Endeavour employs over 1300 supported employees and 200 staff. At Endeavour, we are a committed employer and provider of choice for people with a disability. Through Endeavour’s disability employment agency and Business Services we strive to develop work environments and opportunities that bring out the best in our people.

Our Business Services provide safe and supportive workplaces

Business Services - supported employment
Endeavour operates 24 Business Services across Queensland, which employs over 1300 people with a disability. They work in many different industries including: General Packaging, Bulk Mailing, Food Packaging, Document Destruction, Recycling and the manufacturing of Stakes & Pegs. Each Business Service provides a supportive environment, which assists people with a disability to achieve their vocational goals.

• We provide a suitable level of employment assistance to allow growth and development.
• We offer opportunities for people to set their own employment goals and assist them to achieve those goals within the day-to-day activities of the business service.
• All supported employees undertake comprehensive wage assessments on a regular basis so that wages are aligned with the individual's competency and productivity.
• Endeavour provides real jobs, which comply with all industrial relations legislation and the Disability Services Act 2002

How to Access an Endeavour Business Service
To get started just call us at your local Business Service and we can set up a time for you to come and have a look at what we do. By talking to staff and employees you will learn about all the great work we do. If you think you would like to work at Endeavour, the steps are easy:

1. Contact your local Business Service and arrange to visit and tour the workplace. If you are interested in applying for a position, inform staff at the Business Service.
2. Your eligibility to attend the Business Service will be verified by Centrelink. All applicants must be at least 15 years of age.
3. If successful, attend an interview at the Business Service to see if you meet the entry criteria below:
• have a disability
• have an ability and a desire to work
• require continuing and ongoing support
• be able to have your needs supported within the resources of the business service
• be able to maintain employment for at least 8 hours (or one working day) per week

We will also ask you to complete a pre-trial employment assessment. This is a practical assessment of your ability to complete tasks similar to those you may be required to perform at the business service. Once you have successfully completed the requirements of the pre-employment assessment, and the business service has a vacancy, you will be offered trial employment.

Payment of wages
Endeavour pays all it’s supported employees a wage based on an assessment undertaken by an external agency called CRS - www.crsaustralia.gov.au/bswt/index.htm

Business Services are funded by the Commonwealth Government Department of Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to support people with a disability in paid employment. For further information on the Department of Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs visit their web site at www.facs.gov.au

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