Jobseekers with intellectual disabilities can access training and job services more readily through a new service in Bacchus Marsh.
Mambourin, a not-for-profit organisation providing work, education and training opportunities for adults with intellectual disabilities so they can live more independently, opened its Main Street centre last week.
Operations manager Michael Homann said there was a growing need for more service providers of this kind in the area.
“There’s only one other service in this area,” he said. “We opened the Melton centre three years ago and we’ve grown significantly.
“Some of our clients come from Bacchus Marsh and one of the main challenges for them is transport to get them to work or a course.
“The Bacchus Marsh centre will work with the Melton centre to meet the needs and wants of each individual, including opportunities to take part in work experience in assembly and packaging. There are few opportunities in this region for adults with intellectual disabilities, and Mambourin gives them work they’d never find otherwise.”
Mambourin has eight other centres in the western suburbs offering a range of programs.
“We do this by providing educational, recreational, vocational and life skill programs to state-funded participants along with federally funded supported employment at our various centres around the western suburbs,” Mr Homann said.
Information: www.mambourin.org
