Parents as Career Partners
Parents as Career Partners is a workshop designed to help parents and caregivers to understand the current work and training environment, as well as providing practical steps to assist your children with career planning.
The seminar provides vital information and a range of proven activities to help you become career allies with your children and the skills to help your children plan their future careers.
Work shops are delivered in schools and other community venues. Contact us to book your workshop.
CLICK HERE FOR BROCHURE (PDF 210kb) or Media Release for Aug08 Breakfast (PDF 272kb)
Focus on the Future
We can also provide customized Parents as Career Partner Workshops for parents whose children have a disability. Please contact us for further information.
Some facts and figures on disabilities in the workplace:
Employers have found that:
- 98% of employees with disabilities rate average or better in work safety
- 90% of people with disabilities rates average or better on job performance
- 86% of people with disabilities rated average or better on attendance
- 90% of employers have no change in their insurance costs to employ people with a disability
- Staff retention rates for employees with disabilities are 72% higher, saving millions of dollars each year in recruitments and training costs
- Employing people with disabilities has a distinct, positive effect on staff morale
- Career information sources for people with disabilities eg Forrest Personnel
- Disability employment services websites
- Information regarding employees with disabilities- statistics