Jobs

People with Disabilities Fixed-Term Employment Registers

Whole of Government Programs
Tasmanian State Service

Applications Close Sunday, 11 December 2011.

Salary

See Below
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Vacancy No.

Various,

Position Type

Register.

Location

Statewide.

The State Service is an equal opportunity employer providing a workplace that is free from discrimination and utilising the diversity of the community it serves.

The following organisations have been approved to establish and manage fixed term employment registers on behalf of the State Service for the purpose of providing additional opportunities for people with disabilities seeking employment:

• WISE Employment
• CRS Australia
• Access Employment
• Ability Employment 
• CHOICE Employment
• Blueline Employment
• Anglicare Employment Service

Fixed-term vacancies up to 12 months in duration for positions classified up to and including Band 4-R2-A (or its equivalent) may be filled by Agencies using an approved register.

Salary and Conditions of Employment : - Applicants who are successful in securing work in the State Service will be paid in accordance with the relevant award/agreement and will be entitled to conditions of employment under the State Service Act 2000 and State Service Regulations 2001.

Eligibility: -The registers are open to people with a disability, as defined in the Disability Services Act 1992 .  This includes with a disability:

(a) attributable to an intellectual, psychiatric, sensory or physical impairment or a combination of those impairments; and which is

(b) permanent or likely to be permanent; and which

(c) results in a substantially reduced capacity of a person for communication, learning or mobility, the need for continuing support services and which may or may not be chronic or episodic in nature.

It covers people with intellectual, psychiatric, sensory or physical impairments, as well as individuals with cognitive impairments who fall within the equivalent Commonwealth legislation.

Persons who have a disability and have been assessed by Centrelink as requiring specialist employment assistance and referred to any of the above legislation will also be eligible to participate.

Selection from the Register:  Following identification of a suitable vacancy, a State Service Agency may contact any of the approved organisations to source a field of applicants for selection on the basis of merit.  The selection process may involve formal interviews.

Organisation:

WISE Employment

83 Brisbane Street
Hobart   Tas   7000

Email:                CHooper@wiseemployment.com.au

Telephone:        (03) 6234 5055

CRS Australia

GPO Box 1291
Hobart   Tas   7001

Email:               teresa.bird@crsaustralia.gov.au

Telephone:       (03) 6245 8350

Access Employment

64 Burnett Street
North Hobart   Tas   7000

Email:               access@hss.org.au

Telephone:        (03) 6234 8908

Ability Employment

PO Box 3113 MDC
Burnie   Tas   7320

Email:               jobs@abilityemployment.com.au

Telephone:       1300 783 448 (Burnie)
                       1300 736 433 (Devonport)

CHOICE Employment

PO Box 418
Launceston   Tas   7250

Email:               choice@choiceemployment.com.au

Telephone:       (03) 6337 9966

Blueline Employment

162 Macquarie Street
Hobart   Tas   7000

Email:               kate.s@ble.org.au

Telephone:       (03) 6223 2622

Anglicare Employment Service

GPO Box 1620
Hobart   Tas   7001

Email:               j.maginnis@anglicare-tas.org.au

Telephone:       (03) 6234 3510

For further information contact the Public Sector Management Office, Department of Premier and Cabinet, GPO Box 123, Hobart Tas 7001, Telephone (03) 6233 3281.

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