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This short course provides a brief introduction to Customised Employment and Discovery, a taste of what is available within our Micro-Credentials. This includes what is Customised Employment, what is Discovery, fundamental principles, key characteristics, links with NDIS employment strategy and pricing guide and information about what our programs deliver.

Important for anyone considering employment using innovative person-centred methods.

This course has been designed to give employment consultants the knowledge to deliver IPS in non-clinical settings. IPS is an evidence-based practice method that was originally developed for use with clients with mental illness with a focus on rapid employer engagement. Today it has application across a wider cohort of clients with barriers to employment and is a perfect complementary skillset for anyone looking to deliver person-centred practice.

In this short course, we offer insight into employment consultant skills and knowledge, along with examing employer engagement from the perspective of employers and what they need from employment services. We also examine the latest research into employer concerns and challenges, providing you with the knowledge to engage employers on a personal level. This course will provide you with the essential information and skills needed to work with employers in your environment. The insights gained will allow you to reflect and engage with employers on a different level.

Job Development is an essential skill set for everyone working in employment services. This course will take you through the six stages of job development covering: understanding the client, understanding the employer, job analysis, task analysis, job carving/creation, and workplace accommodations. The course will provide insight into working with families, and employers and a basic understanding of systematic instruction. On completion, you will have developed the essential skills and knowledge built on evidence from practice and research. All course materials are downloadable.

Glide In is an innovative transition from school to work program that focuses on building the participant's capacity to self-determine and self-advocate, known elements in a successful transition to employment or further study. Glide In focuses on the five elements that support a successful transition including work experience and job development, with participants finishing the program with a Blueprint for employment and further study. Glide In is a natural program for employment services looking to deliver individualised employment outcomes. Available for families and licenced to service providers/schools.

Job Analysis, sometimes described as a systematic study of a job is a critical skillset essential for job development. The changing and challenging employment landscape will require employment professionals to develop real skills in job analysis that meet the needs of clients and employers. This course will take you through the knowledge and steps that underpin good job analysis supported by video resources and exercises to ensure that you understand and retain the skill. As part of the development of this skill, you will undertake a job analysis of a real job and break it down. Step into the future!

Job Carving is an employment strategy, developed to create employment opportunities for people with barriers to employment, or who lack the full range of skills or abilities to undertake a specific job in full. Job carving involves creating, modifying, or customising a job so that it can be successfully performed by an individual with disabilities, while simultaneously meeting the needs of an employer. In this short course, you will also be introduced to the skill of building a business case for creating a new job, essential for successful job creation/carving.

Task Analysis (TA) is the breaking down of complex or "chained" skills into smaller components to teach a skill. The person can be taught to perform individual steps of the chain progressively until the entire skill is mastered (also called “forward chaining”) or maybe trained to perform particular actions beginning with the final step and gradually moving back through the chain of skills until the whole task is mastered from the beginning (backward chaining). This is an essential skill for every job developer who seeks to successfully create new employment opportunities.

This short course will examine the rationale for individualised approaches to employment. The course looks at the two accepted approaches to individualised employment support; Individual Place and Support, and Customised Employment. Both practice models will be compared and contrasted to provide participants with a basic understanding of the approaches, their strengths and weaknesses and target groups.
Course participants will develop an understanding that will allow them to make an informed choice on which model to use when supporting clients.