Follow the new employer pathway with clients seeking employment with a different employer.
Some clients have an identified employment goal and can seek their own employment. However, most clients will require assistance to identify goals and undertake job seeking and/or retraining.
Use a stepping-stone approach to support the client achieve their employment goal by gaining skills and increasing their work capacity. This might involve a work trial placement or training course.
This pathway is often referred to as a ‘return to different employer’ program.
Note for Disability Employment Services clients
Most clients using a Disability Employment Services (DES) provider will require an Employment Services Assessment (ESAt) to start the DES program. Arrange and support this assessment to ensure accurate and comprehensive information about the client is conveyed.
Case study videos
Watch these examples of clients starting with new employers.
New employer stages
Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program (BIRP) clinician
- Contacts vocational provider to discuss referral
- Emails referral information to the vocational provider
Provider
- Allocates referral to a consultant
- Contacts the client to make plans to start the program
All
- Pre-referral meeting with the client, BIRP clinician and the consultant is recommended to introduce the client and confirm they wish to proceed. Arranged by the BIRP clinician
Every provider
- Conducts initial meeting with client and BIRP clinician to gather and provide information about the program
- Completes vocational assessment or work options plan
- Develops the job goal and vocational activities
- Gets agreement on job goal by all parties
DES provider
- Arranges and attends ESAt
Provider
- Facilitates activities, such as job seeking, training, on-job support, work experience, etc.
- Regularly updates BIRP clinicians and other parties of the client’s progress
- Continues with the program until the employment goal is achieved