Cassowary Coast Employment provides employment and on the job training services to job seekers with a disability.

Disability Employment Network
Cassowary Coast Employment (CCE) is one of a network of specialist employment services across Australia that helps job seekers with a disability to find and maintain employment. CCE provides Disability Employment Services (DEN) programs, with services that are individually tailored to meet the employment needs of its jobseekers to enable the effective delivery of these services:

• assistance with pre-employment preparation and training, including work experience placements
• job search support including resume completion, job application, interview skills training and help looking for suitable jobs
• support when placed in employment including on the job training and support for co-workers and employers, and resolving problems at work
• on-going support in a job when and as needed
• vocational training and other types of assistance
• provide access to employer incentives such as wage subsidies and workplace modification.

As a disability employment network, CCE works with jobseekers whose disability is permanent or likely to be permanent and where it largely affects the individual’s capacity to communicate, learn or move around. To receive help from CCE, a jobseeker must need assistance for more than six months after being placed in a job or need ongoing support to keep a job. CCE can also help people with a disability in ‘job in jeopardy’ situations. Employees who are likely to lose their job as a result of their disability may be able to receive immediate help or support from CCE to keep their job.

How to access CCE’s DEN

Funded by the Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR).