About the strategy
Employ My Ability
Access this resourceEmploy My Ability, the Disability Employment Strategy, provides a guiding framework for governments, employers and the broader community. It aims to increase employment outcomes for people with disability.
Increasing employment of people with disability has many benefits to employers and the community.
Our vision is for:
Employ My Ability has 4 priority areas:
| Lifting employer engagement, capability and demand |
|---|---|
| Building employment skills, experience and confidence of young people with disability |
| Improving systems and services for job seekers and employers |
| Changing community attitudes |
The following factsheets support Employ My Ability and encourage employer action:
- Employment for people with disability
- Looking for a fresh perspective?
- Looking to improve your workplace performance and culture?
- Your community is your customer
- Looking to add value to your team?
- Interested in employing a person with disability?
- Want your spending to make a difference?
Other formats of Employ My Ability and the factsheets, including language translations, Braille and Large Print Overlay can be requested free-of-charge from the department by emailing DEP@dss.gov.au.
Supporting the strategy
We encourage you to use the Employ My Ability branding to show your support and raise awareness of this important piece of work, for example, through your social media, websites and newsletters.
Social media tiles
- Social media tile - Dark blue with artwork [1.09MB JPEG]
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- Social media tile - White with artwork [1.06MB JPEG]
- Social media tile - Vision statement [354KB JPEG]
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Newsletter banners
- Newsletter banner - Artwork [1.09MB JPEG]
- Newsletter banner - Photo [584KB JPEG]
Permission is not needed to use this brand and the following guidelines provide information on how the branding can be used. Stakeholder toolkits can be requested by emailing DEP@dss.gov.au.
Printed copies of Employ My Ability, and its factsheets, are also available free-of-charge to support promotion by emailing DEP@dss.gov.au.
Australia’s Disability Strategy
Employ My Ability is an Associated Plan of Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031.
Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031 (ADS) is a national framework that all Australian governments have signed up to. It sets out a plan for continuing to improve the lives of people with disability in Australia over 10 years.
ADS includes a focus on employment for people with disability. This is through the Employment and Financial Security Outcome Area. Employ My Ability actions will be listed in the Strategy’s Employment and Community Attitudes Targeted Action Plans. We will report on implementation and outcomes.
Consultation
Employ My Ability has been informed by feedback from many stakeholders. This included:
- people with disability
- families and carers
- advocacy organisations
- peak bodies
- employers
- service providers.
Read about the consultation that informed Employ My Ability on the Disability Employment Strategy(Opens in a new tab/window) consultation page on DSS Engage.
Employer endorsement
Many organisations have committed to improving diversity by endorsing the Strategy.
Email us at DEP@dss.gov.au if your organisation would like more information on endorsing Employ My Ability.
The following employers are demonstrating this by publicly endorsement:
Logos for Accenture, Australian National University, Boston consulting group, Coles group, Compas group, Crownability, Get skilled access, Hawks, Herbert smith freehills, Hotelico, Life without barriers, Mcdonald's, Palladium, PWC, Randstad, RMIT University, Telstra, Tennis, The University of queensland, and Woolworths group
More information
Email us at DEP@dss.gov.au if you have any questions regarding Employ My Ability.
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