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Inclusive Pathways to Employment (IPE)

8 December 2022, Media

At BSL we believe that we can create better systems that improve transition to decent work for young people with disability. Though funding from Paul Ramsay Foundation we are taking a system lens to improving transition to decent work. We will share more information as we progress.

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ASID Conference: Creating pathways from school to work through the Ticket to Work approach

10 November 2022, Media

Watch Michelle talk at the ASID Conference on Creating pathways from school to work through the Ticket to Work approach.

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Virtual Disability Conference 2022: Raising Expectations

8 November 2022, Media

Watch the panel and Q&A session from the Virtual Disability Conference 2022: Creating employment expectation: Employment First for young people with disability transitioning from school.

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ChatAbility episode two: Accessible and Inclusive Employment

29 September 2022, Media

Watch Michelle and other panelists discuss the topic of Accessible and Inclusive Employment on ChatAbility episode two program.

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We have moved to the Brotherhood of St Laurence

1 March 2022, Media

Ticket to Work is excited to announce that we are writing to you from our new home at the Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL). BSL works alongside people experiencing disadvantage to address the fundamental causes of poverty in Australia.

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In the media: Ticket to Work featured in Freedom2live

10 March 2021, Media

Check out the Ticket to Work story on Freedom2Live, to read about the success of the model and the social and economic benefits,

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Channel 7 Sunrise has Ticket to Work on their Feel Good Friday segment

3 February 2020, Media

Ticket To work on Sunrise 2020 -‘Feel Good Friday’

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ABC News Breakfast Interview- Ticket to Work

22 January 2020, Media

Work is a fundamental part of adult life and the 'Ticket To Work' initiative, works to provide employment opportunities for young people with disability. Ticket To Work has helped over 1400 high school students transition into paid work. Check out Jack's "can-do" attitude and the work he's doing at a Melbourne nursery.

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ABC interviews David Moody and Jack Voltz

15 August 2019, Media

On Tuesday the 13th of August NDS’s Acting CEO David Moody, spoke to the ABC about Ticket to Work and our role in improving employment opportunities and outcomes for young people with disability. Jack Voltz is one of 1,400 young people who have managed to find employment through Ticket to Work.

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International guests from Korea

2 January 2019, Media

NDS Ticket to Work recently hosted a group of visiting specialist teachers from Goheung and Suncheon Sunhye schools in Korea. Our international guests requested the visit to learn more about school to work transition education in Australia and to find effective ways to adapt learnings for Korean special education.

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Sky News: Ticket to Work program supporting young people with disability to find work

29 June 2018, Media

Sky News broadcast a segment on Ticket to Work – NDS’s school-to-work initiative for young people with disability – featuring NDS Chief Executive Ken Baker and Julian McAlpine, a Year 11 student and canteen worker.

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1,000 jobs for young people with disability

28 November 2017, Media

Over 1,000 young people with disability have found work thanks to Ticket to Work Networks. Ticket to Work links schools, employment services and employers to young jobseekers with disability allowing them to focus on their employment dreams in a safe and supportive environment.

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International exposure for Ticket to Work

7 August 2017, Media

National Disability Services (NDS) recently presented at two International Conferences on Ticket to Work and how improving outcomes for people with disability through the Vocational Education and Training system can lead to work opportunities.

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Improving school transitions get Australian young people with disability into jobs

13 August 2014, Media

The current transition to employment support systems are largely failing Australian young people with disability and condemning these young people to a marginalised and dependant life with reduced opportunity for social and economic participation, according to a new report by Ticket to Work.

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Young people with disability get their Ticket to Work

24 June 2014, Media

In a mere seven months of Australian Government funding Ticket to Work has shown that … well … it works! Ticket to Work is an initiative that brings communities together to improve the transition and employment outcomes of young people with disability.

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Ticket to Work young people win Applied Learning Awards

18 October 2013, Media

Students, teachers, schools, educators and employers were winners in the fifth year of the prestigious Bayside Glen Eira Kingston Applied Learning Awards, including some young people that have been undertaking Ticket to Work activities.

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Ticket to Work Wins Victorian Education Award

20 May 2013, Media

Ticket to Work, a School Based Apprenticeship and Traineeship (SBAT) program for students with intellectual disabilities, is the 2013 recipient of a Victorian ‘Education and Excellence Award’. Ticket to Work won the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) ‘Outstanding Youth Pathways and Transitions Award’ after being shortlisted from amongst many other worthy secondary schools.

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