THE BARKUMA JOURNAL
The Buzz Magazine – Edition 5, 2025
The Buzz Magazine – Edition 5 – Available now! Barkuma’s Buzz Magazine is a wonderful community-driven publication featuring captivating stories, insightful reviews, photos, art, and so much more.
Barkuma’s Commitment to Digital Accessibility
At Barkuma, we believe everyone should have equal access to digital resources, no matter their abilities. We are dedicated to making digital content accessible for people with Autism and intellectual disabilities.
Where are they now? We catch up with Barkuma’s Transition Program Graduates
Barkuma’s Transition Program supports students with disabilities and learning difficulties in Adelaide to move smoothly from school to their future.
Enhancing Corporate, Social and Environmental Responsibility
Businesses can partner with Barkuma social enterprise to fulfill their manufacturing and packaging requirements and support social and environmental responsibility and CSR initiatives.
Understanding the Uluru Statement from the Heart
You have probably recently heard and read about the Uluru Statement from the Heart and the First Nations Voice to Parliament. The Uluru Statement is an important document in Australian history, and everyone should have the opportunity to understand its significance...
Leaving School NDIS Supports for Young People with Disability
What is SLES? Barkuma provides School Leaver Employment Support (SLES)for eligible people with disability. This support is designed for high school students and school leavers. It helps them get ready for work in open employment. They may not be ready to use a...
Barkuma response to Budget announcement for NDIS
The latest federal budget includes changes for the NDIS. Let’s look at how this could impact you and Barkuma. What was announced in the latest Federal Budget? Treasurer Jim Chalmers MP recently released the Federal Budget for 2023-24. It contains a “more than $720...
Disability Employment Service (DES) Provider: Top tips
Barkuma’s Disability Employment Service (DES) is free for people with disability in South Australia to access and is not a NDIS support. Our team is dedicated to working with people with Intellectual Disability, Learning Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Down...
Understanding the NDIS, SIL, Home and Living and Accommodation
NDIS, SIL, Home and Living, Accommodation Barkuma understands it can be overwhelming to dissect the vast amount of information available, especially if you are the primary carer, guardian or relative of someone with disability who is considering Supported Independent...
Barkuma’s Day Options: Ensuring participants live their all
Update - Barkuma will no longer provide Day Options beyond 28 June 2024. Barkuma’s new Day Options Autumn program has just started! Day Options sessions are conducted by experienced disability support workers. This creates a welcoming and inclusive program for adults...
Explore Supported Independent Living Options with Barkuma’s Specialist Accommodation
For many people living with disability and their families, the decision to move away from home is a big one. Barkuma offers a range of specialist disability accommodation services to support customers with independent living, right throughout adulthood - Supported...
What’s the Difference Between SLES and DES?
It’s a question we get asked often… The main difference between School Leaver Employment Supports (SLES) and Disability Employment Supports – Open Employment (DES) is how ready someone is to enter the employment world.
The Future of Supported Employment
Barkuma is actively taking part in discussions and forums regarding the future of supported employment. A Consensus Statement, which was provided to Minister Rishworth and the recent Disability Employment Round table, was signed by Barkuma and another 37 providers...
Youth Employment Services – How students with disabilities can make a successful transition from school to work
Teenagers with disabilities and their families may be wondering what the future holds as they approach the end of their schooling. Barkuma’s Transition Program is an independent youth employment service designed to assist final-year students to make the smooth...
Disability Employment Programs – Barkuma’s Peer Supervisor program
In 2022, Barkuma launched the Peer Supervisor Program, a disability employment program that provides employees with further opportunities to build on their leadership skills, contribute to their team and working environment, and reach their employment goals....
Transitioning from School to Work for Students with Disabilities: A Giant Leap
Finishing school can be a challenging life phase, especially with a disability or learning difficulty. Barkuma’s Transition Program supports young people and their families through this period to ensure they have the best possible chance for the future.
What’s the difference between an NDIS Local Area Coordinator and a Support Coordinator
Update - Barkuma will no longer provide Support Coordination beyond 28 June 2024. NDIS Supports and Services Coordinator There’s a lot of information out there about the NDIS and sometimes it’s hard to know what all the different terms mean. One area that can be...
A SEA CHANGE FOR TAMMY
Decorated former Special Olympian Tammy Lane is a welcome addition to the team at the iconic Flying Fish Cafe. After relocating from Adelaide with her newly retired parents, Tammy is putting her 15 years of experience at Hungry Jacks to good use in the kitchen;...
Your vote matters- Ensuring people with intellectual disability participate in the electoral process
It’s a question we get asked often… The main difference between School Leaver Employment Supports (SLES) and Disability Employment Supports – Open Employment (DES) is how ready someone is to enter the employment world.
Aged care traineeship for people living with disability
Supported Employees will transition to new employment funding by December 2021. Find out what it means for you.
Australian Disability Enterprises Transition to NDIS
Supported Employees will transition to new employment funding by December 2021. Find out what it means for you.
Meet Thomas
In 2019, Thomas participated in The Transition Program and completed Year 12 at Cabra. Through The Transition Program, he completed a Certificate II Retail and Certificate II Hospitality. Thomas’s goal was to find open employment, and with support from the Transition...