The Ten Demandments
About The Book
Martin Wren has worked in the disability employment service (DES) for 28 years. He started by training in pre-vocational courses for students with disability.
Well known for speaking out on the rights of people with disability to find and sustain employment in award-wage jobs that they enjoy, Martin is something of a maverick in the DES field, as he battles from within to change the status quo. He knows the secret to ensuring there are jobs for each person with a disability willing and able to work.
It’s matching the individual’s aspirations and abilities to available jobs in the community. To do this, disability employment services need to:
- Get to know the job seeker's skills, interests and capacity
- Provide specific and effective training to help them become job ready
- Find a suitable job
- Support the person in that job for as long as they need it, through changes in role, management, staffing, and personal health.