2011 Careers Forum
2011 Careers Forum: Your career. Your future.
Navigating the journey to employment for students with disability
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Why come?
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Program
Speaker Information
Resources
Getting to UNSW
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Keynote speaker: Mr Graeme Innes
Bio available at:
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/about/president_commissioners/innes.html
Why come?
- To find out more about practical career strategies and programs to give you an edge in a tough job market.
- To hear from uni grads with disabilities about how they have secured employment or relevant experience.
- To brush up on and learn more about the Essential Tools of job seeking including:
Understanding the rules of employment
The Application process
The Interview process
- Other topics covered:
- Disclosure: what is it, when should I do it, and what will it mean?
- Reasonable adjustments: what is ‘reasonable’, how do I get what I need?
- Rights and Responsibilities: What does the law say?
- Disclosure: what is it, when should I do it, and what will it mean?
University Careers Advisors will be available and you’ll have opportunities to discuss job seeking ideas and experiences with other students.
To make sure you have an opportunity to be involved in this unique event, only held once a year, please register online today! Registrations are available for half day attendance if your schedule is tight however to get the full benefit a whole day experience is advised. Lunch of course is provided along with networking opportunities.
A bus running from Central station to the University of New South Wales will be available on the day and if you feel you may utilise this service could you please note this on your registration.
The event will be free and promises to be inspiring and informative.
Registrations
This event is not open to services.
Registrations will be left open until Friday 2 September.
Some access arrangements are in place however some other access arrangements may not be possible for late registrants, but register and UNSW will contact you regarding your needs.
You will be asked twice for your e-mail address, both times you must use the same University student e-mail address.
If you fail to register with a university student e-mail address your registration will be suspended until Your status as a university student can be verified normally by a university student e-mail address.
To Register go to:
https://register.eventarc.com/event/view/4408/tickets/2011-careers-forum-your-career-your-future
You must register to attend this event.
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PROGRAM OF EVENTS - 6th SEPTEMBER 2011
Download a copy of the program in Word format here and PDF format here
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Please download a copy of the action plan here |
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9.00am - 9.30am
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Registration |
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9.30 am - 9.35 am
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Rita Kusevskis-Hayes (UNSW) introduces Denis Golding from Nura Gili |
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9.35 am - 9.40 am
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Welcome to UNSW by Sandra Norris (Director Student Development UNSW) |
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9.40 am - 10.10 am
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Key note speaker: Graeme Innes AM (Disability Discrimination Commissioner) |
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10.10 am - 11.00 am |
Discussion Panel (MC – Suzanne Colbert AM) |
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11.00 am -11.30 am
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Morning Tea |
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11.30 am -12.45 pm
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Workshop series – Transitions to employment |
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12.45 pm -1.45 pm
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Lunch |
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1.50 pm - 2.45 pm
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Discussion Panel (MC – Rebecca Brooks) |
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2.45 pm – 3.15 pm
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Presentation by Centrelink Options and Services for Disability Support Pension customers Presentation |
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3.15 pm - 3.30 pm
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Break |
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3.30 pm - 4.30 pm
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Workshop series – Disclosure Issues Surrounding Disclosure of Disabilities in Employment Presentation |
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4.30 pm - 5 pm
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Closing |
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Speaker information
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Graeme Innes has been Australia's Disability Discrimination Commissioner since December 2005. During that time he has also served as Australia's Human Rights Commissioner for three and a half years and as Race Discrimination Commissioner for two years.
Graeme is a Lawyer, Mediator and Company Director. He has been a Human Rights Practitioner for 30 years in NSW, WA and nationally.
As Commissioner, Graeme has led or contributed to the success of a number of initiatives. These have included the Same Sex: Same Entitlements inquiry; the drafting of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its ratification by Australia; and the development of the National Disability Strategy and the Disability (Access to Premises – buildings) Standards 2010. He also undertook three annual inspections of Australia’s Immigration Detention facilities.
Graeme was Chair of the Disability Advisory Council of Australia, and the first Chair of Australia's national blindness agency, Vision Australia.
In 1995, Graeme was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). He was a finalist for Australian of the Year in 2003.
Suzanne has been at the leading edge of advancing employment for people with disability for over 20 years. Her continuous drive for progress was publicly recognised in January 2010 when she was awarded as a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia.
Over the past 10 years Suzanne has worked with more than 100 Australian organisations and helped them implement systems and knowledge that build their disability confidence and welcome people with disability as customers and employees.
In the preceding 10 years Suzanne was founding general manager of Shore Personnel, a disability employment service and a vocational trainer for people with intellectual disability. She was also a founder and inaugural Chair, of ACE National Network, the peak body representing the interests of open employment services for people with disability to Federal Government.
On a personal note, Suzanne lives with her husband John and enjoys bushwalking, travelling and enjoying great food and wine. Together they have a blended family of four adult children.
Resources & Handouts
Audio Recording
Scheduled into 1 hour blocks on the 6 of Sept, starting at 9am-5pm in Law G04.
The links for the recordings will be:
http://lectopia.telt.unsw.edu.au/lectopia/lectopia.lasso?ut=2533
These will be available the following day.
Getting to UNSW
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The main UNSW campus of 38 hectares is located at Kensington, only seven kilometres from Sydney's central business district. It is easily accessible from the city and the many nearby seaside suburbs. Over 35,000 people travel to UNSW every day. Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 |
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BusesFrom Central Station [Eddy Avenue]: From Circular Quay [Alfred Street] Stand E, City [Elizabeth St] and La Perouse: From Bondi Junction and Burwood: From Coogee, Newtown, Sydney University, Leichhardt: From Leichhardt via city stops to Kingsford: |
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Free buses to UNSW Discover how to get to UNSW Kensington by Public Transport, private transport, find out where to park, bus stop locations and information about transport on campus through the Transport Program at http://notessrv.chan.unsw.edu.au/Faciliti.nsf/pages/Transport?OpenDocument ParkingParking is limited at UNSW. If you need to be dropped off by taxi or car entry via Gate 2 off High street. Bus stops can be found outside the main entry to UNSW on Anzac parade Kensington. |
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UNSW Map
Here is a link to the UNSW accessible map of the campus
http://www.facilities.unsw.edu.au/Maps/pdf/Kensington_Accessibility_Map.pdf
The Law Theatre can be found at F8.
This forum was brought to you by
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A joint initiative coordinated by UNSW, UWS, UTS, The University of Sydney, IBM, CRS, the Australian Network on Disability and the NDCO Program (CDS, UWS).
Past Forums
For information on past Managing Disability at Work Forums and the additional information provided please go to
http://ndco.cds.org.au/index.php/unitools
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