SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT – BARKUMA
COMMERCIAL SERVICES
You can be employed by Barkuma Commercial Services as a ‘supported employee’. This type of employment support is NDIS funded. Working in this environment is a great way to develop your skills, confidence and experience, and meet like-minded people. You will receive a wage, have set hours of work, leave entitlements, superannuation and other benefits.
WHAT IS BARKUMA COMMERCIAL SERVICES (BCS)?
Barkuma Commercial Services is an Australian Disability Enterprise (ADE), a not-for-profit organisation which provides meaningful employment for people with disability. Barkuma Commercial Services provides employment through assembly, packaging, labelling, shredding and document destruction as well as other enterprises such as gardening and cleaning services.
‘Supported’ means that there are specially trained and qualified supervisors who provide support to employees to complete tasks and understand the responsibilities and rights at work. Barkuma also employs ‘Peer Supervisors’ who are other supported employees undergoing training and professional development to provide additional support to their peers.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM WORKING FOR BARKUMA COMMERCIAL SERVICES?
Our recruiting process
- Call our Reception on 8414 7100
- Our friendly Participant Development team will contact you about our employment opportunities
- Complete an employment application form
- If you move on to the next stage:
- come in for an interview
- maybe do some work experience
Being offered a job
- You’ll be placed in a role best suited to your skills
- We will help you set clear goals to help you grow your abilities
- You will be welcomed as part of a team where you will feel included
- We will support you to do your best
While you’re working
- You will have daily support to help you do your job
- You will be shown different jobs and taught different skills
- You will have training about things like safety, communication, teamwork and your rights and responsibilities
GROWING YOUR CAREER
- This job doesn’t have to be your forever job
- We will regularly review your goals and progress
- You will be supported to develop skills to move into open employment
- We will support you to achieve your career goals
GET STARTED
To work in our Commercial Services sites, you must:
- Be 17 years or older
- Have an intellectual disability (including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Global Developmental Delay and Down Syndrome)
- Receive, or be eligible to receive, Disability Support Pension
- Be able to wear steel-cap (safety) shoes or boots (or hold a medical exemption)
- Have the capacity to work from 8:00am to 4:00pm
- Have sufficient NDIS funding for supports in employment
- Ability to satisfying risk assessment criteria and support ratio assessment (minimum support ratios apply)
- Be willing to provide a National Police Check if employment is offered**
- Have the ability to manage your own personal care needs independently.
**Please be advised that a satisfactory National Police Check is required as a condition of employment.
Site Locations
ELIZABETH
191–193 Philip Highway, Elizabeth South SA 5112
T: (08) 8414 7100
HOLDEN HILL
37 Jacobsen Crescent, Holden Hill SA 5088
T: (08) 8414 7100
Barkuma ELIZABETH
191–193 Philip Highway, Elizabeth South SA 5112
T: (08) 8252 8666
F: (08) 8252 8677
Barkuma HOLDEN HILL
37 Jacobsen Crescent, Holden Hill SA 5088
T: (08) 8252 8666
F: (08) 8369 3000
“It’s more than just a job, you develop skills and learn new things. If it wasn’t for Barkuma I wouldn’t be where I am today.”