In July 2014, the Commissioner for Equal and Barkuma’s Personnel Employment Opportunity commenced an across service. The project team continue to meet to government 90 day project, (Public Sector) drive cultural change in support of Employment of People with Disability. The employment of people with disability in the project aimed to contribute to the to increase public sector and to facilitate the disability the number of people with disability employed awareness training tool. in South Australia and to ensure that the South Australian public sector is an exemplar employer of people with disability. The project objectives were to: Increase the number of people with intellectual disability employed in the public sector. Identify a consistent and contemporary online disability awareness tool and mechanism for hosting the tool. Create a central site of useful tools and resources for employers and employees, including good practice examples. The project achieved significant outcomes, including: Supporting the successful employment of The Flexible Workplace Futures project is a eight persons with an intellectual disability longer term, across government project in the public sector. approved under the Public Sector Renewal Program. The project aims to create a more Publishing an Employment of People with productive, dynamic and flexible workforce Disability Reference Guide on the Equal which is able to adapt to the future needs of Opportunity Commission website at: . The the State Government and the community. guide provides links to information and support available for employers and The Equal Opportunity Commission has employees during both recruitment and worked with a wide range of state government employment. A good practice fact sheet is agencies on the project to achieve a number also included. of goals including: Progressing the design and development of A new Commissioner for Public Sector an online disability awareness tool for the Employment Guideline and Determination public sector. on Flexible Workplaces. Project members include the Equal Research on flexible work and sourcing Opportunity Commission as lead agency, the best practice. Department for Communities and Social An online information package for use by Inclusion, Office for the Public Sector, the government agencies and the private Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA, the Department of State Development,
In July 2014, the Commissioner for Equal Opportunity commenced an across government 90 day project, (Public Sector) Employment of People with Disability. The project aimed to contribute to the to increase the number of people with disability employed in South Australia and to ensure that the South Australian public sector is an exemplar employer of people with disability. The project objectives were to: Increase the number of people with intellectual disability employed in the public sector. Identify a consistent and contemporary online disability awareness tool and mechanism for hosting the tool. Create a central site of useful tools and resources for employers and employees, including good practice examples. The project achieved significant outcomes, including: Supporting the successful employment of eight persons with an intellectual disability in the public sector. Publishing an Employment of People with Disability Reference Guide on the Equal Opportunity Commission website at: . The guide provides links to information and support available for employers and employees during both recruitment and employment. A good practice fact sheet is also included. Progressing the design and development of an online disability awareness tool for the public sector. Project members include the Equal Opportunity Commission as lead agency, the Department for Communities and Social Inclusion, Office for the Public Sector, the Department of Primary Industries and Regions SA, the Department of State Development, and Barkuma’s Personnel Employment service. The project team continue to meet to drive cultural change in support of employment of people with disability in the public sector and to facilitate the disability awareness training tool. The Flexible Workplace Futures project is a longer term, across government project approved under the Public Sector Renewal Program. The project aims to create a more productive, dynamic and flexible workforce which is able to adapt to the future needs of the State Government and the community. The Equal Opportunity Commission has worked with a wide range of state government agencies on the project to achieve a number of goals including: A new Commissioner for Public Sector Employment Guideline and Determination on Flexible Workplaces. Research on flexible work and sourcing best practice. An online information package for use by government agencies and the private
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