SLES - SCHOOL LEAVER EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS

Assisting students leaving school with their transition to independent life, career pathways or employment

What is School Leaver Employment Supports (SLES)?

This initiative has been developed to transition students from school to independent life, future pathways and employment. Delivering life and vocational skill development for the opportunity to achieve future life outcomes.

EYA advises participant engagement to begin during their last year of school, ideally from the beginning of term 3. Then we work closely at developing the future pathway goals and processes, ready for it to begin in the upcoming year. To move straight from school to either TAFE, apprenticeship or volunteer position is the ideal pathway. Yet we understand this isn’t always possible and plenty supports can still be offered regardless of the time you commence.

EYA has SLES available across Melbourne and Victoria in a variety of settings from school to office or Zoom to volunteer placement. Participants learn the essential steps required to gain success in their future life/career/employment goals through participation in workshops, tutorials, activities, training sessions, role-play activities, one on one contacts, on-line educations, community contacts, travel training, financial understandings, work/voluntary experience placements and on the job training.

Elevate You Australia, delivers School Leavers Employment Supports, SLES, to children with disabilities and barriers, right across Melbourne and Victoria, with participants traveling from a wide variety of suburbs stretching from North to South and East to West. Our SLES service has a variety of ‘hotspot’ locations in Melbourne and Victoria, where you can be serviced closer to home, if required.

Eligibility – Children in their last year of high school (this is not limited to year 12 as there are many different paths someone may choose to take) who have NDIS funding for SLES. If you would like to find out how your child can receive these funds please call or SMS on 0403445362 or email Laura Bell at laura@elevateyouaustralia.com.au. There is further possibility to utilise other funds while you are waiting for the SLES allocation.

What services are offered under SLES

Here are some possible areas we cover and establish with each participant;

– Pathway exploration

– Passions, interests, skills exploration and activities

– Career or work direction
– Work Preparation
– Pre-employment hard and soft skills
– On the job, hard and soft skill development
– Travel and communication training
– Independent living skills
– Work Experience placements

– Financial education

– Community involvement confidence building, social skills and etiquette guidance and understanding

– Development of resumes and cover letters
– Behavioural interviewing skills
– Physical interviewing skills
– Juggling commitments and personal life
– Navigating, filling out and understanding forms

– Applying to courses/Tafe/Uni

– Navigating expectations and higher education demands

– Liaising with Disability Liaison Officer (DLO) and advocating for supports needed for successful completion of course

– Resilience training and building

– Managing Tafe/Uni/Course schedules and commitments, work loads etc.

– Self motivation skills, techniques and strategies

– Executive functioning skills and development

– Positive reinforcement and coaching throughout Tafe/Uni/Course

– Communication support and guidance on how to be ‘present’, ‘heard’ and ‘active’ in a classroom setting
– Workshops or face to face discussions and training on being the best you can be and how to achieve the success you want.

– Referral to Disability Employment Supports (DES)