Volunteer Managers

MyWay Employability

• Discover strengths for the workplace or further education
• Identify and communicate sensory preferences and skills
• Set goals based on personalised suggestions
• Create a team to support your progress

Author: Autism Cooperative Research Centre’s (CRC) Australian Government

Autism Works

The information on this site and our free ‘AUTISM WORKS’ downloadable information guides can help you explore ways to be more inclusive for Autistic and autism communities.

By implementing this guidance, you are making a meaningful start in recognising Autistic strengths and all the ways that autism works.

Author: Government of South Australia – Office for Autism

Introduction to Universal Design – online course

Centre for Universal Design Australia (CUDA) online course, Introduction to Universal Design, is free and available now.

Author: CUDA

Images portraying people with disability

Guidelines to help you use appropriate images of people with disability in various platforms. “Imagery that normalises the presence of people with disability in everyday scenes will also suggest dignity, independence, mobility and inclusion of  people with disability.”

Author : People with Disability Australia PWDA

Adding Alternative Text (image descriptor) to Social Media posts

Alternative text (alt text) is a brief description of an image that is read aloud by screen readers for users who are visually impaired.

Including alt text is another way to get your message across in an accessible way

Author: Volunteerability

Managing Volunteers

Volunteers are an important resource to many, if not most, community organisations.

By understanding the legal issues relating to the engagement and management of volunteers, volunteer involving organisations can make sure their relationship with volunteers is meaningful, while being managed respectfully and safely.

Source : Justice Connect – Not for Profit Law

Manual Handling

Manual handling information that is accessible means everyone can be safe at work.

This video is accessible and includes plain English, Auslan, closed captions and audio descriptions.

Author : Volunteerability

Inclusive Workplace Toolkit

An anti-oppressive guide grounded in lived experience that provides an introduction about different kinds of discrimination.

Author: Hue – https://huecolourtheconversation.com/

Staying home when sick video

It’s important to stay home if you are feeling sick, to stop the spread of illness and disease.

This video is accessible and includes plain English, Auslan, closed captions and audio descriptions.

Author : Volunteerability

Personal protective equipment (PPE) video

Watch this video to learn more about Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Equipment worn to minimise exposure to hazards that may cause workplace injuries and harm.

This video is accessible and includes plain English, Auslan, closed captions and audio descriptions.

Author : Volunteerability