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Participants get hands on with Jaybro
Infrastructure Supply Specialist Jaybro recently hosted an immersion day for Ability Options’ Disability Employment Services participants to explore career opportunities and have an open discussion about ways to overcome employment barriers.Â
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Finding a path to employment success with Ability Options
With dedication, hard work and support from Ability Options, Julia was able to overcome challenges to secure employment.
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Journey of Resilience: From participant to employee at Ability Options
Adam was born in Canberra and grew up blind, navigating a world not always designed for people with visual impairments. His early years were marked by significant challenges, from accessing education to participating in everyday activities. Despite these obstacles, Adam developed resilience and adap
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Delivering DES with Australia Post
In 2022, we partnered with Australia Post to provide another great pathway to employment for our Disability Employment Services (DES) participants. We recently hosted a series of engagement days as part of the partnership, giving our participants an opportunity to learn more about the employment mar
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Ability Options 300 Jobs for Christmas campaign hits its mark
Supporting people doing it tough over Christmas In the lead up to Christmas Day, our employment teams wanted to make an ambitious push to support at least 300 of our employment program participants to find work. Having employment during peak seasons like Christmas helps people provide for their fami
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Employment Success for Nambucca Local Ollie
When a young Ollie was seeking employment, Anessa at our Nambucca Disability Employment Service was able to support him towards success.
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Breaking the Sound Barrier – A Local Story of Workplace Inclusion
When Nambucca Heads business owner David needed a new staff member, his local Disability Employment service had the perfect match in mind.
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A hole in one for young jobseeker Jamie!
Patrons of the Bellingen Golf Club will be familiar with Jamie, the young Club All Rounder who works with the club crew and keeps the golf carts clean, fuelled and in tip top shape.
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Empowering participants to unlock their potential: Emma, Manager – WorkReady
NDIS Employment Assistance, also known as WorkReady, is a service offered by Ability Options that supports people with disability prepare to enter or re-enter the workforce with confidence. Delivered by our team of passionate WorkReady Consultants, participants work on building the skills and experi
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Thomas’ dream job lands him independence
Finding your calling for work can really come down to what you love in life. For Thomas, that was a keen interest in fish and plant life. Having realised his passion, Thomas decided to take his niche interests and enlist the support of Ability Options’ Employment Consultants.  As a participan
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