheet
- Sane Australia – Fact sheet: Mental Illness, Fact and Fiction
- Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association, Fact Sheets
- Stuttering Foundation of America, Stuttering: Answers for Employers
- The Spastic Centre, About Cerebral Palsy
Disability Specific Employment Information:
- ADCET: Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training
The ADCET website provides extensive links to disability resources in education, training and employment.
Disclosure of Disability in Employment
- 'Choosing Your Path. Disclosure: It's A Personal Decision' (2003)
This Resource has been developed for students and employees with disabilities and also for employers, educators and support services. The Resource provides information about:- options and pathways a person with a disability has when deciding to disclose their disability
- the benefits and disadvantages of disclosing as well as some key considerations to achieving effective disclosure
- rights, roles and responsibilities of employers, educators and support services when a person discloses a disability in post secondary education and employment.
- Disclosure and Privacy (2006)
This is part of a resource developed for jobseekers with disabilities and employers. The Disclosure section outlines the rights and responsibilities of jobseekers when considering disclosing a disability, including rights under federal privacy legislation.
- Disclosure in the Application Process (2004) (PDF version)
This is a Factsheet developed by the University of Tasmania Career Development and Employment Service. The Factsheet has been developed to provide choices in disclosing a disability when applying for employment.
- Disclosure of Disability (2002)
This is an article outlining the rights and responsibilities when disclosing a disability in employment.
- Jobs for the Disabled, Tips on Working with a disAbility
This is an excerpt from a book written by American Author Kathleen Fullerton Bernhard, Ph.D. (author of Work with Your Disability) which discusses the decision of disclosing a disability when applying for employment.
- The 411 on Disability Disclosure: A Workbook for Youth with Disabilities (2005)
A workbook website that can assist you to learn about disability disclosure. It can assist you to make informed decisions about whether or not to disclose your disability and understand how that decision may impact on education, employment, and social lives. You can download the complete workbook or individual sections.
Disability Legal Services and Information
- Disability Rights: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission website
Extensive information about a range of resources and links on disability discrimination and other human rights and disability issues.
- New South Wales Anti-Discrimination Board website
Information about the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board, including publications, resources and links specific to anti-discrimination and equal opportunity principles and policies.
- Listing of State and National Legal Resources: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission website
Extensive listing of State and National legal resources including Magistrate services, Federal Court and Legal and Advocacy Centres.
- Listing of other State and Territory Anti Discrimination Bodies: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission website
Listing of State and Territory Anti-discrimination bodies.
Occupational Health and Safety and Disability Legislation
- Occupational Health and Safety: Choosing Your Path, Disclosure it’s a Personal Decision website
Information about the Occupational Health and Safety Act and how it relates to the Disability Discrimination Act when employing people with disabilities.
- Occupational Health and Safety and Disability Legislation Information: JobAccess Website:
Occupational Health and Safety
How to Provide a Safe Work Environment
Workers Compensation
Federal and State Privacy Acts
- Privacy and Confidentiality Acts: Choosing Your Path, Disclosure it’s a Personal Decision
Information about the Federal Privacy Act (1988) and how it relates to the Disability Discrimination Act when employing people with disabilities.
- Privacy Information: JobAccess website:
Privacy
Disclosure and Privacy
Your Obligations as an Employer
- FAQ’s: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
An overview about reasonable adjustments in employment with examples of adjustments and reference to case law.
- Reasonable Adjustments: Diversity at Work website
This web page provides an overview of reasonable adjustments in the workplace
- What is Reasonable Adjustments: JobAccess website
Information about identifying and implementing reasonable adjustments in the work environment.
Disability and Employment: Dispelling the Myths and Stereotypes
- Benefits to Business: JobAccess website
The JobAccess website identifies and addresses myths and stereotypical beliefs associated with productivity and workplace modifications for people with disabilities.
- Data Related to Employment & Disability Cost Considerations – Myths & Facts: Government of Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada.
This Canadian website provides useful statistics to address the myths and stereotypical views in the employment of people with disabilities.
- Equal to the Task, Business Argument,: Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment New South Wales
A practical guide that addresses myths and stereotypical views to promote the employment of people with disabilities in the NSW public sector.
Employment Information for People with a Disability
- Access Employment: University of Western Australia
This website provides a guide to assist graduates with a disability in preparing for employment
- Australasian Network of Students with Disabilities (ANSWD)
ANSWD is a national student organisation for TAFE and university students with a disability. This is a peer support network that also provides information about education and employment opportunities for students with disabilities.
- Careers/Employment Information: RDCO website
Comprehensive listing of careers and employment information for school, TAFE and university students with disabilities.
- Career Tips: EDGE Employment Solutions and WA Department of Education and Training
A comprehensive website that provides information for school leavers, TAFE students and university students with a disability about the pathways to employment.
- Employment and Graduates with a Disability: Graduate Careers Australia website
This web page outlines the barriers and possible strategies to achieve good employment outcomes.
- Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities: National Australia Bank
The National Australia Bank has provided an information page to assist people with disabilities to apply for positions of employment.
- Employment Page: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission website
A comprehensive web page that provides information about employment for people with disabilities such as FAQ’s, complaint decisions and national and international website links.
- Equity at Work, UTS Online Career Resource Centre
A searchable database of careers related websites for graduates with a disability.
- Getting and Keeping a Job When you Have a Disability: Shaddock, Kilham, Spinks & Williams; Australian National University
This paper provides an overview and analysis of generic and disability-related literature on the barriers to employment faced by young people with disabilities and the factors involved in getting and keeping a job.
- JAN (Job Accommodation Network):
A US site that provides information, resources and links about employment for people with disabilities. The site is relevant for people with disabilities, private employers and government organisations.
- JobAccess website
A Department of Employment and Workplace Relations website that provides extensive information about the employment of people with disabilities. The site is relevant to the needs of people with disabilities, employers, co-workers and service providers.
- New Horizons, From Training to Employment: Information for Graduates with a Disability
An information package for graduates with a disability including information about employment services, disclosure, job search skills and legal rights.
- People with a Disability in the NSW Public Sector: Office of the Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment website
Information for people with a disability who are interested in applying for NSW government positions. The site includes information about workplace adjustments.
- Willing and Able Mentoring Program (WAM): Gradlink website
WAM is a national program that matches TAFE and university students with mentors in organisations in the students' field of interest for a series of approximately six to eight 1 to 2-hour discussion meetings.
Disability Information for Employers
- Addressing Employer Concerns, Tasmanian Regional Disability Liaison Officer Initiative (PDF version)
A fact sheet that identifies employer concerns and provides statistics and facts to address these issues.
- Benefits of Hiring a University Graduate with a Disability: Tertiary Initiatives for People with a Disability
This guide offers employers practical information and advice about employing people with a disability.
- Career Tips: EDGE Employment Solutions and WA Department of Education and Training
A comprehensive website that provides information for employers about the employment of people with a disability.
- 'Choosing Your Path. Disclosure: It's A Personal Decision' (2003)
This resource has been developed for students and employees with disabilities and also for employers, educators and support services. The resource provides information about:- options and pathways a person with a disability has when deciding to disclose their disability
- the benefits and disadvantages of disclosing as well as some key considerations to achieving effective disclosure
- rights, roles and responsibilities of employers, educators and support services when a person discloses a disability in post secondary education and employment.
- Disability Information for Employers: Australian Business Limited
Australian Business Limited provides news, articles, legislation updates and case studies related to the employment of people with disabilities.
- Disability In The Workplace, A Guide for Employees with a Disability, their Supervisors and Colleagues: Australian National University website
This resource provides information for supervisors, colleagues and employees with disabilities in the successful recruitment and employment of people with disabilities. The site also provides information on specific disabilities and support service contact details.
- Disability Works Australia (DWA) Ltd
DWA is a national body that facilitates the provision of employment for people with disabilities by providing employers with a contact point for recruiting people with disabilities. Although the website is employer specific, there is some relevant information for employees with disabilities.
- Employers: JobAccess website
This site provides comprehensive information for employers when employing a person with a disability.
- Employment Information: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Extensive information about the employment of people with disabilities including resources, practical solutions and advice on disability and employment issues, and guides on employment and the Disability Discrimination Act.
- Flexible Work Practices: Office of the Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment website
The NSW Premier’s Department has provided a series of information sheets about the benefits of flexible work practices for all employees, including employees with a disability.
- Information for Employers, Good Practice, Good Business: Eliminating Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
A comprehensive resource written for employers. It provides practical information to assist employers in the employment of people with disabilities such as best practice guidelines, policies and responsibilities and directory of contacts and resources.
- Interactions - A Guide to Assisting a Person with a Disability: NSW Co-Operative website
This resource has been developed to assist employers and employees working in universities to interact more effectively with people with disabilities. This resource is applicable to all employment environments.
- The Australian Employment Network on Disability website
The Australian Employment Network on Disability is a member funded organisation that promotes and supports businesses that encourage people with a disability as employees, customers and suppliers. The website provides an Employer Directory of businesses that have been considered to have vision and commitment to the employment of people with disabilities.
Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities
- Axistive – Assistive Technology News Portal
This website offers free news, articles, product reviews and information about adaptive technology products. Here you will find information on how to use and find technology products to assist people with disabilities.
- Green PCs
Green PC's are recycled personal computers that are remade and repackaged into usable Internet-ready computers. The computers are made available to people with a low-income, individuals and community organisations. To access a Green PC computer, you must hold a current Health Care Card or are able to show your low income status in some other way.
- Low Cost Internet
This is a low cost dialup service for people with disabilities, the aged and veterans. This program that works with Technical Aid to the Disabled Australia (TADAust) and the communications provider, ispOne.
- TECHASSIST
TechAssist is for people who use assistive computer technology at work, while studying or at home. Specialised help can be hard to find, costly and delayed. TechAssist provides online support and training to you on your own computer. Technical support can include when your computer or program is not working properly or you are unsure about how to use specific technology programs.
- Technical Aids for the Disabled (TAD):
TAD is a volunteer service who provides technical aids for people with disabilities. Their role is to:- make and supply custom-designed aids, where commercial equipment is not suitable, utilising the skills of volunteers, health care and engineering professionals
- provide computers on loan to people with disabilities
- provide information about aids and technology, including technical solutions for people with disabilities.
- Technical Equipment Program for People with Disabilities (TEP)
TEP is a NSW Government initiative. This Program provides technical equipment for people with disabilities who are employed in the NSW Public Service or, in some circumstances, seeking Public Service appointment within Departments. TEP is currently administered by the NSW Department of Education and Training.
- Technology Links: Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training
This webpage provides extensive links to technology related websites specific to education, training and employment.
- Access to Public Transport in NSW: Physical Disability Council of NSW March 2006
The Physical Disability Council of NSW has developed a fact sheet outlining the current issues related to accessible transport and suggested strategies.
- Accessibility transport maps for NSW rural and Sydney regions: The NSW Ministry of Transport
The Ministry of Transport has developed PDF accessible transport maps for NSW regions.
- Accessible Transport: NSW Transport InfoLine
Information about accessible public transport
- Concession Travel: Transport Infoline website
The Transport Infoline provides information about concession fares on rail, bus and ferry services.
- Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport
This website provides an outline of the Accessible Transport plan for NSW Transport, Roads and Maritime Agreement.
- GST and Cars Purchased by Eligible People with Disabilities: Australian Taxation Office
This website outlines the criteria to access the GST and Cars Purchased by Eligible People with Disabilities programme.
- Mobility Allowance: Centrelink website
Information about the Mobility Allowance, presented by Centrelink.
- Special Needs: NSW Taxi Services
This websites provides information about the Taxi Transport Subsidy Scheme.
- Taxi Transport Subsidy Scheme: NSW Ministry of Transport
This websites provides information about the Taxi Transport Subsidy Scheme.
- Taxi Transport Subsidy Review Submission: Vision Australia August 2004
Vision Australia presented a submission to the Ministry of Transport outlining the issues related to the current Taxi Transport Subsidy Scheme.
