NDIS Employment Support in Adelaide

NDIS employment support in Adelaide helps you work towards a job that suits your skills and interests, and keep it once you start. Kindora Connect is a Registered NDIS Provider, and our support workers help with work readiness, getting to work, and on-the-job support when you need someone alongside you.

Work can bring income, routine, friendships and pride. We plan support around the kind of work you want, not a one-size-fits-all program.

Getting to work is part of the support. That could mean learning the train from Mawson Interchange in Mawson Lakes, getting to TAFE SA in Salisbury, or settling into a job in the Adelaide CBD.

What does NDIS employment support include?

Employment support can start well before your first shift and continue after you start. It can include:

• working out what kind of job you would like and what you are good at
• building routines such as getting up on time, packing lunch and planning the trip
• help with job searching, applications and preparing for interviews
• practising the trip to work until you can travel on your own
• support in the workplace while you learn tasks and settle in
• talking with you about workplace adjustments you might need

Supported employment: help on the job

Some people need more help at work than an employer or employment service usually gives. Supported employment means a support worker helps you at your workplace with your tasks until you can do them yourself. It can also include personal care at work, such as help with a meal, and on-the-job coaching and training.

The NDIS says this support can happen in any workplace, one-to-one or in a group, depending on where you work and what you need. That might be a supported employment service, a social enterprise, a mainstream employer or a family business.

Kindora Connect is registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission for specialised supported employment and for assistance to access and maintain employment. If you need higher levels of support to take part in work, tell us about your workplace and the tasks involved so we can plan the right support with you and your employer.

Who is employment support for?

It suits working-age participants who want to work and need disability-related support to get there or stay there. For example:

• you are leaving school and want help working out your first job
• you have a job offer but need help learning the tasks and the routine
• you work in a supported employment setting and need personal care during your shift
• you lost a job before and want support to try again with the right setup

How is employment support funded under the NDIS?

Support to find and keep a job is usually funded from capacity building, in a category called finding and keeping a job. The NDIS describes it as time-limited support for building work skills, career planning, work experience and moving into work or further study.

Capacity building funding is stated, so it can only be used for the supports described in your plan. Ongoing help in the workplace may be funded differently, so check your plan or ask us to go through it with your plan manager.

What does a typical employment support session look like?

Early on, a session might be at home or a café, talking through your interests and practising interview questions. Once you have a job, your worker might meet you at the workplace, help you through a new task, and check in with your supervisor about how things are going.

As you gain confidence, the support steps back, for example from full shifts to a quick check-in each week.

How do we keep employment support safe and working for you?

We agree with you, and with your permission your employer, what the support worker does at work and what they leave to you. That keeps your independence at the centre and avoids confusion on the job.

Our workers hold an NDIS Worker Screening Check and follow the NDIS Code of Conduct, including respecting your privacy at work. If you are unsure what to include in a referral, read how to make an NDIS referral.