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Sarah's story

Customised Employment and Micro Business

“Working has been great for Sarah’s independence. Through doing work experience while at school, she learned the skills to use public transport. She can now get all around Perth via bus or train” says Sarah’s mum Miriam.

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Jenny: BIZLINK Support Coordinator (Support Coordinator for Sarah)

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Jenny is a Support Coordinator for Disability Employment Services at BIZLINK in WA. Her role is to assist clients in their jobs and support them to maintain open employment, focusing on personalising the support to the client’s needs to ensure they have meaningful participation in employment.

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Matt's story

Customised Employment and Micro Business

Matt has a passion for tinkering with engines and bringing new life to old machines. Matt has been repairing garden equipment and small motors since he left school. To learn more about engines Matt did the Certificate in Small Engines course at Chisholm Institute in 2012.

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Kyal's story

Customised Employment and Micro Business

Kyal is a 19 year old student with autism and ADHD. He started out by making healthy treats for the family husky Apollo, which soon turned into a successful business with thousands of happy furry customers. Kyal began his micro-business ‘Kyal’s Doggy Delights’ when he was 16 years old.

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Elias pathway (so far)

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Elias is part of Ticket to Work, a partnership initiative to support young people with significant disability make a transition from school to work. Elias is a recent school leaver from Busselton who is working as a trolley collector while preparing for his future.

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Sarah's story

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Serco Employee Sarah enjoys working in the HR department for Serco at Fiona Stanley Hospital. Sarah works four days a week in a role that was specifically designed to maximise her skills and abilities. The job involves a range of tasks including the assembling of induction packages and greeting new staff.

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Ella's story

Customised Employment and Micro Business

High school students with disability are receiving the support they need to prepare for work and community life as part of an Australian-first project.

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NDIS School to Work trial

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The NDIA school to work trial looks at getting young people the opportunity to get work experience and casual jobs in out of school hours, while they’re still at school, because we know that will help them get employment after school finish.

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NDIS stories - Oni's choice and control with the NDIS

Customised Employment and Micro Business

Oni says that the NDIS has been there for a lot of this year and they’ve really been helping me through with the speech therapist and all other sort of stuff.

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