The DWA project is an initiative of the Government of South Australia and is a South Australia Works in the Regions project delivered in partnership with the Murraylands Regional Development Board.

Disability WORKS Australia is a charity established to manage the National Disability Recruitment Coordinator (NDRC) which is a Commonwealth funded initiative through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). Disability Works Australia helps to facilitate and enhance the employment of people with disabilities by providing employers and Disability Employment network (DEN) providers with a single, free, effective contact point for recruiting people with a disability to provide information on disability employment issues in general.

The objectives of the NDRC program are;

• to increase the number of people with disabilities in the Australian workforce;
• to promote the benefits of employing people with disability to employers, especially large employers, leading to the establishment of agreements from targeted employers to employ people with disability;
• to improve awareness of employers of the schemes that are available to assist with the employment of people with disability;
• to provide employers with a single point of contact for advice on the employment of people with disability;
• to enhance the placements of people with disability with employers through liaison with DEN and VRS providers: and
• to assisted targeted employers to develop and maintain systems and process for recruiting and maintaining the employment of people with disability.

The Project Manager divides her week between working out of the Murraylands Regional Development Board and the Adelaide Hills Regional Development Board.

If you would like to contact Sheryl, please telephone her on 85357170 (MRDB) or 83911374 (Adel. Hills).