Courses
Professional Development and Training For Disability Employment Staff and Active Families. Face to Face, Self-Paced Online or Live Via Video.
Customised Employment – CDERP Certified Professional (CCEP) ©
This certificate provides 120 hours of comprehensive training in Customised Employment and Discovery designed to meet the needs of employment professionals delivering employment services with fidelity to practice evidence. The program is detailed and provides an understanding of Customised Employment practices using the contextualised version of Discovery developed specifically for the Australian setting. The program has been developed and extensively used in Australia to ensure that it meets our funding settings for disability employment practice.
Customised Employment – Stage Four. Families, Benefit Planning and Self-Employment
This credential builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in Customised Employment stage 3. The focus is on understanding how to fund the employment journey, the various supports to consider, the role of benefits planning, along with how to engage families in the employment process. Families are crucial to employment success.
The course can be taken as a stand-alone program.
Customised Employment – Stage Three. Job Development, Employers and Career Support
In this credential, you will build on the knowledge and skills acquired in Customised Employment stage 2. The focus is on unmet needs in the workplace, matching the participant’s skills and interests to the business culture and setting. By understanding the unmet needs and culture of the business you can create conditions of mutuality in the workplace that meets the participant's ideal conditions of employment while addressing an identified business need.
Customised Employment and Discovery Overview
This short course provides a brief introduction to Customised Employment and Discovery. This includes fundamental principles, key characteristics, links with NDIS employment strategy and pricing guide and information about what our programs deliver.
Advanced Person-Centred Employment Practices
Develop an understanding of person-centred practice as it is applied in disability employment at an individual and service provider level.
Individual Place and Support for Employment Professionals
Designed for employment consultants who wish to deliver IPS in non-clinical settings where mental health support isn't readily available.
Navigating the Employment Journey: Employer Perspectives and Practices
Gain insight into the employer perspective about what they need from employment services.
Job Development – Disability Employment
This course will take you through the six stages of job development and a basic understanding of systematic instruction.
Glide In (School to Work Transition)
Glide In is an innovative transition from school program focusing on building the capacity to self-determine and self-advocate.
Job Analysis
Job Analysis is the systematic study of a job, a critical skillset essential for job development.
Job Carving
Job Carving creates employment opportunities for people with barriers to employment.
Task Analysis
Task Analysis (TA) is the breaking down of complex or "chained" skills into smaller components to teach a skill.
Customised Employment Stage One – Discovery
Customised Employment: Stage One introduces the origins of Customised Employment and Discovery, along with starting Discovery Stage One. Completely revised for 2024.
Customised Employment Stage Two – Discovery
Customised Employment Stage Two completes the basic training in Discovery and equips you with the skills and knowledge to undertake Discovery. You will develop the capacity to understand the client and create a vocational pathway to guide job development, while engaging with employers.
Work Experience
This course is designed to illuminate the myriad benefits of work experience while emphasising its instrumental role in bolstering client capabilities and competencies.
The Employment Counsellor
This course is designed to give employment specialists an understanding of counselling, the underpinning skills and knowledge to apply the skills in day-to-day employment practice. Employment Counselling skills are essential knowledge and tools to support clients with barriers to employment.
Social Capital and Employment
Social capital is an essential resource critical for connecting people with job opportunities.
Self Determination and Career Planning
The capacity to self-determine underpins good job and career design. This course supports you to acquire valuable skills to support client outcomes.
Introduction to Self-Advocacy: Empowering Voices in Australia
Self-Advocacy Basics provides an overview of self-advocacy, starting with its history and going through practice elements that you can use to support a client in developing the capacity to self-advocate.
Customised Employment and Models of Disability
This short course provides an understanding of Customised Employment and the various models of disability, along with their impact on practice.
Discovery Basics
The CDERP Discovery Basics program is designed for non-professionals who would like a basic understanding of Discovery but not the entire Customised Employment process and person-centred employment practice. This course in Discovery meets the needs of family and personal advocates looking to understand the process and provide a modest level of support to someone they may work with.
Motivation and Motivational Interviewing
We explore how the principles of motivation are applied in the context of employment practice. Whether it's designing incentive systems to boost employee performance, fostering a motivating work environment, or understanding the role of intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, we harness the power of motivation in driving productivity, engagement, and job satisfaction.
Mindfulness and Motivation
Understanding mindfulness can be invaluable for job seekers as it equips them with essential tools and skills to manage stress, stay focused, build resilience, communicate effectively, and navigate the complexities of the job search process with confidence and clarity.
Recovery Coaching
In this short course, we will explore the origins, models, and practical applications of recovery coaching specifically tailored to individuals with mental illness.
Customised Employment (ACRE Accredited)
The CDERP Customised Employment Professional program is the next evolution in person-centred employment practice. Learning from practice and research, we've evolved Discovery to meet the needs of the people we support and the disability employment systems that guide practice. The program is mapped against the APSE1st and ACRE competencies, the recognised global standard for Customised Employment training.
Protected: Customised Employment Bridging Program
The Customised Employment Bridging Program serves as a vital link between CDERP's original foundational Customised Employment Professional course and the new competency-based training course aligned with the ACRE and APSE standards. By participating, learners will strengthen their understanding of customised employment practices while building advanced competencies required to meet global standards. Enrolment enquiries to: peter.smith@cderp.com.au
Financial Analysis for Job Creation and Customisation
This course equips participants with the tools and techniques to perform financial modelling and analysis to create jobs. It focuses particularly on customising roles for individuals with barriers to employment. Using real-world examples and hands-on exercises, participants will learn to identify inefficiencies, conduct task analysis, and develop financial justifications that resonate with employers.
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