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Time to change the conversation about
employment and people with disability...
Lucy Macali
General Manager – National Disability Recruitment Coordinator
National Disability Summit
Wednesday March 13th 2013
“We exist to make a real and measurable impact on
employment opportunities for people with injury, illness, disability or
disadvantage “
Help To Stay At Work
Improve workplace health
Manage injury rehabilitation
Return employees to work after injury or illness
Assist employers in removing disability specific
workplace barriers
Help With Advice
Expert advice & consultancy for:
- Employers & employees
- Job seekers
- Agents & Insurers
Help to develop safer work environments
Help to attract, retain & maintain a productive workforce
Help To Get Work
Develop job readiness
Source jobs
Build employer confidence
Reduce barriers
Our objective is to create employment opportunities
for people with disability nationally through supporting
large employers to develop their overall levels of
‘disability confidence’ and ‘disability competence’...
AND by filling their vacancies with as many candidates
with disability as possible.
The NDRC
• Large companies are largely ‘on board’ with employing people
with disability at a high level
• Significant challenges in turning that good will into actual jobs.
• Wage subsidies are helpful, but not always the deal maker /
breaker
• Strong professional support from Disability Employment
services helps build confidence
• The importance of promoting success
• Strong support for conduit function fulfilled by NDRC (a point of
contact)
• Introduction of a ‘field officer’ role within companies ideal
What have employers told us?
• Is the message filtering down the line?
• Keeping employers engaged
• How much flexibility are employers really willing and able to
offer?
• Many employers are risk averse and time and resource poor
• Quality job matches – key to success
• Recruiters and hiring managers need ‘permission’ to try
different approaches
• Creating positive employer experiences will go a long way
NDRC observations
“Supporting people with a disability to find meaningful
employment continues to be a key focus and we have put a
number of initiatives in place to support our delivery of this.
“Of our current employees, 939 have declared that they have a
disability. This is an increase of 472 people on last year and
attributed to our continued relationship with WorkFocus, the
National Disability Recruitment Coordinator (NDRC).”
Woolworths’ Corporate Social Responsibility Report, 2012
• Support of senior leadership
• A public commitment
• A flexible approach
• Focus on ability
• Ground level ‘buy in’
• Permission to try a range of approaches
• Investing in partnerships
• Willing to review and revise
• Starting early
What can we learn from Woolworths’
commitment?
Employment Support Services;
• Expanded services to more locations with the number of sites
increasing by almost 50% from 1,145 to 1,654
• Expanded services delivered by providers who have achieved
a top rating of four and five-star to 26 providers
• New performance framework: rewards for 12 month outcomes
and no push to place quickly
• “Greater choice, better services and options for job seekers
with disability, in more locations than ever before”.
New Disability Employment
Services