Free Training for Hunter Employers

Discover the Benefits - Disability Awareness Training for Employers

Free training workshops are offered annually for employers who would like to learn more about recruiting and employing people with a disability - and supporting the staff they may already have with a disability. Registration is open to Hunter employers, and the training is sponsored by the University's National Disability Coordination Officer Program in collaboration with the Newcastle Disability Employment Advisory Group. In 2011 we welcome our new partner - the Hunter Business Chamber - who are sponsoring this year's training.

Newcastle Disability Employment Advisory Group (NDEAG)

The framework for promoting employment across the Hunter

NDEAG is a committee of local business, education, vocational, employment services, community members and local/state/federal government departments either involved directly with the employment of people with a disability, who have an interest in this area, or who are people with a disability themselves.

Through the University of Newcastle's National Disability Coordination Officer (NDCO), the Committee is pleased to be able to offer free training to regional employers to provide awareness of the issues surrounding the employment of people with a disability, and to provide links to resources and support. The development of the training follows the successful launch of the "Discover the Benefits: Newcastle Employment Strategy for People with a Disability" in October 2007 at Newcastle City Hall, where employers expressed an interest in accessing sponsored training.

About the Training

THIS INTERACTIVE 3-HOUR SESSION - MANAGING DISABILITY IN THE WORKPLACE - WILL COVER:

• The business case for employing people with disability
• Understanding disability types
• Interview skills and preparation
• Disclosure of disability
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Reasonable adjustments
• Managing employee performance
• What the law says
• Coaching skills for managers of employees with disability

The trainer, the Australian Network on Disability, have a new and popular Managers' Guide: Disability in the Workplace - launched at their recent conference Raising the Bar 2011. This will be provided FREE to each participant. The Guide includes new case studies, information on disability legislation, accessibility, and current resources and initiatives.

Where:              Hunter Business Chamber Training Room, 99 Selwyn Street, Mayfield East
When:                Wednesday 6 July
Time:                  7.30 am – 10.30 am
Cost:                   Free to HBC Members
Catering:           Tea, coffee and breakfast provided
Reg’n Closes:  Monday 4 July (or earlier if numbers reached)
Reg’n:                Go to our simple online link  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ANDworkshop 
Enquiries:         Kay Dean, National Disability Coordination Officer
                            M: 043 218848, E: kay.dean@newcastle.edu.au

What Do I Need to Bring?

An information pack will be supplied to each participant, along with the Australian Network on Disability's new Managers' Guide: Disability in the Workplace. Tea, coffee and breakfast will be available on arrival.

Registration

The training is free to Hunter Business Chamber members, and you register simply by going to our online link at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ANDworkshop. The workshops are funded and organised by the University's National Disability Coordination Officer Program, and sponsored by the Hunter Business Chamber.

Venue

Hunter Business Chamber Training Room, 99 Selwyn Street, Mayfield East.

More Information

Training Day and about the Committee

• Kay Dean, National Disability Coordination Officer (NDCO), phone 4921 8844, mobile 0438 218848, email kay.dean@newcastle.edu.au. The NDCO is funded by the Australian Government's Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations to promote the employment of people with a disability within the Region
• Michelle Nunn, NDEAG Chair, Community Worker - Aged & Disability, Newcastle City Council, phone 4974 2855, email mnunn@ncc.nsw.gov.au

General

• NDEAG Brochure - developed by the Committee and designed by Newcastle Newspapers, printed and sponsored by Greg Tapp Printing. More about the Committee.

Next Training

In 2012. Check back here in April.