As part of WDV’s Sharing Our Expertise Project, we will be hosting 3 standalone training sessions on the topic of ‘Empowering Disability Employment and Leadership Within Your Organisation’ across January and February in 2025.
Program aims
•To reduce barriers to employment within the health, social and community service sectors for women or gender diverse people with disabilities.
• To build the confidence of health, social and community organisations to recruit, employ and retain women with disability at all levels of their organisation.
• To increase the exposure of women with disability within the workforce and highlight their beneficial and valuable workplace skills and contributions.
Date: Wednesday 12 February 2025
Times: 1pm – 4pm
Location: Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre (251 Faraday St, Carlton VIC 3053)
Register by: Monday 10 February 2025
What you will learn
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Understanding Disability
- Advantages of employing women with disabilities
- Creating an accessible workplace
- Question: accessible employment
- Income barriers of women with disability within the workplace
- Issues & barriers of women with disability within the workplace
- Expert's experience of discrimination
- Pre-employment accessibility
- Inclusive recruitment process
- Access Needs / Reasonable & Necessary process
- Leadership pathways for women with disability
- Resources for employers and attendees
For more information contact Hannah Pennington (03) 9286 7800 or hannah.pennington@wdv.org.au.
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