We have been operating our family company Jamaha Services Pty Ltd since its incorporation in 2006 being 15 years. In this time, we have gained knowledge and experience in all types of services within the cleaning, property maintenance and property management sectors. We are able to coordinate and deliver a tailored package to meet our client’s requirements from basic cleaning, programmed maintenance, office hygiene cleaning, test and tagging and reducing wastage and the implementation of recycling. Our biggest client is 7-Eleven whom we have been contracted for 12 years with our servicing available to over their 300 stores throughout Victoria.
In addition to this we are also carers for our disabled son, Brayden, who is 26 years old for the past 7 years when he came into our care. During this time whilst looking for opportunities we found a lack of services to enable a pathway to a career & independence support in our local area being The City of Casey. We were very surprised by this as we passionately believe people with a disability can be an active member of the community & workforce, when given the right support services.
We have previously looked at what types of duties can be performed within the cleaning and property maintenance by people with disabilities as this is our area of expertise. Surprisingly enough we discovered that there is a lot that can be done to accommodate gainful employment. Any duties that are unable to be performed could always be done by Jamaha Services. Giving us more opportunities.
By providing this service we are able to get people with a disability out into the workforce and in the general community. They are given the opportunity to gain job training, work experience, social and community contribution. This also helps change how the community see people with disabilities, if they see them participating in the community and workforce, the community will see the person as an opportunity rather than as a disability.
We see people with disabilities as differently abled, not disabled!
Sarah VersteegDirector
Increasing the understanding of the community about disability and inclusion can be achieved by working with local business, councils, community organizations, disability support organizations and advertising in order to demonstrate that people with a disability should not be excluded or ignored just because they have a disability. People have limitations that they need to work with every day, while we recognize people with disabilities will have more limitations however that does not mean they are incapable of being an activate member of the workforce, community and even in their own lives. We believe one of the best ways to demonstrate this is for the community to see people with disabilities working, gaining experience and certificates. Why not do this by providing cleaning, gardening & property maintenance to the disadvantaged and in need of our services.
While we were looking into our local disability support services, we found there were organizations that predominantly provided social activities, respite, employment agency or educational training. We found a lack of organizations that were able to provide educational training, sourcing long term employment, on job training and work experience. We also found a large portion of these organizations that do provide elements have a very long waiting list and could be waiting for months in many cases.
Improved inclusion behaviour in community activities needs to be supportive and inclusive for people with disability learning and employment within the workforce. By providing the right environment we ensure that their vision and values are embedded in everyday practices and interactions and they work across their communities to implement a shared approach to supporting the health, well-being, inclusion and engagement of all people with disability.
By educating the community through advertising, community group meetings, we can jointly, as a community, in providing a supportive position to protect diversity and understanding of others, acknowledging the right of every person with a disability, no matter their background or ability, to achieve the best possible outcomes within the community.
Creating educating standards, employing explicit strategies, policies, procedures and programs to teach and acceptance within the community.
Improved inclusion behaviour in community activities needs to be supportive and inclusive for people with disability learning and employment within the workforce. By providing the right environment we ensure that their vision and values are embedded in everyday practices and interactions and they work across their communities to implement a shared approach to supporting the health, well-being, inclusion and engagement of all people with disability.
By educating the community through advertising, community group meetings, we can jointly, as a community, in providing a supportive position to protect diversity and understanding of others, acknowledging the right of every person with a disability, no matter their background or ability, to achieve the best possible outcomes within the community.
Creating educating standards, employing explicit strategies, policies, procedures and programs to teach and acceptance within the community.
Disability Workforce Creating Community Awareness Working Safely with Disability
Disability Workforce will help improve individual attitudes with the implementation of our range of services. It's our expectation that the people with disability will be encouraged to achieve meta-cognition and self- management approaches, which have high levels of impact on people with disabilities and will assist in their sense of achievement, well-being and independence. As well as enhancing their resilience, optimism, confidence, social and emotional skills and aiding in giving them a purpose. By creating a set of behavioural expectations, building individual understandings as a community general behaviour and engagement practices and ensuring people with disability have the tools and skills to develop positive and self-regulating behaviours.
While we were setting up the support services for our son Brayden, he assisted staff at Jamaha Services. Through this experience we were extremely surprised to find our clients were impressed that he could and wanted to work as he does have a disability. Many clients said they would never have considered employing someone with a disability until seeing firsthand what Brayden can do given his disability.
As a result of speaking to our clients and other disability support organizations about their experiences we concluded the culture of the community towards people with disabilities and the belief the best the community could do was to take care of their basic needs and provide social activities. This culture has been in the community for decades and has only started to change recently and particularly with the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Agency and the National Disability Insurance Scheme with Government and Media attention.
Disability Workforce will endeavour to improve community culture by getting people with disabilities out in the community and working to show the community that they are capable of learning, working and participating in the workforce community. Disability Workforce will also help improve community culture by engaging business, organizations, employment agency and council to the benefits of employing someone with a disability will have not just to their business but also to the person with a disability and the community at large.
While we were setting up the support services for our son Brayden, he assisted staff at Jamaha Services. Through this experience we were extremely surprised to find our clients were impressed that he could and wanted to work as he does have a disability. Many clients said they would never have considered employing someone with a disability until seeing firsthand what Brayden can do given his disability.
As a result of speaking to our clients and other disability support organizations about their experiences we concluded the culture of the community towards people with disabilities and the belief the best the community could do was to take care of their basic needs and provide social activities. This culture has been in the community for decades and has only started to change recently and particularly with the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Agency and the National Disability Insurance Scheme with Government and Media attention.
Disability Workforce will endeavour to improve community culture by getting people with disabilities out in the community and working to show the community that they are capable of learning, working and participating in the workforce community. Disability Workforce will also help improve community culture by engaging business, organizations, employment agency and council to the benefits of employing someone with a disability will have not just to their business but also to the person with a disability and the community at large.
Disability Workforce prices are in accordance with the Temporary Transformation Payment (TTP) as set and regulated by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).
You can find a copy of the NDIA’s Price Guide here: www.ndis.gov.au/providers-price-guides-and-pricing
