As more Global Skills staff obtain their Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Certificate, it creates an opportunity for us to expand on the many ways Global Skills promotes the mental wellbeing of our job seekers.
Global Skills Promotes Mental Wellbeing
Category: Disability Employment Service
Global Skills Launches Winter Workforce Boost
Global Skills is excited to announce the launch of our Winter Workforce Boost campaign. Our goal is to place 1500 job seekers into sustainable work over the next 50 business days leading to 30 June.
World Autism Awareness Month 2023: Strength-Based Employment Practices
April is World Autism Awareness Month. It is a month which aims to shine a light on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and provides an opportunity for Global Skills to advocate strength-based employment practices.
On FND Awareness Day, Global Skills Celebrates Caitlin’s Employment Success
Saturday 25 March is National Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Awareness Day. To help raise awareness and to celebrate Global Skills’ job seeker Caitlin’s employment success, we took the time to learn about Caitlin’s lived experience with FND and her journey through employment.
World Hearing Day 3 March 2023: Accessible Workplaces
Today, 3 March 2023 is World Hearing Day. A day which promotes ear and hearing care across the world and raises awareness of how to prevent deafness and hearing loss. It is also a good time for Global Skills to encourage all employers to ensure their workplace is inclusive and accessible to employees who are hearing impaired.
Celebrating Jeremy: International Asperger’s Day 2023
Saturday 18 February, is International Asperger’s Day, an opportune time for Global Skills to promote and celebrate neurodiversity in the workplace. Today, we’d like to celebrate Jeremy, just one of our neurodiverse job seekers.
Diversify and Meet Your Workforce Needs: Transport, Postal and Warehousing Industry
Australia’s Transport, Postal and Warehousing Industry includes a wide range of businesses and occupations and is one of our nation’s growth industries with an increasing demand for workers. With this demand predicted to intensify in coming years, Global Skills is encouraging employers to consider the inclusion of people with disability as possible employees.
Sydney WorldPride Festival To Be Inclusive and Accessible
The first WorldPride in the Southern Hemisphere will be taking place in Sydney, beginning 17 February. Sydney WorldPride is committed to removing access and inclusion barriers so that full participation by all people is possible.
Global Skills Staff Obtain Mental Health First Aid Qualifications
Yesterday a group of Global Skills staff who work across a number of our teams obtained their Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Certificate with thanks to Mental Health First Aid Australia.
Diversify and Meet Your Workforce Needs: Health Care and Social Assistance Industry
Global Skills is encouraging Health Care and Social Assistance employers to consider hiring people with disability. As an employer in this industry, you potentially have the most to gain by ensuring your workplace is inclusive and accessible.