“Through TTW I was able to learn how the NovitaTech team worked with orthotics, and I thought that could be a good gateway into a career in prosthetics.”

Transition to Work supports young people living with disability to gain employment through work experience and learning core skills that can be applied to a wide range of industries and jobs including communication, customer service, time management, numeracy and literacy, money handling, appropriate workplace behaviour, and personal care and grooming.

Delivered by highly trained Disability Support Workers, TTW also supports participants to create a CV and prepare and present for job interviews with skills such as articulating how they meet an employer’s needs, answering common interview questions, and ‘being yourself’.

Novita’s TTW team creates individualised plans based on each participant’s strengths and interests. Each plan is focussed on providing relevant training and work experience to support participants to transition into the workforce and achieve their career goals.

TTW is open to school-leavers and young people living with disability who have employment-related goals. No prior work experience or qualifications are required for TTW. Novita is a registered National Disability Insurance Scheme provider of School Leaver Employment Supports (SLES), which can be used to pay for participation in TTW.