Menu
Menu

Main navigation

  • Home
  • Find work
    • Find work
    • MAX Connect
    MAX Employment Services
  • Improve your skills
    • Improve your skills
    • Find a course
    • Study with us
    • Learning resources
      • Living in Australia
      • Learning English
      • Using computers
    Training courses
  • Health and disability
    • Health and disability
    • Health assessments
      • Do you need an assessment?
      • Refer someone for a disability assessment
    • Manage your disability at work
    • Group health programs
    • NDIS and Disability Employment Services
    • Long-term disability
    • Therapy Services
    • School leavers and students
    • Injury or Illness
    Support services
  • Help and advice
    • Help and advice
      • Getting started
      • Resumes and cover letters
      • Improve your skills
      • Health and wellbeing
      • Applications and interviews
      • Job searching tools
      • Starting work
      • Ongoing support
    • Frequently asked questions
    • Your rights and privacy
    • Help with Centrelink
    • Useful contacts
    • Feedback and complaints
    Get the support you want
  • Employer services
    • Employer services
    • National partnerships
    • Find candidates
    • How we support employers
      • Financial support
      • Employee Assistance Program
    • Employ someone with disability
      • Benefits of diversity
      • Types of disabilities
    • Offer work experience
      • Join the PaTH program
      • Offer a traineeship
      • Be a work for the dole host
    • Our work with employers
    Find great staff
  • What we do
    • What we do
    • MAX Employment
      • jobactive
      • Disability Employment Services
      • NDIS School Leaver Employment Supports
      • Parents Next
    • MAX Support
      • Adult Migrant English Program
      • Skills for Education and Employment
      • Youth jobs PaTH
      • Vocational Training
      • Child Welfare Assessments
      • Disability Assessments
      • National Panel of Assessors
      • Program for Students with Disability
      • Therapy Services
    • MAX Community
      • Housing Employment Program
      • Opportunity Pathways Program
      • School Based Trainee Program
      • Prison-based services
    Our services and programs
  • About us
    • About us
    • Careers with MAX
    • Our customer promise
    • Our partners
    • MAXIMUS Worldwide
    • Our impact
    • Our leadership team
    • MAX Foundation
    Learn about MAX

Header Navigation Secondary Menu

  • News
  • Careers with MAX
  • Locations
  • Contact
  • Feedback and complaints

Language menu

  • ngôn ngữ tiếng Việt
  • اللغة العربية
  • پښتو ژبه
  • دری
  • 中文 Zhōngwén
  • ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ
  • हिन्दी भाषा
  • 中文
  • Wikang Filipino
  • زبان فارسي
Aa

MAX Connect

Social Icons

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Youtube

Talk to our team

MAX solutions

MAX Solutions.

X

Services

  • Disability Employment Services
  • Assessments Australia
  • jobactive

Training Courses

  • Adult Migrant English Program
  • Skills for Education and Employment
  • PaTH Employabililty Skills Training

Articles

  • Getting Started
  • Resumes and Cover Letters
  • Health and Wellbeing

General

  • Careers
  • Find an office
  • Feedback and Complaints
  • FAQs
MAXsolutions
  • English
    Choose a language:
    • ngôn ngữ tiếng Việt
    • اللغة العربية
    • پښتو ژبه
    • دری
    • 中文 Zhōngwén
    • ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ
    • हिन्दी भाषा
    • 中文
    • Wikang Filipino
    • زبان فارسي
  • Aa
  • MAXconnect
Search
Locations Contact

Breadcrumb

Home
  • Home
  • Disability is no barrier for Compass Group
  • Disability is no barrier for Compass Group

    Published by MAXSolutions on August 2 2017
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • Linked in
    Disability is no barrier for Compass Group
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • Linked in

    Unemployment is a pressing issue in Australia, and people with disability are a challenging part of that issue. A report by the Australian Network on Disability(AND) found 9.4% of people with disability are currently unemployed, which is more than double the national average.

    Disability is no barrier for Compass Group
    It is estimated that over 77,000 people with disability are able and looking for work.

    Common reasons businesses use for not hiring a person with disability include fear of impact on colleagues, or the public and fear of extra associated costs. But becoming disability confident not only promotes diversity and inclusivity within an organisation, it also benefits company culture and productivity.

    Compass Group Australia, a leading food and services company, made the commitment to employ 20 people with disability in NSW by July 2017. Their mission was made possible through the High Growth Jobs Talented Candidates(HGJTC) initiative.

    The HGJTC initiative is delivered by AND in partnership with Social Ventures Australia (SVA), and funded by the NSW Department of Family and Community Services. It works with eight employers and three Disability Employment Service (DES) providers including Compass Group and MAX Employment. The program matches skilled workers with disability with supportive employers who are looking for candidates to fill roles in high growth areas. The aim is to create sustainable employment by matching the right candidate to the right role and provide employers the confidence to recruit and retain staff with disability.

    December 2016 saw six MAX Employment job seekers start new careers with Compass Group.

    One of the successful candidates, Kara-Lee, shone throughout the program. MAX worked with Kara-Lee to determine her vocational goals and understand her interests, in order to secure work that best highlighted her strengths in customer service and hospitality.  

    “I love it here. All Compass people are helpful showing us how to be more professional. It was really exciting to learn new skills and meet the new people I’d be working with.”

    Toni Wren, HGJTC Project Manager from AND said it was MAX Employment’s willingness to embrace a new way of working with employers that led to such a successful initiative.

    “Throughout our engagement with MAX Employment their willingness to embrace an employer-led approach has been very pleasing. This approach has led to stronger job matches and higher retention outcomes.”

    “Erin Carey [MAX Employment National Disability Employer Engagement Manager] and the MAX Employment Employer Business Centre Manager have both embraced the employer-led approach that the initiative is based on and recognised the investment required to build relationships with employers to demonstrate that candidates with disability can be valuable members of the team.”

    Compass Group Diversity Projects Coordinator Natasha Caflisch says she is most impressed by the standard of service provided by the MAX Disability Employer Engagement team. 

    “I am very specific on the standard of post placement support I expect of the DES Providers we work with, particularly for the participant but also for our managers. The MAX team has met my expectation for both parties, they have been very proactive, supportive and informative to all our teams engaged in this project.”

    “The MAX team took a genuine interest in our complex business and I feel they have successfully partnered with our teams and understand our needs. I’d also like to say all MAX employees involved in this project have presented the highest level of professionalism in circumstances they may never have faced before.”

    More and more businesses including Accor Hotels and IAG are making similar commitments with the consultative approach of the HGJTC initiative and providing opportunities that wouldn’t otherwise exist for people with disability.

    Read more on the benefits of hiring a person with disability. To find out how MAX Employment can help you recruit your newest team member please contact us via our general enquiries form or phone your nearest site on 1800 625 350.

    Image caption: Compass Group's new employee Kara-Lee with NSW Minister for Disability Services, John Ajaka.

    References

    [1] Australian Safety and Compensation Council, 2007, Are People with Disability at Risk at Work? A Review of the Evidence, ASCC, Canberra, Du Paul University 2007 and Graffam J, Shinkfield A, Smith K and Polzin, U 2002, Employer benefits and costs of employing a person with a disability, Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, vol. 17, no. 4, p. 251-263.

    [2] Graffam,J., Shinkfield, A., Smith,K., & Polzin, U. (1998). Making it work; Employer outcomes when employing a person with a disability. Melbourne; Institute of Disability Studies, Deakin University.

    • Log in or register to post comments
    Category
    News

    Most popular help and advice

    6 ways to answer unusual interview questions

    6 ways to answer unusual interview questions

    Published by MAXSolutions on September 30 2018
     

    Not getting interviews? It’s time to revisit your resume

    Not getting interviews? It’s time to revisit your resume

    Published by MAXSolutions on October 2 2018
     

    5 ways to sell yourself in a job interview

    5 ways to sell yourself in a job interview

    Published by MAXSolutions on April 27 2020
     

    Negotiating $$$ – how to get the salary you want

    Negotiating $$$ – how to get the salary you want

    Published by MAXSolutions on October 10 2018
     
    More articles
    Was this article useful?
    Why did you choose Yes?
    Why did you choose No?

    Contact us

    • Have a question?

      Chat Now

      Find quick answers about employment services.

    • Customer Enquiries

      1800 603 503

      If you are a new or existing customer or have an enquiry about a service, contact our Customer Servicing Team

    • Need support?

      1800 807 505

      Talk to someone in our health team.

        

      If you need urgent help or are in an emergency, please dial 000.

      Alternatively please call:

      Lifeline: 13 11 14

      Beyond Blue: 1300 224 636

      Respect Domestic Family Violence Service: 1800 737 732

       

    Send us an email:

    • General enquiry
    • Register for Disability Employment Services
    • Register for a service
    • Feedback and complaints

    General Enquiry

    General Enquiry

    Published by MAXSolutions on July 19 2018

    Register for a service

    Register for a service

    Published by MAXSolutions on July 19 2018

    Register with us now

    Register with us now

    Published by MAXSolutions on July 19 2018

    Feedback and complaints

    Feedback and complaints

    Published by MAXSolutions on July 19 2018

    Please fill in the contact form below or   Complete a survey

    Recent posts

    MAX shortlists leading businesses for Employer of the Year
    Meant to be: COVID fails to derail Lindy’s success story
    COVID-19 update: Greater Brisbane
    Assessments Australia: Head Office Relocation
    MAX Christmas and New Year opening hours

    Monthly archive

    • January 2021
    • December 2020
    • November 2020
    • October 2020
    • September 2020
    • August 2020
    • July 2020
    • June 2020
    • May 2020
    • April 2020
    • March 2020
    • February 2020

    Pagination

    • Page 1
    • Next page Next

    Most popular help and advice

    6 ways to answer unusual interview questions

    6 ways to answer unusual interview questions

    Published by MAXSolutions on September 30 2018
     

    Not getting interviews? It’s time to revisit your resume

    Not getting interviews? It’s time to revisit your resume

    Published by MAXSolutions on October 2 2018
     

    5 ways to sell yourself in a job interview

    5 ways to sell yourself in a job interview

    Published by MAXSolutions on April 27 2020
     

    Negotiating $$$ – how to get the salary you want

    Negotiating $$$ – how to get the salary you want

    Published by MAXSolutions on October 10 2018
     
    More articles
    • Find a MAX office near you

      Office

      Our locations

       
    • Register with us

      Edit

      Register now

       
    • Talk to someone now

      Call

      Contact us

       
    • Let us know how we're doing

      Feedback

      Feedback

       
    Providing employment, disability and training services

    Providing employment, disability and training services in suburban and regional areas across Australia including Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin, Adelaide, Hobart, Perth, Canberra.

    Providing employment, disability and training services

    Ensuring your safety and support

    If you need help or support, our offices are a safe environment.

    Contact us

    Language menu

    • ngôn ngữ tiếng Việt
    • اللغة العربية
    • پښتو ژبه
    • دری
    • 中文 Zhōngwén
    • ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ
    • हिन्दी भाषा
    • 中文
    • Wikang Filipino
    • زبان فارسي

    Footer

    • Home
    • Privacy
    • Terms of use
    • Quality
    • Contact
    • Locations
    • Sitemap
    • MAXConnect

    Social Icons

    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Youtube

    © Copyright 2019 MAX Solutions. All rights reserved Registered Training Organisation: 0667

    Ask a question