Supported employment services
Community Living Trust (Waikato)
Numerous services around New Zealand provide opportunities for people with Down syndrome and other disabilities to get employment. Here is a list of providers Chat 21 was able to locate.
Creativeworks Employment Service (Christchurch)
Abilities Incorporated (Auckland)
Abilities Incorporated employs people with disabilities. www.abilities.co.nz
Able Pet Care
Able Pet Care is a registered charity and social enterprise that provides quality pet care services in our communities. Our pet care team are people with a disability that are trained, capable, trustworthy people, keen to help you and your pet. We provide services in Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Blenheim and Nelson. www.ablepetcare.nz
Brackenridge (Canterbury)
At Brackenridge, people are our priority, supporting people with learning disabilities and autism to create and lead their lives, their way. Fantastic normal everyday lives where people are included as valued members in our community and live happy and fulfilling lives. www.brackenridge.org.nz
Career Moves (Waikato)
Career Moves is a dedicated,stand-alone, Supported Employment service. It is pandisability and also supports people with longterm injuries, such as brain and spinal injuries. www.careermoves.org.nz
Catapult Employment Services Trust (Canterbury)
C a t a p u l t E m p l oy m e n t S e r v i c e s i s a n employment service for both employers and jobseekers, that has been helping Cantabrians into employment for over 10 years. We have employment consultants and offer counselling around anxieties with employment. www.catapult.org.nz
CCT (Otago)
We support people with intellectual disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder to live in their community. www.cct.org.nz
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Community Living supports 100 people to obtain real meaningful work or to gain the skills to enable them to get a job. www.communityliving.org.nz
Creativeworks provides support to people with experience of a mental illness or disability to find employment and then supports them to maintain this for at least six months. gbateman@creativeworks.org.nz
Disability Resource Centre Hawkes Bay Trust
We work to promote opportunities and facilities for the independence, mobility, and recreation of people with disabilities as well as providing occupational, social and personal opportunities and facilities. www.drchb.org.nz
Emerge Supported Employment Trust (Wellington)
Emerge Supported Employment Trust is a notfor-profit organisation which provides a range of professional supported employment and transition services for people with disabilities in Wellington. www.emergetrust.org.nz
Enrich+ (Te Awamutu)
Enrich+ supports individuals to have a ‘life like any other’. Through education, employment and empowerment, we help each person to be a real part of the communities of their choice. www.enrichplus.org.nz
Framework
Framework delivers community based mental health and intellectual disability services in greater Auckland from strategic locations throughout the city. Paramount among these services is community support, supported employment, participation and inclusion. www.framework.org.nz
Geneva Elevator
Geneva Elevator is a specialist consultancy service offering a wide range of employment, training and support options to clients with diverse needs in Whangārei, Northshore, South Auckland, Wellington and New Plymouth. www.genevaelevator.co.nz
HLC Employment Services (Levin) www.hlc.ac.nz
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