437 North Road, Ormond
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School Leaver Employment Supports and our wider employment program. Real workplace skills, genuine confidence, and a path into paid work, built two focused days a week.
Registered NDIS provider
School Leaver Employment Supports is NDIS funding for the two years after you finish school. It exists because the gap between leaving year 12 and getting a job is where a lot of young people with disability quietly get stuck.
SLES is not work experience and it is not a course. It is a structured build-up of the things employers actually need, turning up on time, communicating, following instructions, managing money, getting yourself there and back. Our Step to Employment program runs Thursdays and Fridays and does exactly that.
Communication at work and understanding what employers expect
Time management, following instructions and working in a team
Travel independence, getting to and from work confidently
Money management and budgeting your own wage
Resumes, cover letters, job searching and interview practiceNot everyone starts in the same place, so the entry point differs. The end goal does not.
Two years of funded support after year 12, building work readiness before you are expected to have it.
For ages 21 to 65, weekly sessions on workplace skills, confidence and job search.
One to one support during the job search and in the workplace once you start.
SLES is for NDIS participants in their final year of school or within two years of finishing. It is funded under Capacity Building, finding and keeping a job. If you are past that window, our employment program covers ages 21 to 65.
No. DES is a separate government program focused on job placement. SLES is NDIS-funded and focused on building readiness first. Plenty of people use SLES and then move into DES, and the two work together well.
No, and we would be wary of anyone who does. What we can say is that participants have moved from our program into paid work in cafés and hospitality, and that the barista and hospitality training is on real equipment for exactly that reason.
Our two-day-a-week program running Thursdays and Fridays, 9:30am to 2:30pm, focused on workplace skills, confidence and job readiness. It is the core of how we deliver SLES.
Yes. Most participants combine it with support work, community programs or counselling. We coordinate so it fits together rather than clashing.
Our Barista Program and employment supports run from Ormond, and we've placed participants into cafes and hospitality roles across Glen Eira, Bayside and Kingston.
A few of the people we've supported, in their own words.
