Yarra Ranges Council is a local Victorian government council. The Council wanted to improve access to jobs for people with disability. As part of its partnership with JobAccess, the organisation’s end-to-end recruitment process was enhanced.

One in five Australians live with disability. This includes those living with mental health conditions. If you don’t already employ people with disability, it’s likely that you will in the future.  What’s the business case? People with disability bring a range of skills and abilities to the workplace. Employees with disability are:

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A disability employment strategy can help you recruit people with disability. It will also give applicants confidence that you value employees with disabilities.  What is a disability employment strategy? A disability employment strategy states your goals for hiring people with disabilities. It also outlines how you plan to achieve these goals. 

To reflect the community it serves, the City of Casey looked at increasing disability representation in its workforce. To achieve this, the City partnered with JobAccess and the National Disability Recruitment Coordinator (NDRC).

West Australian manufacturing company, PROK values workforce diversity and its potential to develop unique products and services. To support its disability inclusion efforts, PROK partnered with the National Disability Recruitment Coordinator (NDRC).