Intelife Group

🌟 Partner with Us to Empower People with a Disability! 🌟

At Intelife, we're dedicated to empowering people with disabilities to live lives of purpose, enjoyment, and independence. By working together, we can make a real difference in our community. We're seeking employers in the South West region to provide work experience or informational interviews, helping individuals gain firsthand knowledge about different job roles and environments.

🤝 How You Can Help:

Work Experience: Offer short-term opportunities for someone with a disability to observe and participate in everyday workplace activities.
Informational Interviews: Share your career insights with someone with a disability, helping them discover work that aligns with their values and skills.
Partner with us and let's break down barriers to foster an inclusive workforce!

It's R U OK? Day. An important reminder to check in on each other and ask R U OK? Any Day.

Did you know that people with an intellectual disability are more likely to have a mental illness than people without intellectual disability?

Understanding and recognising mental health issues in people with intellectual disabilities can be more challenging. Many signs are often missed because we tend to rely on verbal cues and a person's ability to express their feelings.

To better understand how to identify mental health concerns in those with an intellectual disability follow the link to our website 👉👉 https://intelife.org/news/mental-health-and-intellectual-disabilities/

📷 Health Connect

How are you planning to celebrate International Day of People with Disability? At Intelife we have a whole host of events planned to celebrate this very important day. We will be hosting morning teas and playing Supa golf, to name a few! What will you be doing?
Post your events and photos below.

Intelife were recently approached by the Public Transport Authority, to invite our participants to join a workshop to pilot test the upgrades to their SmartRider ticketing validators.
This is Dom participating in the test run. He had a great day meeting people, testing the system, having lunch and best of all being presented with a gift card for his efforts. Great job Dom!

Mark your diaries for this Saturday 18 November!
Intelife have entered a boat in the Mix 94.5 Masters Milk Carton Regatta which is launching from Hilary’s Boat Harbour:

Saturday 18 November
10am
Hillary’s Boat Harbour

Its sure to be a great day, bring your family and friends and support Intelife’s team as they launch their boat and attempt to win the race!

A lot of time and effort has gone into building the boat and it would be great to see as many of you there as possible.
You will be able to vote for the best boat before the race (Intelife’s of course!!) and may even win yourself $500 in the process. There will be free carnival rides, face painting and a petty zoo plus heaps of free giveaways. What’s not to like?!S

A sneak peek of the construction of the boat. If you want to see more you will just have to go down and watch the race….

Its National Carers Week, a time to recognise and celebrate the contributions of Australia's unpaid carers. We appreciate you. Carers WA is a great organisation offering support in a number of different ways - https://www.carerswa.asn.au/

Today is RU OK day. A day to remind ourselves to connect with others and to ask 'RU Ok'? A day to reach out to family, friends and colleagues and start a conversation, it could just save a life. Checking in on each other is something we should all be doing regularly, not just on RU OK day. Here some tips to help start the conversation.

Head on down to the Perth Disability Connection Expo today and tomorrow and visit us at the Intelife booth.

https://www.developingauscommunities.com.au/perth-expo-2023

Westland Works is another part of the Intelife Group, it provides horticultural and landscape maintenance services to a variety of clients, we are are currently hiring Protection Officers, if you, or someone you know, might be interested, click on the link below:
https://www.seek.com.au/job/67428289

PTA Track Protection Officer Job in Perth WA PTA accredited protection officer, immediate start, ongoing career development, an amazing organisation.

Intelife are currently recruiting Supported Employees across the business. Read the ad below and if you are interested in finding out more, call us on 1300 468 396 to speak to one of our friendly staff.

INTELIFE GROUP CEO RESIGNS

Intelife Group Ltd (“Intelife”) CEO Steve Edgar has announced that he will be stepping down from his role after more than five years at the helm.

Steve has been a vocal advocate for the need to transform the NDIS pricing model. He was instrumental in shaping a strategy that has enabled Intelife to fund the provision and development of its disability service through new, profitable income streams in an NDIS environment.

This strategy has the support of both the Board and the executive team and will continue to shape the future direction of the organisation after Steve’s departure.

Under his leadership, Intelife has improved service delivery, commercialised the organisation’s Australian Disability Enterprise (“ADE”) including two acquisitions to diversify it’s income base and emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic on a sound financial footing.

Intelife’s strong executive team will continue to lead the organisation through 2023 and beyond and the Board is actively seeking a new CEO.

Intelife is proud to have had Steve’s stewardship since 2017 and wish him all the best when he steps down in June 2023.

Intelife is very proud of the work it carries out in the City of Wanneroo and the opportunities this provides for people with disability. Opportunities such as these provide our people with meaningful work carried out in a supportive environment which helps to increase independence and integration with the community.

If you would like to know more about Intelife and the opportunities we provide get in touch!

MEET THE CREW 👋 | The City is proud to work with Intelife Group to provide local employment opportunities to people with disabilities.

Intelife is a disability support organisation that empowers people with disabilities to enter the workforce.

The Intelife crew work with the City to clean our 75 public barbecues and numerous sandpits, ensuring park users have clean and hygienic facilities.

They also clean the City’s vehicle fleet, Ashby Operations Centre and Wanneroo Library and Cultural Centre, as well as carrying out w**d slashing works across the City.

📸: The barbeque cleaning crew from Intelife in Jindalee.

Introducing Allan. It has proven difficult over the years to find an activity that Allan's willing to try. New environments/activities can be quite overwhelming for some of us, including Allan. Busselton skills trainer John, has built an incredible rapport with Allan, which has been clearly reflected in support yesterday as they both confidently went to the pool together, for the second time?!?!Big congratulations to both John and Allan, your rapport with each other is admirable and has led to huge achievements like this. Photo proof below of Allan with his pool gear, for those that need to see it to believe it!

🦅 ALL ABILITIES FOOTBALL 🦅

After our first successful year within the Life Without Barriers Integrated Competition, the Ocean Ridge Eagles are growing and seeking new players to join our team!

Join us at Heathridge Park to meet the players & coaches at our first All Abilities COME AND TRY OPEN TRAINING SESSION for the season.

📍Where: Heathridge Park
⏰ When: 5:30pm Tuesday 24th January
🏉 Everyone is welcome! From ages 16+ all abilities and genders are welcome to try something new and give footy a go
🏆 Plus, the chance to win some fun prizes on the night!

If you or anyone you know would like to attend, please contact Danni Warner on 0408 093 301 or [email protected]

Come and join us to celebrate International Day of People with Disability at Bina Park, Balga for a sausage sizzle, inclusive fun and some amazing drumming courtesy of Akwaaba Drumming. See you there!

International Day of People with Disability being held on 3 December this year. There are a number of events happening around Perth to celebrate People with Disability. Check then out using the link below.

https://padlet.com/statedisabilitystrategy/taqriw8onnoswksi

International Day of People with Disability 2022 Celebrating International Day of People with Disability 2022 - to add new events please click on the pink button in the bottom right-hand corner

We are on the look out for a labourer to join our team at Midvale delivering maintenance and infrastructure projects with Shire Councils and Local Governments. Click below for more information.

https://www.seek.com.au/job/58429158

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Introducing EasyBeatz. Intelife, in collaboration with other local providers, have organised a series of social events in Mandurah specifically designed to assist people with disability to make social connections in their local community. Click on this link below for more information:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/easybeatz-a-welcoming-and-inclusive-social-event-in-mandurah-tickets-370818627497?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

EASYBEATZ - A Welcoming and Inclusive Social event in Mandurah EASYBEATZ - A Welcoming and Inclusive social event in Mandurah

Introducing Liam
Liam is 36 and lives at home with his mum Linda. Liam has been accessing Lifeskills Mandurah support since 2018, having received a late diagnosis of Autism. Liam is very knowledgeable about all things to do with Transformers and has a large collection at home. He enjoys golf and is involved in a creative writing group called Fan Fiction. Until recently, Liam had also been working part-time as a Trolley collector at Coles.

Liam’s Lifeskills goals have focussed around increasing his independent living skills, building his friendships in his community, and improving his fitness.

In recent weeks, Liam has commenced with Commercial Services, working 2 days a week on road-side litter collection and BBQ cleaning. Liam’s employment goals include developing his work, communication, social and time management skills, with the ultimate goal of returning to open employment.

Liam’s mum, Linda recently reached out to provide some feedback on Liam and his progress.

“Thank you, he is really taking ADE seriously, loves working/interacting with others, we have quite the conversation about his days, which is a BIG change for Liam, he has never been a conversationalist, always just short sharp one word answers and never initiates a discussion, I have seen quite a change in him and I am very grateful to Intelife, you people are amazing”

Keep up the great work Liam!

For some people with developmental disability and complex needs accessing medical services can sometimes be difficult. Intelife in partnership with Dolly Bhargava, has created a booklet with the aim of providing support strategies that can be used in these settings to facilitate better communication with healthcare providers with a view to improving the quality of healthcare received. Click here to learn more:https://intelife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/QCOMM12-EffectiveCommunication-Book-Update2022-Dolly.pdf

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Are you look for your next opportunity? Our team at Intelife is growing and we would love for you to join the team. We are on the hunt to fill the following positions:

Excavator Operator
Operations Coordinator
Disability Support Workers
Rail Protection Officer

Click on this link to search all our current vacancies and apply today!
https://www.seek.com.au/Intelife-Group-jobs/at-this-company

April is World Autism Awareness month, a time to celebrate diversity and spread awareness of autism to help make the world a more inclusive place.

Looking for a fun, inclusive new sport to try? Equal Footingball might be just the thing for you. Check it out!

Congratulations Dylan Alcott for being named Australia of the Year 2022, such an inspiration.

Wow. I’m forever grateful. My purpose today and everyday is to change perceptions so people with disability can live the lives they deserve to live. I’ll do my best to make you all proud as your Australian of the Year xx