Disability Recruitment

Do you want to make your workplace more inclusive but don't know where to start? Maxima can reframe what's possible through Disability Recruitment.

With so many people living and working with disabilities in Australia – it’s time to take Disability Employment out of the too-hard basket. With up to 20% of all Australians living and working with some form of disability, it’s likely that your workforce already includes workers with a disability.

We are dedicated to demystifying disability employment and promoting the benefits of employing people facing barriers. We work with employers to find the best possible job seeker for your business and can simplify and streamline the process.

In addition to finding suitable candidates for your business, at no cost to you, our team can assist you with:

• Available wage subsidies.
• Support for Workplace Modifications.

Wage Subsidies

When you’re recruiting – the most important thing is to get the right person for your job role. 

A person who has the right skills and experience, who will be a great contributor, perform well and approach their role with enthusiasm and an infectious, positive attitude.

Sometimes, a financial incentive can also help get your new job role underway. It lowers the barriers to adding a new staff member, making it both more affordable and less risky to add another employee.

Up to $10,000 worth of wage subsidies may be available to you to support your recruitment activity.

The incentives have different eligibility requirements and target different candidate cohorts such as youth, mature age and people with disability, but generally there is a need to employ a person with a disability for a certain number of hours per week for a period of time, with the expectation that the employment will be ongoing.

Some wage subsidy examples include:

Restart – to encourage businesses to hire and retain mature age employees who are 50 years of age and over.

Wage Subsidy Schemes – available to qualifying businesses to give eligible jobseekers an opportunity to demonstrate their suitability for ongoing employment.

Apprentices and Traineeships – The Disabled Australian Apprenticeship Wage Support (DAAWS) provides a payment to employers of eligible Australian Apprentices with disability, as well as incentives towards wages.

Payroll Exemption Rebates – a number of State Governments have payroll tax exemption schemes for employers that employ people with disability.

Maxima can deliver great candidates for your business – and also make it simple and easy for you to receive available incentives.

Support with Workplace Modifications

As an Employer you want to get the very best out of your staff.

For some employees this may involve some assistance or modification of their workplace.

At no cost to you or your employee Maxima may be able to provide:

• adjustments to your physical workplace
• modifications to work vehicles
• special equipment for the workplace
• information and communication devices
• Auslan interpreting services
• specialist services for employees with specific learning disorders and mental health conditions
• disability awareness training for the workplace (including deafness awareness)
• mental health awareness and first aid training.

The Federal Government through the Disability Employment Service (DES) fund these modifications and services through the Employment Assistance Fund (EAF).

Maxima has the expertise and experience to explain the eligibility requirements and processes of the EAF to you and your employee. We will work through the process with you so that the best outcome for all parties can be achieved.

Testimonials

“Maxima has helped us to employee over 20 employees for our business and has aided us drastically in our endeavor to engage with the community and find employees for our business. Maxima has offered ongoing support to these employees, through continually catching up, and communication we have been able to all work together to best support the employee. Maxima help employees through all stages of the hiring process, interviews, and even provide constant support in their orientation and throughout their time at McDonalds. as well several employees are going on to further leadership roles within the store. I truly believe this was in part due to the support Maxima has provided.”
– McDonalds, Wonthaggi, WA

“We have a really great, open and honest working relationship with Maxima staff and this makes employing people within our cafe so exciting and fulfilling – we never feel alone or left hanging once workers are placed with us.”
– Annie Stonehouse, Executive Director – Lovewell Foundation

“Every experience that I have had interacting with Maxima or at least interviewing the candidates on offer has been worth the time, even if it has been to just give the jobseeker a little more interview experience.”
– Chris Beer, CEO Web Safety