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Our job seekers

For over 30 years, Family Services Australia has been providing individuals and families in regional, rural and remote areas, with tailored employment, education, training, health and social care services.

We understand that everyone’s life journey is different, and we take the time to really understand how we can assist you. From the moment you register with Family Services Australia, our dedicated Community Support Consultants will provide you with individually tailored one-on-one support to help you achieve your health, education and employment goals.

At Family Services Australia we support you to gain the skills and confidence to start your career or re-enter the workforce. We create a personalised program just for you, that may include helping with:

• job searching;
• creating resumes and cover letters;
• preparing for interviews;
• accessing health and social support services;
• obtaining required work-related pre-employment checks, licences and clothing,
• engaging in job-specific skills training and education;
• gaining work experience; and
• linking you with local employers.

To register with Family Services Australia, please contact us on 02 4256 7333 or http://familyservices.org.au/DES

 

Our employers

At Family Services Australia we seek to find the right person for the role by taking the time to understand not only the requirements of the job, but also the structure and culture of the organisation.

Family Services Australia has a strong local labour market knowledge and candidates with a diverse range of skills and capabilities ready to apply for vacancies with your organisation.

We can assist your organisation by providing:

• Recruitment and selection advice, advertising and pre-screening;
• Providing candidates with pre-employment checks, required licensing, transportation, workplace clothing and safety equipment;
• Access to wage subsidy incentive schemes;
• Access to assistive and/or adaptive equipment; and
• Ongoing support to both you and the employee both pre and post placement.

To gain assistance with your recruitment needs, please contact us on 02 4256 7333 or http://familyservices.org.au/DES

Our networks

Family Services Australia’s offers general and specialist mental health Disability Employment Services that enables individuals to achieve measurable life outcomes through person-centred self-directed planning, with a stepped care approach that brokers a range of health, education, training, employment and social care interventions.

We understand the benefits of a providing participants with coordinated support between health professionals, employers, and education/training. Our Community Support Consultants create a micro community for each of our participants, that provide wrap around support services including allied health professionals, social support groups, housing support and complementary government programs.

We connect with our community by regularly:

• Meeting with community and health professionals that may be of benefit to our participants;
• Linking with high schools to enable a smooth transition to the workforce for school leavers;
• Connecting with education providers who specialise in upskilling participants and preparing them for the workforce;
• Co-locating our offices in shared spaces with other community groups and health care providers; and
• Participating in local Chamber of Commerce events, Jobs & Career Expos and Mental Health, Youth, Disability Expos Forums and Events.

We welcome you to contact us to discuss how we can work collaboratively to support participants with vocational opportunities to improve work related skills, language, literacy and numeracy skills, job search skills; formal and informal education; needs for psychological, vocational rehabilitation and/or functional capacity consultations to determine impacts of job design; and to increase their work capacity through appropriate health management plans.

Our performance

At Family Services Australia, we are continually looking at innovative ways to deliver high quality services, support local employers and improve the lives of our participants.

From 1st July 2018, Family Services Australia was trusted to deliver Disability Employment Services in 25 site locations throughout South East Queensland, Northern New South Wales and the Illawarra region.

Family Services Australia is committed to providing responsive and individualised service to all our jobseekers, benchmarking our services to industry standards.

As a new DES provider, Family Services Australia is committed to the monitoring of and periodic evaluation of all practices and processes, and proactively seek feedback from participants, employers and community connections.

About us

Over 30 years young Family Services is an Australian not for profit, registered charity and public benevolent institution. We support our clients journey through life challenges with multi-disciplined services that include Disability Employment Services.

Family Services Australia (FSA) was born as an initiative of Family Services Illawarra (FSI), one of the largest Integrated Family Care providers in Southern NSW. The core mission of our organisations is to offer a range of services that provides our participants with a safe, secure and nurturing environment, which respects their human rights, acknowledges their individual particularities, caters for their needs and enables them to live purposeful and productive lives, reaching their maximum level of independence with a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment.

Family Services Australia offers clients an independent, flexible and personalized range of outreach and centre-based support services. Specialising in the provision of outreach services to regional, rural and remote communities in New South Wales and Queensland, Family Services Australia now delivers early intervention, intensive support, mental health and disability employment services to more than 10,500 annually across 30 locations.

We are passionate about providing quality personalised Disability Employment Services support that helps participants to feel safe, well, strong and connected.