School to Work
Learn Job Skills
and Get a Job
Flagstaff’s School to Work pathway (formerly SLES) helps students with disability transition from school to employment.
If you are 15-18 years old, have an NDIS plan, and want to get job-ready, Flagstaff can support you in building workplace skills, confidence, and connections for your future career.
Why join Flagstaff’s School to Work?
Flagstaff’s team of facilitators have a variety of life experiences, training and knowledge to help participants with a disability. As a leading provider for School to Work support in the Illawarra, Macarthur and Shoalhaven, Flagstaff can offer:
- Flexible options either in a group or have one-on-one support or online
- Learn by working in commercial businesses at Flagstaff
- Work experience
- Tradie Training
- Connection to registered training organisation and short courses
- Friendly and experienced staff
- Proven training models
- Unique and safe settings including outdoor garden areas
- 60 years of experience helping people get job ready and gain employment
- Support does not stop – we can help you even after you find a job with on the job support
Learn how to:
- Develop new skills in a fun and safe place
- Find a job that suits you
- Apply for a job
- Communicate at work
- Work as a team
- Get job ready with support
- Gain independence
- Build your travel skills
- Gain more confidence
Individualised Training
- Obtain accredited training
- Support to search and apply for jobs
- Learn money and budget management
- Gain individual skill development
- Receive on the job and hands-on work experience
- Explore different career options in trade, retail and hospitality
- Get guidance to choose the right pathways leading to safer and healthier choices
Hands On Work Experience
Flagstaff believes in building confidence in real workplaces and can provide knowledge and training in areas to support work experience placements.
- Tradie Training for aspiring tradies to learn who to use tools and keep safe on a job site
- Hospitality and Retail Learning skills to gain work in the hospitality and tourism sector including customer service, payments and beverage skills
- Production work experience is provided in a number of production enterprises
- Grounds maintenance If you love working outdoors, spend your work experience working in our grounds maintenance crew
- Office Skills Work in an inclusive office environment and learn hands on about daily administration, technology and operations skills
- Work experience is provided with organisations in the community Eg. Councils, Major retailers, Clubs
Industry Days and Organisational Tours
Flagstaff recognises that classroom style learning does not suit everyone. For this reason, industry days and organisational tours have been integrated into School to Work pathways.
Participants will get to experience the real world as they visit different businesses and organisations within their local areas to gain knowledge and understanding of the different career opportunities available.
Vocational Pathways
Are you a high school student in the Illawarra, Shoalhaven and Macarthur thinking about life after school?
Designed for high school students from Years 9 to 12, Flagstaff’s Vocational Pathways offers participants with a disability access to work experience and vocational training in a supportive business environment.
Flagstaff works closely with schools in the Illawarra, Macarthur and Shoalhaven regions to identify suitable students who would benefit from the support and continuously use student feedback to enhance the activities to ensure the highest quality training and learning.
Workshops are held at Flagstaff in a professional work environment where students can gain work experience in one of six businesses.
The activities guide participants through three phases:
Phase 1
Year 10
2 hours per week for 5 weeks
Each session is divided between one hour of theoretical learning and one hour of practical work experience in a different division of Flagstaff.
Phase 2
Year 11
2 hours per week for 5 weeks
Work experience tailored to the student’s interests and based in the areas which they personally found most valuable in phase one. This phase can be extended to fit in with the student’s goals.
Phase 3
Year 12
1 day per week for 4 weeks
Students will join “Taster Days” of real time experience in the Flagstaff’s School to Work Supports. The supports are tailored for student’s post-school goals, specifically independent living and employment goals.
Project LEAP
Project LEAP (Learning, Empowerment, Achievement and Purpose) is tailored support for high school support students aged 14-18 years who would benefit from a project-based work activity and who may not necessarily identify with having a disability.
Why take the LEAP?
- Work on a series of mini-projects to achieve an end-result.
- Develop independence and confidence.
- Create employment learning in a goal-focused environment.
- Developing long-term communication skills alongside work skills.
- Specialist staff including vocational facilitators, an Indigenous Engagement Advisor, Support
- Co-ordinators and trained fitness instructors.
- LEAP runs over a 5-week period in Macarthur, Illawarra or Shoalhaven regions, with students attending for two hours a week to work on their project.
- Flagstaff provides transport to and from the project’s site and the school to assist students be involved in the activities.
