New scheme to help create jobs for people with disability
The employment rate for people with disability has barely shifted in thirty years and those who do have a job often find themselves stuck in entry level roles. Now some of the nation's biggest employers are piloting a scheme to build career stepping stones for workers with disability and they say it will be good for business.
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00:00 Amanda Wilson spends her working day rehanging clothes and serving customers at her local Target.
00:08 I enjoy helping customers and helping them find what they're after.
00:12 She'd like a more senior role.
00:14 I would like to manage the fitting room area.
00:17 A pilot program aims to help more people with disability move into management roles.
00:23 Part of any employment is career progression. Getting the opportunities to move up in your career, take on new challenges and new opportunities.
00:35 The government's putting $3.3 million into the pilot.
00:39 More than 80 workers with disability will be involved from four major employers.
00:45 Coles Group, Woolworths, Target and Kmart Group and Compass Group.
00:50 The companies say it makes good business sense.
00:53 People with disability, like anybody from different walks of life, bring different perspectives, different views on products or the way we run things.
01:00 So it adds to the natural fabric of our organisation.
01:03 The Disability Royal Commission found that people with disability often become stuck in entry-level jobs with little opportunity to develop their skills or their careers.
01:14 The lessons from this pilot project will be shared across the business community with the hope of effecting change for the Australian workforce.
01:23 Amanda Wilson hopes that means more people with disability will find a place in the workforce.
01:29 Look at what you can't do and what you can do and go for it.
01:33 Sound advice for both employees and employers.
01:37 employers.
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