Month:

Kathryn’s New Beginnings

  • September 28

Kathryn commenced with our DES program in 2019. Over the past three years, Kathryn has faced challenges in employment, due to a neck and spinal disorder and resulting health barriers. Her ambition towards suitable work was just warming up. Through many adversities during this COVID time, she kept searching for employment through differing levels of physical health and wellbeing.   Come the middle of July, Kathryn had landed a role with SOS cleaning as a domestic cleaner for NDIS homes... CONTINUE READING

International Day of Sign Languages: Gabrielle’s Story

  • September 23

Auslan is much like any other language in the world, such as French, or German. It has its own grammatical structure, alphabet, vocabulary, and culture. The Australian deaf community, the group that use Auslan, are just like every other group of people, who not only have their own method of communication, but also their own way of life.   ​Gabrielle is an Ability Options participant who uses Auslan to communicate with others on a daily basis. For Gabrielle, knowing Auslan means a lo... CONTINUE READING

Fawaz gets a job at Gloria Jean’s Cafe

  • August 31

Fawaz has been with WorkReady Hornsby for almost two years, and right before the COVID-19 lockdown hit, he got a job offer from Gloria Jean’s Cafe where he had previously completed work experience.   He began his work experience placement with Gloria Jean’s Café, Westfield Hornsby a few months ago, and when asked if he enjoyed the experience, he said that he enjoyed it because he would like to pursue a career where he can give the best service to his customers. Looking at his jou... CONTINUE READING

Matt’s Journey Towards Independence

  • August 18

Karen is a Support Coordinator who works as part of our Coordination of Supports team. She has been supporting Matt, a participant with MS, for four years. As Matt’s Support Coordinator, Karen’s role is to assist and guide Matt in his journey towards independent living. She does this by helping Matt ‘build his capacity to better understand his NDIS plan and the NDIS process and procedures.’ Karen also supports Matt work on his life goals, while also ‘assisting him in finding the right... CONTINUE READING

Kylie and Ben’s Story

  • July 21

Kylie, 40, and was discharged from the Royal North Shore Hospital, following a serious brain aneurysm. The aneurysm led Kylie to be a wheelchair user, nonverbal, living in an aged care facility in Sandgate, a suburb of Newcastle.   Kylie was able to then transition out of aged care, and into our Supported Independent Living (SIL) Accommodation. Before the move, Kylie had been in aged care for 1.5 years. A range of amazing people including direct supports, a multidisciplinary therapy t... CONTINUE READING

Rishi’s Story

  • June 23

Ability Options WorkReady participant Rishi has completed his first-ever work experience in the bakery section at Woolworths, Parramatta. Work experience in the food sector gives participants the opportunity to see the inner workings of a busy industry.   In particular, how baked goods such as croissants, cinnamon rolls, and choc chip cookies, end up packaged, with a label, and put out on the shop floor. This experience further equips people with the skills to engage with a range of c... CONTINUE READING

Michelle’s Salvation Army Retail Work Experience

  • June 16

Michelle began work experience with the Salvos retail store in St Marys back in March. Michelle procured this work experience through personal connections and linked the Salvos in St Marys with Ability Options WorkReady Penrith service to secure ongoing work experience with them.   Michelle has shown incredible growth and development through her work experience. She has found an avenue to use her great interpersonal skills in interacting with her co-workers (who love her!) and showcas... CONTINUE READING

Alise’s Story

  • June 8

Alise has always dreamed of becoming a graphic designer, ever since she completed her Bachelor’s degree in graphic design in 2019. She has also wanted to work for Vision Australia for quite some time, having developed a strong passion for working in the not-for-profit sector. After meeting Ability Options’ employment consultant, Jake, Alise’s dreams started to come true.   Jake found an opportunity for Alise at Vision Australia, working as part of the organisation’s Career Sta... CONTINUE READING

William – Driving for Success

  • May 1

William has been attending Ability Options WorkReady service at Hornsby for two years, and recently he achieved a major life goal in obtaining his Provisional Driving Licence. This has been a personal goal of William’s for a very long time. He showed perseverance and dedication to complete 120 hours of driving, which was a massive endeavour and a fantastic achievement.   Once William had his licence, this allowed him to apply for many more jobs that he was interested in. He had prev... CONTINUE READING

WorkReady Take Over The SOFITEL Darling Harbour

  • April 9

On Friday 12 March, WorkReady participants had the opportunity to go on an employment-focused tour at The SOFITEL in Darling Harbour. Participants from Ability Options Parramatta, Penrith, Seven Hills and Windsor came together for this Industry Day. The guided tour showed participants behind the scenes work that happens at the SOFITEL. The French inspired tour started with a tour of the Hotel lobby where participants got the opportunity to hear about the roles as the first points of contact for... CONTINUE READING

What can a Standout Support Coordinator can do for you?

In the ever-complex world of the NDIS, Support Coordinators emerge to empower participants to navigate the scheme, exercise choice and control and achieve their goals. This month, we wanted to highlight the thoughts from across our Support Coordination team about what they think makes a Support Coo...

Ability Options would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present and emerging.