This was often related to the issue of low wages, with training and assessment seen as important in terms of increasing wages for supported employees who wanted more money. not enough training here. not getting, really, any “There’s We’re training.” the other system they used to have, they used to have an assessment “With for about a week or two. They only do an hour a week (now) and they probably should do more.” Related to this, many supported employees (11) also noted they dislike the lack of variety in their working life. Again, training and assessment was seen to be lacking here, leading to an inability to move on to or be rotated into other tasks in the ADE. out paper, sort out white and coloured paper. I like that too “We sort don’t much because it gets boring.” Some supported employees (7) also noted they dislike the pressure and stress of their current role, and that their work was often deadline driven and sometimes tiring and overly stressful. “It is really stressful… got trucks that come between 3 and 3:30 to pick stuff up not “We’ve There’s enough time in the day to get it all done.” A small number of supported employees (4) also noted difficulties in their interactions with other employees, as well as ADE staff and supervisors. just like people touching me half the time, I get people touching me at “I don’t work.” one particular person, he seems not to have respect for people with “There’s disabilities, because he questions my speed and things and I think not that’s very nice.” Not being listened to and being belittled because of my intellectual “Bullying. disability. Not being acknowledged for the disability I have.” SUMMARY OF SUPPORTED EMPLOYEE FEEDBACK ON CURRENT JOBS Types of jobs done by supported employees and length of time in their current workplace. The types of jobs done by supported employees varied greatly across the consultation sites. The length of time supported employees have spent in their current workplace ranged from a few days to 30 years.
This was often related to the issue of low wages, with training and assessment seen as important in terms of increasing wages for supported employees who wanted more money. “There’s not enough training here. We’re not getting, really, any training.” “With the other system they used to have, they used to have an assessment for about a week or two. They only do an hour a week (now) and they probably should do more.” Related to this, many supported employees (11) also noted they dislike the lack of variety in their working life. Again, training and assessment was seen to be lacking here, leading to an inability to move on to or be rotated into other tasks in the ADE. “We sort out paper, sort out white and coloured paper. I don’t like that too much because it gets boring.” Some supported employees (7) also noted they dislike the pressure and stress of their current role, and that their work was often deadline driven and sometimes tiring and overly stressful. “It is really stressful… “We’ve got trucks that come between 3 and 3:30 to pick stuff up There’s not enough time in the day to get it all done.” A small number of supported employees (4) also noted difficulties in their interactions with other employees, as well as ADE staff and supervisors. “I just don’t like people touching me half the time, I get people touching me at work.” “There’s one particular person, he seems not to have respect for people with disabilities, because he questions my speed and things and I think that’s not very nice.” “Bullying. Not being listened to and being belittled because of my intellectual disability. Not being acknowledged for the disability I have.” SUMMARY OF SUPPORTED EMPLOYEE FEEDBACK ON CURRENT JOBS Types of jobs done by supported employees and length of time in their current workplace. The types of jobs done by supported employees varied greatly across the consultation sites. The length of time supported employees have spent in their current workplace ranged from a few days to 30 years.
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