Staff Empowerment

Our frontline staff know our clients better than anyone. With the roll out of the NDIS, we strive to empower our staff to support clients through the NDIS planning process to ensure they have the best outcome for their funding package

We have regular Team Meetings that give staff the opportunity to discuss services and present options for the best ways to support our clients. We are an NDIS Partner for our clients and will work together to achieve the best results.

Using a fair and objective panel process, we also look to promote from within our organisation for leadership or managerial positions through our Step-Up Program and other opportunities. Promotions are always based on merit, not years of service, and we provide support through the transition into new leadership roles.

This year, we have seen a number of staff transition into new roles and bring new life to Afford service offerings. Over this year we have seen 14 staff promotions and 69 staff acting in a higher role during periods of leave. We aim to cultivate our Staff Champions of Tomorrow and we are proud that we have such a wealth of talent within our ranks.

This year more than ever, team leaders are in charge of their own marketing material and client communication. They have ownership of how their service can and will move forward to benefit work colleagues, clients and supported employees.

We feel that this greater autonomy empowers our team to create change and encourages a ‘big picture’ approach for services. With everyone working towards the same goal and taking ownership for their role in that process we can all contribute to and be proud of our success.

Flexibility and Support

We aim to provide as much flexibility as we can for employees to accommodate personal commitments. Our staff can trust that we care

By the nature of our business we have many female employees and we do not want to lose them if they decide to start or grow their family.

We provide work flexibility because we understand that sometimes family and personal commitments have to fit in around work.

Sometimes staff request changes to work contractual conditions for various reasons such as family/child care commitments, or because they would like to revisit study, We recognise that working within the disability sector can be mentally and physically challenging at times for our staff. All of our staff can access free counselling services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for work or personal reasons. We are supporting staff to study Certificate III and IV in Fitness to deliver fitness programs to clients and staff that will drive healthy lifestyles in the future. We offer nicotine replacement therapies for clients and staff. so we work with them to develop an agreement that works for everyone.

We try to make it smooth and easy for women returning to the workforce after having a baby and supporting staff when they need a helping hand.

We have a Shifts & Rosters process which enables employees to have plenty of notice about work requirements giving them the chance to plan their

Employee Health & Wellness

We encourage both our clients and staff to make healthy choices. We are developing staff fitness programs, encourage staff to quit smoking and offer counselling

personal commitments around work. 183 of our staff have also taken up our offer to have flu vaccinations to combat illness during the cooler months.

If one bird in the flock falls behind, you can be sure that there will be others there to fly back and support that one bird so that it can rejoin the rest of the flock with renewed energy and enthusiasm to finish the journey.

We firmly believe that a healthier mind and body will deliver better customer service to our clients.