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Creating Opportunities for People with Disability and People with Mental Illness
Workpower Incorporated is a leading Western Australian community benefits organisation.
Our aim is to:
- Enrich the lives of people with disability and people with mental illness;
- Assist and support people with mental illness and enhance their well-being;
- Promote, enable and support the increased participation and inclusion of people with disability and people with mental illness in our community;
- Provide essential respite for families and carers;
- Provide benefits to the community and positively influence community attitudes;
- Influence decision makers at all levels
We achieve this by:
- Providing employment options in our businesses: through Qualipac Plus and EMS
- Securing employment for people in the community: through Aspire Employment
- Providing community access, leisure and skills development programs through our Explore Leisure program
- Providing mental health services to the community, including training and consultancy services and professional services; through GreenApple Mental Health Services
- Providing respite for carers and holiday and well-being programs for care recipients; through Explore Traveller and GreenApple Mental Health Respite.
Our commercial and business experience has seen us develop many successful business partnerships, which have provided tangible benefits for both the business and our employees with disability. Our team, from Board members and management, through to support staff are committed and dedicated to our core values:
- Positive outcomes for people with disability and people with mental illness
- Commitment to business success
- Collaborative working relationships
- Quality work performance
- Professional conduct and integrity
- Leadership at all levels
- A safe and healthy workplace
- Environmental sustainability (added June 09)
These values underpin EVERYTHING that we do, which makes your experience as a customer or employee all the more rewarding.
The provision of employment assistance services to people with disabilities is funded by the Australian Government under the Disability Employment Assistance Program.
