Accomplish

Information for Job Seekers
Employers’ Information

Information for Job Seekers

Accomplish Creative Employment Solutions offers a supported employment service to people who experience a disability who are wanting to get into open employment.

We are able to support and assist people through all aspects of getting a job, and then offer on-going support to ensure the employee can keep their job.

Accomplish can help by:

• Listening to your needs; finding out what it is YOU want from us.
• Providing individual vocational assistance.
• Identifying your skills and employment goals.
• Assisting you to gain access to training and education programmes which may match your vocational goals.
• Liaising with Workbridge, Department of Work and Income and other funding support agencies.
• Speaking with potential employers, and advocating on your behalf.
• Providing on-going support (on site if applicable), to maximise job retention.

What do we offer?

• A free and confidential service
• Personalised assistance in the development of employment options
• Assistance with obtaining the desired employment result
• Ongoing support once work has been obtained

Supported Employment means:

• Open employment for people who have experience a disability
• Ongoing support for people in employment
• Individual support designed to meet your needs
• Educating and informing the community and employers about disability issues

Employers' Information

Recruitment and Support that:

• Saves Hassles
• Saves Time
• Increases Staff Morale
• Increases your Community Profile
• Saves You Money

All this at NO COST to you

Here’s how it works:

• You outline your requirements: Meeting your needs is crucial to our success. We assess the situation and confirm with you what the successful outcome will look like.
• You are presented with applicants that are carefully matched to your requirements.
• You interview the applicant.
• You make the employment decision. We negotiate for available training subsidies.
• You use as much as you need of our workplace training assistance.
• You access our follow up support whenever you need it and for as long as it is required. We aim to ensure that your employee continues to be an asset to your business.

Why should your business employ people with a disability?

It works for your business:

• To recruit from the biggest pool of skills.
• To develop a culture of inclusion.

It works for your customers:

• To reflect your customer base.
• To benefit from improvements in the workplace.

It works for your bottom line:

• Because people with a disability often make better workers.
• Because money can be saved by using a Supported Employment Service to recruit and support.

People with a disability often make better employees

• 98% of staff with a disability rate average or better in work safety. ¹
• 90% of people with a disability rated average or better on job performance. ²
• 86% of people with a disability rated average or better on attendance. ³
• Staff retention is 72% higher. ⁴
• There is a distinct positive effect on staff morale. ⁵

It is important to note:

• About 1 in 4 customers have family members with a disability.
• Pizza Hut recorded measurable sales increases through its hiring of 14,000 people with a disability in the United States.

^{1, 2, 3} : Du Pont (USA)
^{4, 5} : Pizza Hut