INFORMATION FOR PARENTS / KEY SUPPORT PEOPLE - INCLUSION FOUNDATION (formerly e.motion21)
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INCLUSION FOUNDATION
(formerly e.motion21)
INFORMATION
FOR PARENTS / KEY SUPPORT PEOPLE
@
info 21.
impact .
org au
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What is Impact
The Impact21 Employment program is a one-of-
a-kind 24 month work readiness and personal
growth program for adults with Down
syndrome/intellectual disability aged from 22
years of age. Through Impact21, students will
gain a customised role in a national company
earning award wage. They will have opportunities
to increase social and civic inclusion,
greater independence, and grow in their work
skills.
Impact21 focuses on work readiness in a way
that helps the individual "step into" the best and
most professional version of themselves, by
nurturing and challenging growth in every area of
their lives. Impact21 is holistic in nature; aiming
to fill gaps that have been created through time
passed since leaving school, limited
opportunities at school and work, social barriers,
and limited expectations.
We believe in learning by doing, experiencing
real-life work through hands-on practice at uni
and real work experience in real workplaces.
Impact21 has taken its knowledge of intellectual
disability and learning, and found what works to
get young people with intellectual disability
ready for work. Impact21 aims to provide
authentic and applied learning opportunities for
all students, with work, through work, at work.
Students will attend Torrens University's
Flinders Street Campus in Melbourne's CBD.
They'll experience commuting in the hustle and
bustle of the city, grab a coffee, have lunch with
friends, and live life as a professional adult!
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Who is involved in Impact 21?
The Impact21 program is delivered by highly qualified staff, including program
facilitator, work coaches, speech pathologist, specialist fitness and nutrition
educators, all operating with students on a 1:1 through to 1:3 ratio. This
high level of support enables meaningful growth and development through the
program.
Employer Partners
Throughout the program, Impact21 students regularly engage with
our employer partners, who are some of the biggest corporate names in
Australia. These employers have committed to working with Impact21 to create an
inclusive working environment, and to support Impact21 students as potential future
employees.
Program Delivery Partners
Impact21 works in partnership with a values-aligned DES partner, CVGT. They provide job
coaches trained in Impact21's methodology, supporting students whenever they are
working in employer partner workplaces.
Rainer Stefani, Impact21 Graduate,
completed a successful internship with
Sodexo in 2019, and is now employed.
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What does the journey look like in 2021-2022?
Year 1 – Skill Development
The Skill Development year is delivered at Torrens University three days per week, on
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, over three trimesters.
Throughout the program, participants will:
have exposure to different types of employment and employers
learn how to be a professional adult at work
gain a broad range of skills to prepare for work
practise working
grow and operate as an independent individual and as part of a team
engage in fitness classes for improved energy, endurance and mobility
grow in their understandings of good nutrition and food as energy for work
participate in regular 1:1 Speech Pathology therapy sessions (where required), to
improve language and communication skills
The program is individually tailored to each participant, to support their optimal
learning and development.
Students will have frequent engagement with employer partners throughout Year 1.
This helps participants to:
have regular exposure to different workplaces and industries
explore a range of tasks in these workplaces
develop a broader understanding of tasks and roles
develop physical and mental stamina through doing work at a gently increasing
pace
Employer visits increase in length of time during Year 1, in preparation for employment
in Year 2. These visits are:
Workplace Orientation | Task Tasters | Job Tasters | Internship
Employer partners then work with Impact21 to help match the right participant for their
business. At the end of Year 1, participants have completed the Skills Development
Year, and are now Impact21 graduates.
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What does the journey look like in 2021-2022?
Year 2 – Employment and Alumni
In Year 2, Impact21 participants move into the second phase of the program, the
Employment and Alumni year.
Participants will have signed an employment contract with their employer and be
working for a minimum of 15 hours per week. The role will be customised to
participant strengths and will be able to be expanded to develop more skills. The
vision with our team, the new employee, and the employer is that there is always room
to grow and develop.
Participants will receive on the job support by a CVGT Job Coach. This job support will
incrementally decrease over time, as employees and employers build skills and
confidence, and feel comfortable and capable in the workplace.
Also, the Impact21 Alumni sessions commence in Year 2. Participants are required to
attend a weekly Alumni class on Fridays. These classes may be in person at Torrens
University, online via video conferencing software, or a combination.
Alumni classes provide participants with the opportunity to:
further develop skills
problem-solve work concerns
celebrate and share achievements and learnings from the workplace
stay connected to fellow participants in a professional network
be supported by the Impact21 team as they grow as professionals.
There are also opportunities for participants to become mentors for future Impact21
participants.
Genevieve Rufus, Impact21
Graduate, completed a
successful internship with
Sodexo in 2019.
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Our Partners - a codesigned approach
These are the employer partners who Impact21 worked with in 2019-2020, and who
are now the proud employers of the first students to graduate from Impact21. There
will be more employer partners as the program grows.
Torrens University Australia and CVGT Australia are our program delivery partners.
Students attend Torrens University's Flinders Street Campus, and the Impact21
team is supported by Educational academic researchers and experts in inclusive
education. CVGT is a Disability Employment Service, and their coaches are aligned
and trained in our values and approach. CVGT provide job coaches for work
experience and internships in partner workplaces, and then provide ongoing
support on-the-job in employment.
you.
You and your young people have a wealth of experience in navigating, celebrating,
and problem- solving their worlds; their passions, barriers, skills, challenges, and
ambitions. We work collaboratively to understand their needs and overcome
barriers to success as a team. We regularly seek parent/key support person
contributions to the running of the program in overarching and specific ways at
regular intervals throughout the year.
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A holistic approach to growth
Every person is different; everyone has different work experience, different skills,
different passions and dreams. This means that each Impact21 student will join
the program with their own needs in their learning and their own way of setting
and working towards professional goals.This is a personalised approach to
planning, learning, and working.
We guide students through a growth journey towards becoming professional
adults, so that at the end of the program they can:
think ahead, managing a physical and mental workload
develop strategies to problem-solve confusing tasks or interactions
manage their fitness and nutrition, and understand the link between food and
its effect on their energy levels for work
understand their work hours, pay, and leave entitlements
interact appropriately at work in a social, polite, and friendly way
follow instructions from a boss and work in a team
use strategies to regulate their emotions independently
plan their days/weeks with a calendar, and navigate a work commute.
PAGE | 06What kinds of tasks ?
Impact21 (and its Disability Employment Service partner CVGT) will work with students
to customise job roles and match them with the perfect employer and role for them.
Below are the kinds of tasks they will try, and which might make up their roles at work:
Hospitality and Facilities tasks: welcoming and escorting guests, setting up meeting
rooms, tidying of meeting rooms and communal spaces, re-stocking items of stationery
of coffee stations for teams, rubbish disposal, taking and delivering catering orders,
making/serving tea and coffee, maintaining the staff kitchen areas, preparing and
making food, collecting dishes and glasses during/after a function, setting tables for
gatherings and meals
Administrative tasks: clerical work, data entry, mailroom dispatch and delivery, print
room, office paper recycling, stock lists, shredding confidential materials, scanning and
electronic filing, creating staff/student ID cards, taking photos and inventory of the
workplace (for maintenance or other), making bookings (for travel, rooms, restaurants,
accommodation), delivering mail, stocking stationery
Retail tasks: stocking shelves, price tagging and scanning, completing inventory
processes, greeting customers, bagging items, customer service, preparing stock and
shelves for sales, shop cleaning and tidying, setting up and packing down display stock
Manual tasks: setting up work spaces, moving stock and unpacking/stacking boxes,
completing outdoor maintenance tasks of grounds and facilities, cleaning and tidying
facilities with a range of tools and products
Shea Macdonough, Impact21 Graduate, completed a
successful internship with JB Hi-Fi in 2019 and is now
employed three days a week in a JB Hi-Fi full-size retail
store.
PAGE | 07NDIS Fee Schedule for the two year program
info@ 21.
impact .
org au
PAGE | 08If you are the support person for someone
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who would like to apply support them to send
us an email and we will notify you of the
application process .
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We can t wait to hear from you !
@
info impact21. .
org au
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