About WorkAbility
"WorkAbility assists people with a disability to participate in the economic and social life of the community with respect to their Dignity, Diversity and Equality."
WorkAbility Personnel was initiated in 1991 by a working party of community members, representing people with a disability, who had identified a need for an employment agency specifically for jobseekers with a disability. The service commenced in the Bega Valley targeting youth with a disability and in 1993 grew to encompass the needs of jobseekers of all ages. WorkAbility Personnel now services five local government areas: Bega, Eurobodalla, Cooma Monaro, Snowy and Bombala with staff based in Bega, Batemans Bay and Cooma offices.
In response to another community based request in 1995, WorkAbility began providing Post School Options program in Bega. The School Leavers Program has now become Transition to Work and Community Participation Program, and is offered across the region. The program assists young people to make the successful transition from school to life in the community. To help develop these activities WorkAbility provides pre employment training through the Workable Skills program, an orchid nursery environment where participants gain work and social skills. This is also achieved through other short courses including Becoming a Worker Certificate I and Women"s Business Personal development groups.
Due to the success of our current Employment programs, WorkAbility has recently diversified into a range of Community Connections programs. These programs deliver much needed community access and respite options.
WorkAbility is governed by a Board of Management made up of stakeholders with skills in management and business. The Board mix is a positive group of employer, client, parent/advocate and community representatives.
Our patron is Junee Waites, author of "Smiling at Shadows" and world renown advocate for people with autism.
What we have achieved
- 18 years quality service in a dynamic and changing environment
- Services effectively and efficiently delivered across a large geographic area
- Ability to offer a broad range of skills and resources to meet the needs of individuals
- Consistently identify and utilise funding opportunities
- Quality Assurance Certification, "Best Practice"
- Exemplary programs developed and delivered, practices adopted by Government
- Strong governance and management
- Board and staff have presented at national and international conferences and events
- Placed over 1,000 people with a disability into jobs and community life.
- At any point in time, WorkAbility currently supports over 400 people with a disability of all ages from across the Far South Coast region of NSW, with offices in Bega, Cooma and Batemans Bay
- A strong, diverse and highly skilled team
- Strong leadership through a board comprising clients, parents, carers, employers and community representatives.
- Recognition and respect from government, accrediting bodies, peer organisations and our community as the outstanding
disability employment service on the South Coast. - State and local government awards in recognition of board and client community participation.
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