1. National Disability Coordination Officer Program

2. Create presentations , resources, projects, networks.
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Rayce Coyte – Region 13 Eastern Metro Melbourne
Focus : Transitions through Education to Employment
Increase knowledge, awareness and build capacity
Improve supports and address barriers
Improve coordination and collaboration
Improve Linkages, Transitions, Participation
Create presentations , resources, projects, networks.

3. Contents Develop a career PLAN
Know your Rights
Develop a career PLAN
From school to further studies and employment
Supports in Education and Employment

4. Learning and working is a RIGHT
Means we have a purpose for a happy engaging life
The right to learn and work is the same for everyone
Educators (schools, TAFE, University) and Employees (business) must offer and give supports
A plan for learning and working is so important, knowing what exists and taking action, will assist to make it happen
Parents and friends are the main help, to make a work plan succeed

5. A career plan should start at School
Find out about the choices in careers, where to study, and how to get help to find work.
Having the “expectation - that anything is possible’ and help should be available and is your right
Being aware of talents, abilities, interests and skills, are ways that help make a career plan succeed
Start by discussing “life after school”
Talk about the future, dream, be limitless in your ideas

6. Learning and Study Choices
Secondary School
VCE – Victorian Certificate of Education
Link to university studies
Career tasters or starters
VCAL – Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning
VET – Vocation Education and training
Work Experience/SWL Structured workplace learning
SBAT – School Based Apprenticeships and traineeships
Stepping into a career and learning on the job
Community and volunteer work
You can study all you want – theory is not everything
You need some practical experience to be most employable

7. TAFE – Tertiary and Further Education
Traditionally Industry and Trade qualification
Certificates – Diplomas
e.g. (hospitality) Cert III - Chef
Apprenticeships (work/study) Carpentry
RTO – Registered Training Organisations
similar to TAFE offering Industry and Trade qualifications
Universities
Most higher paid work needs a University qualification like – doctors, nurses, teachers.
Then further studies Associate Diplomas allow you to specialise in your chosen career field

8. Supports for Students with disabilities
NDCO – can help with the linking and planning of support services for people with disabilities who attend school, TAFE, University, or are looking for supports to gain employment
Transition /Careers Teachers – Assist with Career Plans, VCE, Vet, Work experience
Disability Liaison Officers – support services at TAFE and Universities. This may be planning for “reasonable adjustments” such as exams, access, equipment, translators and making links to tutors to provide this support in your studies.
Parents - best advocate support you have, talk about your career interests and get them onboard, to make it happen

9. Disability Employment Services
Help prepare for work including finding the right training or study
Job search supports – resume writing, interview techniques and actually finding a job
Supports when you start a job, including workplace adjustments, flexible work hours, training and supporting the employer to accommodate your needs
Ongoing supports when your settling into the job (1 year)

10. What are Reasonable Adjustments
Are the supports that learning services (education/employers) give to people with disabilities to allow them to have the same opportunities to learn or work.
Its “discrimination” not to provide the necessary supports that a student requires to learn (Disability Discrimination Act 1992 DDA Education Standards)
Disability adjustments differ on how a disability effects learning and can be agreed upon with the education service
Examples are Access to classrooms, Note taking, Learning materials in other forms, other ways to take exams, other classroom review tasks (hands on), being given rest breaks in class or during exams, helpful technologies, talk to text, captioning, Auslan interpreters

11. Making a Complaint School Counsellor/Wellbeing Officer or Principal :
If you are being bullied and harassed or not receiving the support or adjustments you require to study at school. Meet and discuss your issues with the principal. Schools cant help you if they don’t know
YDAS – Youth Advocacy Disability Service
Really good place to start getting support, very “youth” orientated, will provide legal representation if your complaint or issue cant be resolved easily .
Disability Services Commission
If you are not happy or are being discriminated against by your service provider, you can make a complaint, and will be helped to find a solution.
Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
Enquiry line, or webchat help resolve discrimination or victimization issues.