Stories

These stories describe the diverse experiences of people with disability in the workforce, including their experience using JobAccess, disclosing disability and employer flexibility.

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JobAccess’ new Conversation Guide designed to support employers and employees in making workplace adjustments

JobAccess has launched a new Conversation Guide on workplace adjustments to facilitate an open, empathetic, and actionable discussion between employers and employees with disability.

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Australian employers look at driving disability employment to meet skills shortage

The slowdown in regional and international talent mobility has seen employers access an increasingly limited pool, as one in five Australian businesses faces a skills shortage.
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Setting up disability employment to succeed

Considering a person with disability could lead you to the best person for the job—just ask Ebru Dogan, Diversity and Inclusion Advisor at Gold Coast Health.
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Focusing on ability for workplace success

Daniel Giddens is a liaison librarian for William Angliss Institute. For his manager, hiring Daniel wasn’t about him having a disability or not – it was about his ability to be a good librarian.
Inner West Council charts its disability confidence with JobAccess

Inner West Council is a local government area located in the inner western region of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Widening the lens: SBS embarks on the journey to disability confidence

The Special Broadcasting Service was born to meet the growing call for ethnic broadcasting in Australia as a result of higher migration after World War II. Forty-four years on, diversity is still at the heart of everything for SBS.
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Why PwC is committed to hiring people with disability

One of the biggest employers in the world is dedicated to employing people with disability. Why?
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Event wrap: Towards inclusive growth: enabling career progression for employees with disability to vitalise organisational success

The benefits of employing people with disability are clear. Read about it in this story.

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Teaching resilience through lived experience

Howard Clark is a passionate teacher. His long career started at a primary school, from which he transitioned to St Patrick’s College in Ballarat, an all-boys school, where he has been teaching for 26 years.
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Supporting David to raise the bar on his practice

Their primary goal, he says, is to help people walk through the complex legal system without going to a court trial.

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Recipe for success: JobAccess supports Andrew’s passion for cooking

For Andrew*, running his catering business is more than cooking. He loves the social connections that come with it.
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Paving the way: Improving mental health awareness in the workplace

Grant Everett is a published author, and has worked for the past three years as a full-time co-writer and designer at Panorama Magazine, a publication dedicated to helping people on their mental health recovery journey.