NDCO Newsletter February 2020
Welcome to the February 2020 edition of the NDCO program newsletter for Region 14 Southern Melbourne. If you would like information about special projects, networks and professional development opportunities in relation to education & employment for people with disability please contact the NDCO program.
Sally Bailey, National Disability Coordination Officer T (03) 9784 0400 M 0439 897 027
E sally.bailey@skillsplus.com.au W www.ndcovictoria.net.au
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Region 14 - NDCO Education and Employment Pathways Guide 2019
TIME TO UPDATE YOUR DETAILS
It is important that young people with disability are able to assess accurate information about pathways and a supports in the region. Please check for details of your service in the attached guide and email updates to Sally.Bailey@skillsplus.com.au by Friday 28 February 2020.
Please note: This guide is intended as a resource for professionals seeking suitable referral options for students with disability who have a goal to tertiary education (including vocational education, pre-accredited training, School Based Apprenticeships (SBAT’s)) and subsequent employment in the Southern Melbourne Region including Bayside, Kingston, Glen Eira, Stonnington, Casey Cardinia, Greater Dandenong, Frankston and Mornington Peninsula.
http://www.ndcovictoria.net.au/region-14#directories
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Changes to Disability Specific Networks in Southern Melbourne
The NDCO program for Southern Melbourne is working to support the three practice networks across the region this year as follows;
- South East Disability Inclusion Network (SEDIN) Greater Dandenong Casey and Cardinia
- Bayside Disability Education and Employment Network (BDEEN) Bayside Kingston Glen Eira
- Peninsula Pathways for Students with Disability Network (PPSDN) Frankston and Mornington Peninsula
The focus of these networks is on people with disability making decisions about their education and employment based on an improved knowledge of their rights and entitlements, supports available, educational options and pathways to employment.
Following discussions with key stakeholders in the Southern Melbourne region, including school representatives, students with disability, tertiary education specialist and employment services, this year the NDCO program regional networks will have a new structure. School representatives are a priority to ensure that the pathways planning needs of students with disability are supported before leaving school. There will be an emphasis on communities of practice and opportunities for stakeholders to engage students from generalist secondary schools in well informed pathways preparation.
For the purpose of creating a supportive forum for school representatives, future network meetings will be closed to school representatives only unless otherwise expressed. Tentative dates have been proposed below and invites will be sent to those who have elected to receive this information. Networks will not be meeting in the first term as this is a short and busy period for schools.
During first term the NDCO will be meeting with education representatives from schools to discuss elements of practice where assistance may be needed to support students with disability. If you would like to discuss preparing pathways for students with disability please call or email Sally Bailey.
Proposed dates of Disability Specific Networks in Southern Melbourne
Term One
NDCO Regional Needs Survey, NDCO visits by appointment.
Term Two
South East Disability Inclusion Network (SEDIN)
Career Planning Forum - Student Supports, Activities and Resources (Schools only)
Time: 10.00 am
Date: 21 April 2020
Venue: TBC
Bayside Disability Education and Employment Network (BDEEN)
Career Planning Forum - Student Supports, Activities and Resources (Schools only)
Time: 10.00 am
Date: 22 April 2020
Venue: TBC
Peninsula Pathways for Students with Disability Network (PPSDN)
Career Planning Forum - Student Supports, Activities and Resources (Schools only)
Time: 10.00 am
Date: 23 April 2020
Venue: TBC
Term Three
South East Disability Inclusion Network (SEDIN)
School Leavers Pathways PD (Schools only)
Time: 10.00 am
Date: 28 July 2020
Venue: TBC
Bayside Disability Education and Employment Network (BDEEN)
School Leavers Pathways PD (Schools only)
Time: 10.00 am
Date: 29 July 2020
Venue: TBC
Peninsula Pathways for Students with Disability Network (PPSDN)
Career Planning Forum Student Supports, Activities and Resources (Schools only)
Time: 10.00 am
Date: 23 April 2020
Venue: TBC
Term Four
Shared Network Regional Pathways Forum - (Schools and Services)
Time: 9.00 am– 2.00 pm
Date: October 2020
Venue: TBC
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Higher Education Disability Support Program – changes to the program from 1 January 2020
The Australian Government Department of Education recently made changes to the Other Grants Guidelines (Education) 2012 and the amended guidelines are now available on the Federal Register of Legislation.
The Guidelines have been amended to reform the Higher Education Disability Support Program (DSP) from calendar year 2020. A key change to the DSP includes an increase in annual funding to $150,000 per annum from the current funding level of $79,900, to provide for an enhanced role for the Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) in its promotion of inclusive teaching and learning practices.
Recommended viewing
Dyslexia awareness month - the students' voice
For Dyslexia Awareness month ADCET was joined by five students from Universities and TAFE’s across Australia to discuss their tertiary education journey through their lived experience with dyslexia.
We aim to challenge your thinking, ensure you reflect on your practice and improve your knowledge around teaching and support strategies for your students with dyslexia.
Join the student panel as they explore:
•what strategies and supports have worked best for them in their studies
•how they are navigating the tertiary sector
•learn firsthand about their challenges, opportunities and experiences
•and add to the Q&A discussion
https://www.adcet.edu.au/resource/10196/webinar-dyslexia-awareness-month-the-students-voice/
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2020 Victoria STEMLabs February / March Program
Title of Program: 2020 Victoria STEMLabs February / March Program
Number of places available: 12
Location: 360 Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000.
Dates of Training Program: Monday 24th February through to Friday 13th March, 2020.
Participant requirements:
• Must be 16 years of age or over.
• Must have a diagnosis of autism (including Autism spectrum disorder, Asperger's disorder, Autistic disorder, or PDD-NOS).
• Must have Australian residency or citizenship.
• Must be able to attend the 3-week assessment phase beginning Monday 24th February through to Friday 13th March, 2020.
• Should live within a daily commutable distance of Melbourne CBD.
This FREE program is strictly limited to just 12 places and we are looking for some of Melbourne’s most inquisitive minds to participate in a fast-paced 3-week program where you will be applying your inquisitive and investigative mind to a series of technology-based activities using robotics kits in individual and small team challenges.
For further information about the application process download the following
or
In the event that you need to contact Specialisterne or have any questions, you can call or email Georgie Walker on the contact details below.
Georgie Walker
Specialisterne Consultant
Specialisterne Australia
Email: georgie.walker@specialisterne.com
Mobile: 0431 017 852
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PACE Mentoring – Supporting Successful Graduation to Employment
Positive Action towards Career Engagement or PACE Mentoring program connects jobseekers with disability to mentors from leading Australian businesses.
Eligibility
If you are over 18 and a student or jobseeker with disability you may be eligible. You could be a school leaver, TAFE student, University student or a graduate or simply looking for work.
Case study
Melissa was once told she wouldn’t be able to be a teacher due to her anxiety, but she’s now in her second semester of high school teaching.
When Melissa applied for PACE, she was in her final year of a Graduate Diploma in Education. She’d been applying for graduate roles but was yet to find permanent employment. Melissa’s experience with anxiety meant that interviews were often challenging.
Australian Network on Disability (AND) matched Melissa with Jose Indopia from Cummins South Pacific. Jose offered Melissa tips on application processes and how to make her resume stand out to employers. Jose even arranged a mock panel interview with his colleagues.
“After I finished PACE, I submitted my resume to Indooroopilly State High School, where I was successful in obtaining an interview. Initially I was nervous, but I just relaxed and thought of the tips my mentor gave me. A week later I got a call from the principal saying that I had the job as a mathematics and science teacher.”
Key dates for consideration
PACE mentee applications close 29th February 2020. PACE Autumn commences April 2020.
Stepping Into Internship applications open March 2020 for the Winter 2020 program.
For more information about the mentoring and internship programs AND run, visit our website.
Isabel Heiner
Program Manager – Stepping Into & PACE Mentoring
Australian Network on Disability
Level 1, Suite 1.08, 2 Queen St, Melbourne, 3000
PO Box Q203, QVB Post Office NSW 1230
T 03 9614 2089| W www.and.org.au | E isabel.heiner@and.org.au
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School Leavers Employment Supports (SLES) New Handbook
School Leaver Employment Supports (SLES) is an early intervention approach for participants in their last year of school. It supports their transition from school to employment.
Providers who deliver SLES help young people prepare, look for and gain employment. They provide meaningful, individualised capacity building activities so young people can achieve their employment goals.
As part of managing a participant’s employment barriers, providers can:
support a participant’s unique pathway to employment
help foster partnerships and goodwill in the local community
use their professional networks to engage and connect with employers.
The new Handbook can be downloaded from https://www.ndis.gov.au/providers/working-provider/school-leavers-employment-supports-sles
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Policy and Reports
NCSEHE briefing note: Equity student participation in Australian higher education 2013–2018
This NCSEHE briefing note reports on domestic undergraduate equity student participation in Australian higher education from 2013 to 2018. It focuses on trends among domestic undergraduate enrolments in Table A Provider institutions in identified equity groups:
Low socioeconomic status (Low SES) students
- Students with Disability
- Indigenous students
- Women in Non-Traditional Areas (WINTA) students
- Regional students
- Remote students
- Non-English Speaking Background (NESB) students, also referred to as ‘Culturally and Linguistically Diverse’ (CALD) students.
All student data reported or derived for the purposes of this document are sourced from the Australian Government Department of Education (Australian Government Department of Education, 2019).
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National Disability Strategy
Right to opportunity: Consultation report to help shape the next national disability strategy
This report consolidates feedback from the national public consultations that were held earlier in 2019. During these consultations you told us about issues that are important to people with disability, such as jobs, career opportunities and community accessibility.
A report, ‘Right to opportunity: Consultation report to help shape the next national disability strategy’, on the stage 1 consultation process has been released and is available from the following link: https://www.dss.gov.au/disability-and-carers-a-new-national-disability-strategy/reports?mc_cid=da24763ad8&mc_eid=650376225e
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Future Ready: A Student Focused National Career Education Strategy
Everyone has a role to play in getting young people ready for the future of work. This website provides recommendations and resources for. Schools, parents, employers and educators can now access resources to better support secondary students making decisions about their future careers, following the launch of the https://schooltowork.employment.gov.au/
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Professional Development
Access Easy English Learn Easy English 2 day writing course
When: Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 July, 2020
Where: Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare
Level 5, 50 Market St Melbourne
Closest railway station Flinders St Station.
Time: 9:15 am – 4:30 pm
Cost: $675 + gst Morning tea and light lunch provided
Wheelchair Accessible
Suitable for: Anyone who writes information for the public, eg: communications staff; support workers, planners, therapists, disability advocates, teachers, community educators, survey developers, researchers, report writers, website writers, lawyers, work safety staff, NDIS staff & providers, My Aged Care staff & providers, administrative staff, project workers, Health Promotions writers.....
Not sure if this training is right for you?
Call Cathy Basterfield: 0466 579 855 or email cathy@accesseasyenglish.com.au
Enquires about the venue:
Bookings Credit Card: www.trybooking.com/593970
For Victorian Institute of Teaching Standards
This training meets standards 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 2.5, 3.2, 3.7, 4.1, 7.2, 7.3
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Stride Workshops
Stride wellbeing programs provide young people with essential life skills for now and into the future through workshops focused on relationship and community, resilience, career transitions and school engagement. This equips young people to deal with life challenges and lead to individual self-efficacy, positive community involvement and collective community impact.
Email: office@stride.org.au or Phone: 0417 585 595
Website: www.stride.org.au
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Vision Australia Webinar. Stand up for your rights: university students
Event details
Are you preparing for or thinking about studying at university and want to know how best to advocate for yourself?
Register for Vision Australia's ”Stand Up for Your Rights Advocacy Webinar: What university students need to know” today for advice from our expert panel.
In this webinar we will cover topics including:
Preparing for tertiary education with a focus on university.
Tips and tricks in helping you get the most out of your university experience as a student who is blind or has low vision;
What to do if you come across a barrier you haven’t anticipated;
Hear about Vision Australia’s research into barriers to online learning; and
An overview of our stand up for your rights self-advocacy guide on tertiary education.
Our panellists are keen to answer questions you may have. Please send them to webinar@visonaustralia.org. You will also be able to ask questions via email or through Zoom during the webinar.
For more information go to:
Venue: On-line Zoom Webinar
Dates: 5 Feb 2020
Times: 6:30pm AEDT
https://www.adcet.edu.au/resource/10238/webinar-stand-up-for-your-rights-university-students/
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Youth Futures Summit into Employment and Transitions
Tickets on Sale
The Youth Futures Summit is a 2-day event at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) that will bring together hundreds of diverse people nationally across multiple sectors and communities.
This Summit seeks to understand the problems and challenges young people face today in education, employment, and transitions from education to employment.
The Summit Will:
•Draw together people from multiple sectors and communities that are reflective of the diversity of cultures, backgrounds, experiences, and beliefs that make up all of Australia
•Be co-presented, co-attended and shaped by young people
•Deep-dive into the challenges and identify what the solutions should be
•Explore a number of different areas from education, training, job services, young workers’ rights, and what the future of work will look like Join 1000 young people, employers, educators, industry professionals and more on the 20-21st of April, 2020 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for the most ambitious summit on youth employment and transitions in Australia's history.
https://youthfuturessummit.org.au/
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Tools and Resources
disABILITY AWAREness
The National Disability Co-ordination Officer (NDCO) Program and Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET) have developed a practical e-learning resource for the VET sector.
Introduction to Disability Awareness, focuses on promoting an awareness of disability and the impact that societal attitudes and inherent stigma and discrimination have on the lives of people with disability.
VET Staff Supporting Students with Disability, is designed specifically for staff who work in the VET Sector and focuses on promoting awareness about the rights of students with disability, the needs and requirements of students, and responsibilities of registered training organisations.
VET Educators Supporting Students with Disability is designed specifically for VET Educators and focuses on promoting a range of practices such as universal design for learning and reasonable adjustments, to support the development and implementation of inclusive delivery and assessment strategies, responsive to the needs and requirements of students with disability.
https://disabilityawareness.com.au/elearning/
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Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Complaint to access to Education
The Disability Standards for Education 2005 clarify the obligations of education and training providers, and seek to ensure that students with disability can access and participate in education on the same basis as other students.
If you are unsure if you can make a complaint or not and want to talk about it first, you can call the National Information Service on 1300 656 419 or by email to infoservice@humanrights.gov.au
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Disability Discrimination Legal Services
There are also legal services which provide free specialist advice about disability discrimination. Contact details for your nearest Disability Discrimination Legal Centre can also be found at www.naclc.org.au/directory
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The National Disability Advocacy Program (NDAP) Advocacy Finder
To find an advocate in your region, you can use the Advocacy Finder: https://disabilityadvocacyfinder.dss.gov.au/disability/ndap/
To learn more about the NDAP, you can visit the Department of Social Services website: https://www.dss.gov.au/our-responsibilities/disability-and-carers/program-services/for-people-with-disability/national-disability-advocacy-program-ndap
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How to get the most out of your NDIS Plan
The webinar covers important topics around plan utilisation such as:
Understanding the three types of support budgets
How Local Area Coordinators, Early Childhood Early Intervention teams and support coordinators can help participants get the most out of their plan
How to choose and manage supports and services
“How to get the most out of your NDIS Plan” which is now available on the NDIS website
https://www.ndis.gov.au/news/webinars
or YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=19&v=XuFWxMXkG4o&feature=emb_logo
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