DVJS IN THE NEWS!
THE ULTIMATE TEAM!
St John of God Hospital & DVJS join forces!
St John of God Berwick Hospital wanted to do more than
just help people in their care, they wanted to improve the
lives of people who just needed an opportunity.
DVJS is honoured to help St John of God make
this happen, as part of an epic cross-organisation
collaboration focused on ensuring fantastic and capable
people get that opportunity.
This means jobseekers with a disability will be given a
fair chance at employment at St John of God Berwick
Hospital.
St John have signed a disability employment
collaboration agreement teaming up with select groups
- like DVJS
It means we will work in partnership across organisations
to support people with disability to “at least access the
interview stage” if a job were to become available at the
hospital.
The hospital believes that despite possessing
qualifications and experience, very few people with a
disability get invited to a job interview.
This is due to “an ill-informed understanding on the
part of the employer of what it actually means to give a
person with a disability a job”.
The new St John of God is currently under construction
“Many people miss out because they have a disability,
not because they don’t have the skills,” St John of
God Healthcare Group Co-ordinator of Social Justice
Advocacy Neal Murphy said.
The healthcare group expects to have an additional 200
caregiver job opportunities once the new $120 million
Kangan Drive hospital is complete, providing “a change
for people to get what they desperately want – a career
in healthcare”.
The hospital said they would provide equal employment
opportunities for job seekers, regardless of their
disability status.