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Talking of vocational rehabilitation and disability management, we feature Dr. James F. McNeil to talk about his experience in this. https://workolo.gy/3aweBxN

The CKC is the first comprehensive online learning program focused solely on disability management and leaves of absence in the workplace. Learn more here: https://ow.ly/BqoC50Qi5uE

Well, that didn't take long! Congrats to Phil, who spent a few days of Easter quiet time ploughing through the new course and being the first person to complete it. Phil described the course as enlightening, well-grounded and rich in ideas. Fifty-three steps of magic to complete! For us, it rounds out the knowledge and skills required to deliver a holistic person-centred employment practice that focuses on the person, not simply finding a job. Coupled with our Discovery Professional program, this course adds another layer of professionalism to what is a complex system. We continue to add the human back into human services, something that went missing a long time ago. #ade #NDIS #cderpcollege #billshortenmp #discovery #intellectualdisability #customisedemployment #DEA #amandarishworth #DSS #workfirst #EmploymentCounselling #centrefordisabilityemploymentresearchandpractice #disabilityemploymenttraiining #discoverytraining #SLES #drpetersmith #customisedemploymenttrainiing #disabilityemployment #supportedemployment

#Labour #Manifesto - quick read for #Employability Sector - - Increased devolution of employment services - Sanctions remain - JCP and NCS joined up - Youth Guarantee access to training, an apprenticeship, or support to find work for all 18- to 21-year-olds,  - Support for joined up services for people with disabilities - Employment support for veterans - New Deal for Working People Rights - More early years childcare - Breakfast Clubs in schools - Reform of equal pay #employabilityeleciton #workingforbetterwork

There are many ways that you can engage with The Institute of Employability Professionals, whether that be through your organisation or under individual membership or fellowship. The Institute of Employability Professionals Australia team will be at the Disability Employment Australia Conference this week in Melbourne so make sure you pick up a conversation with Ross McLatchie FIEP Lauren Amy Peacock MIEP or Joudy Lazkany, MBA to apply. The process is easy at all levels of membership and prices are both reasonable and can be scheduled throughout the year (Fellowship/Corporate). The time has never been better to secure professional standing for both yourself and your team, to get ahead of the impending professionalisation agenda (through easy to access and PROVEN occupational / vocational learning proving occupational competence) and to identify your organisation as one that cares deeply about quality standards and quality improvement, putting professional development though The IEP Learning Academy 📚global evidence and data insights about ‘what works’ through #IEPCfEE 📊and quality improvement through #IEPQIF 💯at the centre of your professional journey and your business. We owe this always to our participants/service users, making sure that we are the very best equipped to deliver services that have their needs at the heart of everything we do 😀 See you at the Conference, come and say hello 👋 there’s a great programme to engage with and we are very excited about driving services forward together in Australia 🇦🇺 with our partners Disability Employment Australia Peter Bacon FIEP @iepinfo The IEP is the only global professional institute for all those professionals working in the employability/employment support sector. #EmployabilityInstitute #TrainingandDevelopment #Employability #EmploymentSupport #Professionals #AlwaysLearning #Australia #Conference #DisabilityEmploymentAustralia #DEA #IEP #DES #DSS #DEWR #PersonCentredSupport

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐐𝐂’𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬? As the new CQC assessment framework continues to be rolled out, I know providers have questions about the implications of this.   While the new framework will apply to all types of services, my blog this week with Log my Care vpost focuses on the specific impacts on learning disability providers. Blog highlights: 💡 The increased emphasis on person-centred care 💡 The application of the newly simplified quality statements 💡 The quality of life framework 💡 The importance of staff training and development Read the full blog here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e8nbQd6a

💟This year's theme is "Do you see me?" which is all about being seen, heard and valued. Some of the stats: 🟣Only 26.7% of adults with a learning disability are employed yet 86% of unemployed people with a learning disability want a paid job. 🟣1 in 3 people with a learning disability spend less than 1 hour outside their home on a typical Saturday. 🟣Over 2,000 people with a learning disability and/ or autistic people are currently locked away in mental health hospitals. 💟Please share this post with your networks, the more awareness we have, the better we can be. 🙏 💫Reference:

People sometimes ask me - how does the DEA training offer fit with the The Institute of Employability Professionals (IEP) packages? They say 'aren't you guys in competition?'. The answer is: no, we're collaborating, and our Disability Employment Fundamentals for DES microcredential (https://lnkd.in/gxjunqme) dovetails beautifully with the mainstream employability training of IEP. Do both! And more besides.... Most importantly, DEA is supportive of any initiative that is there to build professional competency in our members and the sector more broadly, with our Professional Members Program just weeks away from its full launch. DEA and IEP have worked together to ensure that training offers are aligned and complementary, rather than competitive. IEP has a broad suite of employability offerings, encompassing both mainstream and more specialist offerings (such as First Nations). DEA's approach is avowedly and proudly specialist, with our Fundamentals for DES microcredential (launched in November 2023) specifically designed to enhance practitioner skills in DES, responding to DSS’s new Quality Framework (and informed by DSS contributions to the co-design process). Scott Parkin FIEP FRSA, Global CEO of IEP, has stated “we see ourselves as General Practitioners, with a strong range of evidenced-based training packages across the employability spectrum, and DEA as surgeons – aiming for excellence in a specialist, but nevertheless critically important, field. We are proud to be working in partnership, to help drive forward our shared objectives and foster global collaboration to facilitate the exchange of ideas, insights, and effective strategies”. In summary, do both! And do other things too. Our abiding purpose is to raise the bar for disability employment in Australia, and that informs everything we do.

We're like rust; we never sleep! Especially when it comes to evidence-based practice and building the evidence base. This work is one part of a larger body of work developing a complete employment systems model. It takes time and is often interrupted by practice developments, but at the end of the day, the system needs to respond to its purpose and not completely to the Treasury. We put into practice what we develop and pass that grounded knowledge along to our growing network of service providers who are committed to real person-centred practice. #supportedemployment #DSS #workfirst #customisedemployment #cderp #discoverytraining #drpetersmith #SLES #ade #EmploymentCounselling #customisedemploymenttraining #cderpcollege #disabilityemployment #discovery #intellectualdisability #disabilityemploymenttraining #NDS #DEA #NDIS #disabilityemploymenttraining

Have you heard of the NHS Learning Disability Employment Programme Pledge ❔ 💡The LDEP Pledge brings together a new national network providing advice, ideas and impetus to all NHS organisations – from local hospital trusts to national bodies, to remove barriers and to accelerate employment of people with learning disabilities in the NHS. ➕The programme is key to delivering a specific commitment to employ more people with a learning disability and/or autism set out in the NHS Long Term Plan. It forms part of our work to support NHS trusts to design services which serve and reflect their diverse patients, people and communities. What are the barriers to NHS employment when you have a learning disability❓ How can we remove barriers ❓ https://lnkd.in/dgDwJv8d