Category: General
Edge’s Charged Up for Work (CUFW) program supports high school students to prepare for their upcoming transition from school to work. As an employment pathway for school students with disability or long-term health conditions, CUFW helps students start their journey towards paid employment, work experience, or further education. Our goal is to provide students with…
Whether we like it or not, each time we interact with someone or a situation, our unconscious bias places unintentional preferences on what we are experiencing. This can cause us to place people in certain categories without thinking it through, such as with colleagues, family and friends. Our unconscious bias is triggered automatically, without our…
Our passion for supporting youth with disability at Edge has seen us become a registered NDIS provider. This important partnership gives us the opportunity to expand on our services, including delivering School Leaver Employment Supports. It also enables us to further assist young people with disability to reach their employment goals. As part of the…
Natalie joined Edge six months ago when she was looking for a new and rewarding role for herself. She was excited by the opportunity to support people with disability to find meaningful employment. Now, six months on, her role as an Edge Job Coach has enabled her to make a genuine difference in people’s lives,…
Founded in 2014, FightMND was established to find effective treatments and ultimately a cure for Motor Neurone Disease (MND). This horrible and debilitating disease gradually takes away the patient’s use of their arms and legs, their ability to eat and swallow, their speech and ultimately their ability to breathe…all in an average timeframe of just 27 months. What FightMND…
Congratulations to the 26 incredible students who have participated in our CUFW program. The students are feeling confident, and are ready to take the next step in their employment journey. We have now successfully completed our first round of workplace preparation workshops with two cohorts of students. At the same time, Edge has been searching for placements for…
We recently met Chrissy after her 16-year-old daughter, Jazzy, graduated from Edge’s Charged Up for Work (CUFW) pilot program. Chrissy is a Director at Team Collaborate, has a Bachelor and Master’s degree in Education and is completing her PhD at ECU. On top of that, she is the mum of two daughters, Jazzy and Maddy, and is…
Last week, high school students in our pilot program Charged Up for Work (CUFW) finished their first phase of the one year program, with a total of 26 students graduating successfully from the seven week work preparation training. Running across our two sites, Joondalup and Subiaco, our team of Edge Consultants have loved working with the students, proudly watching their progression.…
Join us on our journey as we share how we are changing lives through the power of employment.