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School Leaver Employment Supports, or SLES, help young people with disability make the leap from school into work, with real skills and real confidence.
SLES is funding and support for young people, usually in the two years after they finish school, to build the skills they need for employment.
It is hands on and practical: things like workplace skills, travel training, communication, money handling, and genuine work experience. The goal is a real job, or at least a confident, well prepared step towards one.
SLES is generally for people who have finished year 12 (or the equivalent) and have employment goals in their NDIS plan. It is aimed at the transition years, when the shift from school to work can feel the biggest.
If employment is a goal for you or your young person, it is worth asking whether SLES belongs in the plan.
A strong SLES program is not a classroom. It is out in the world: practising real tasks, building routines, trying different kinds of work, and figuring out what suits.
It should be paced to the person, celebrate small wins, and treat employment as genuinely possible, because with the right support, it is.
It is generally funded for up to two years after school, though this varies with the person and their plan. It is designed as a bridge, not a permanent support.
No support can guarantee that, but a good program dramatically improves the odds by building real skills, confidence, and work experience along the way.
Employment goals need to be in the NDIS plan. We can help you and your young person make the case at planning or review time.
No jargon, no pressure. We will talk it through in plain words and point you the right way, even if that is not us.
