About the workshop:

In this full-day, face-to-face workshop, international guest speaker Milton Tyree will explore Customised Employment, a proven approach to finding and creating meaningful employment for people with disabilities based on the work of Marc Gold & Associates.

He will cover:
• An Introduction to Customised Employment and Job Development
• Work Conditions, Interests and Contributions; planning for success
• An Introduction to the process of Discovery
• The Role of the Employment Supporter: Discerning When to Get involved and When to Step Aside

Participants will leave with some practical tools to get themselves or the person they care about started on a meaningful pathway to employment.

Customised Employment is a strategy that is person centred, strengths driven, individually responsive, and consistent with values of integrated, inclusive, award wage and community-based employment for everyone. Customised Employment creates job roles based on the interests, contributions, and ideal conditions of successful employment for the job seekers, and the unmet needs of the employer.

About the Presenter:

Milton has professional and personal experience over decades of helping people with disabilities have strong work roles. He uses the principles of SRV (Social Role Valorisation) as a foundation for his work. Milton lives in Kentucky in the USA and works with Marc Gold & Associates, the pioneers of Customised Employment and has worked closely with many families over the years to support the exploration of meaningful work in open employment.

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Who Should Attend?

This event is for people with disability, their families and friends. We also encourage families to bring their job coach/ support workers. School staff, disability employment service providers and professionals who are interested in exploring how we can generate meaningful employment for people with disabilities are also welcome to attend.

Please note; entrance will be via Grey St entrance, B1 Room, Boulevard Level, South Brisbane.

The event is being partially subsidised as part of the Community Inclusion Capacity Development program through The Department of Social Services.
*If cost is a barrier to you attending, please contact us to see what is possible.

About CRU:

For over 35 years, Community Resource Unit has been working across Queensland to help people with disability take control of their lives and take their place in their community. CRU (QLD), Resourcing Inclusive Communities, an initiative of Family Advocacy (NSW) and Imagine More (ACT) will work together on a three year project called ‘School to Work’.

'School to Work’ aims to inspire, increase confidence and motivate students with disability to seek and find meaningful employment with the help and support of their family and community.