• CAL Industries (Benalla) offers a variety of employment opportunities for people. Experienced staff provide support and skills training to enable employees to reach their full potential in employment. Open employment options exist for clients through our extensive Benalla and district network. More »
  

Central Access merged with Seymour-based business services unit G.A.T.E. Enterprises in January 2007.

• G.A.T.E. Enterprises (Seymour) offers employment to people with a disability in Seymour and the surrounding district. Skilled supervisors work with employees, assisting them to develop new skills, confidence and self-esteem, allowing them to continue working with G.A.T.E. or seek open employment if they desire. More »
• Wallan Industries (Wallan) is the newest addition to our supported employment network. With its close proximity to the northern suburbs of Melbourne and predicted growth over the next decade, this strategic location will create further employment opportunities for people in the region. More »
  

Like Central Access,  G.A.T.E. and Wallan Industries offer a duality of service by providing employment for people with disablilities - whilst operating as a commercial business.

Eligibility

Eligible for Disability Support Pension and over 15 years of age.

Did you know...?

Of the Victorians with a disability aged between 15 and 64 who lived in community accommodation:

• 219,300 (47 percent) were employed:
  • 138,200 worked full-time
  • 81,100 worked part-time
  • 85 percent worked within the private sector.
• 30,000 were unemployed, giving rise to an unemployment rate of 12 percent, which compares with approximately eight percent for other Victorians.
• 218,900 Victorians with a disability (27 percent) were not in the labour-force.

This statistical information has been compiled by the Planning and Performance Evaluation Section of the Disability Services Division of the Department of Human Services, Victoria.