Disability Induction Program for your students

The disability and community care sector is one of the fastest growing sectors in the country, so it’s a great time for your students to consider a care career.

If your students are keen to learn more about working in the sector, carecareers’ online Disability Induction Program is a great place to start.

This induction program gives students an understanding of the work we do; the rewards as well as the challenges.

By the end of the program your students will have comprehensive, practical knowledge they can apply to working with people with disability. They’ll also receive a certificate for each module they complete. A perfect addition to their resumes.

Did you hear? NDIS funded in NSW

So, you were probably at school today when the Prime Minister announced funding for the NDIS in NSW, but the projectABLE team were all gathered around the TV watching her press conference.

If you haven’t followed the Every Australian Counts campaign for a National Disability Insurance Scheme, you can catch up on the facts with our What is the NDIS? blog. The campaign has steadily convinced politicians on both sides of parliament to come together to improve services for people with disability living in Australia. This will mean more funding, more consistent services across Australia, and more jobs in the disability and community care sector for you to apply for when you’ve finished studying!

Today Prime Minister Gillard and Premier Barry O’Farrell announced that the NDIS would be funded in NSW, providing  extra care for about 140,000 residents. This is excellent news and a great reward for all the disability advocates who have fought long and hard for the scheme.

Learn more about this landmark decision on the ABC website: Feds, NSW strike deal on disability scheme.

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Julia Gillard and Barry O'Farrell

 

what is the ndis?

There’s been some big news lately in the Australian disability and community care sector.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme, or the NDIS, a proposed funding method that disability services across Australia have been campaigning for many years, with an official campaign being run over the past year.

The NDIS will be a modern, person-centred support system, helping hundreds of thousands of Australians with disability and their families to have the opportunity to participate actively in their communities by providing targeted supports aligned to need. everyaustraliancounts.com.au

Until recently, funding in Australia for people with a disability has been dependent on where the person lives, the kind of disability that they have and how they came to have it (for instance, if a person’s disability is attained by injury, they currently may be relying on worker’s compensation or private insurance in order to attain the support they need around the home and in the community). This can be difficult for people living with a disability, their families and carers as resources can run out quickly (for instance, a student may have a lot of support during primary school years, but much less while transitioning to high school) rather than a guaranteed supply of lifelong support. The NDIS will change this by providing more choice and will give people access to funding and support, wherever they choose to live in Australia.

(The NDIS) would be individualised and person-centred. Support would be based on the choices of person with a disability and their family. everyaustraliancounts.com.au

This is good news for those working in the sector. As resources strengthen, the person-centred approach (thinking beyond time given to just physical care, and more of a focus on a person’s social and cultural needs also) will become more widely used, which will lead to more jobs within the sector and more enriching work for those who are already a part of it.

The NDIS is being trialled across Australia at particular sites. In NSW, the NDIS will be trialled in the Hunter region from 1 July 2013, where 10,000 people who have a disability will go through new procedures to have their needs assessed and start to receive individual care and support packages.

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