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Survey is Part of Research Study Seamless Journeys to Work for Young Adults with Physical and /or Neurological Disabilities
This research is supported under Australian Research Council's Linkage Projects funding scheme (project number LP150100168) and research partners - Jobs Australia and Disability Employment Australia.
Looking for Work survey
Here are the questions.
Tick the box
or
Write your answer.
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Who is doing this survey?
I am
I am with the help of others
A person that is not the young adult looking for a job
Write how you know the young adult. Like
• mum
• sister
• I am paid to help the young adult
• friend
• someone else. Please tell us
____________________________________________
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About you
1. I am
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2. I am a
man
woman
I do not want to say
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? 3. What state do you live?
ACT
Northern Territory
NSW
Queensland
South Australia
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Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
4. My suburb is
_______________________________________
or
my postcode is
__________________________________________
?
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5. I live.......
by myself
with family
with others. Like, friends.
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? 6. What is your disability? Like
• Cerebral Palsy or Spinal Bifida
• Muscular Dystrophy, Low muscle tone
• Spinal injury or Brain injury
• Limb difference
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Epilepsy.
___________________________________________
Do you have other disability? Like
• no hearing or only some hearing
• no sight or only some sight
• it is hard to learn things
• it is hard to use my speech
• it can be hard to understand things
• thinking seems different.
This is called a mental illness.
______________________________________________
?
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7. What do you use to get around?
Tell us all that you use.
It can be 1 type or many types.
bus
car. I drive my self
car. Someone else drives me. Like, mum.
train
walk
?
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taxi
tram
bike
something else. Please write it here
________________________________________
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8. Do you need your transport to have a ramp?
Like, for a wheelchair or mobility scooter?
Yes.
No.
Some of the time.
?
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You look for a job
9. How long have you looked for a job?
I have just started.
In the last month.
a few months, like 3 months.
6 months.
?
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1 year.
a long-time, Like 2 years.
a very long time. Like 3 years
I have not looked yet. Thank you.
You can stop the survey
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10. When did you start to look for work?
at the end of high school.
at the end of a TAFE or university course.
at the end of a life skills program. Like
• as part of a life skills program
• post school course
at the end of time in supported work. Like
• an Australian Disability Enterprises (ADE)
• sheltered workshop.
something else. Please write it here.
_____________________________
?
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11. Why did you start to look for a job?
The government says I have to look for a job.
I want to get a job.
My friends all have a job.
They think I can look for a job.
My family tell me to look for a job.
Something else. Please write it here.
_______________________________
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12. Who do you use now to help get a job?
A disability employment service.
A Jobactive helper.
No one.
Someone else. Please write it here.
____________________________________
?
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?
Help to get work.
13. Think about your
• disability employment service
or
• Jobactive helper.
How happy are you with their help?
happy OK sad
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14. Think about your
• disability employment service
or
• Jobactive helper.
What help do you get to look for work?
Tell us all that you use.
It can be 1 thing or many things.
Look for a job on the internet.
Understand about a job I may like to do.
Find out what work I can do.
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Know what to say in my letter to a boss.
Find out what to do in a job interview.
Try out a job. This is called work experience.
Feel good about trying to get a job.
I have no help.
Anything else. Please write it here.
_________________________________
?
?
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15. Look at things you said in question 14.
When you look for a job what is the most help.
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
?
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This is a blank page
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16. When you look for a job
What could make it better?
It can be 1 thing or many things.
The help I get needs to be better.
I need more help.
More job choices.
?
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More jobs that I can do. They match my skills.
More choice.
More training.
More work experience.
Nothing.
Something else. Please write it here.
___________________________________________
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17. Use of Technology
17 A Do you use technology to look for jobs? Like
• a mobile phone
• ipad
• computer.
Yes No. Go to question 18
17 B What do you use?
_____________________________________________
?
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17 C Do you use websites to look for jobs?
Yes No. Go to question 18
17 D Which websites do you use the most?
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
17 E How much help are the websites to look for a job?
help OK no help
?
?
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18. Are there things that make it hard to get a job?
Like, what people think about you
or
not the right help to get the job.
Yes. Go to next question – 19.
No. Go to question 21
I don’t know. Go to question 21
?
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19. Tell us what makes it hard to get a job.
It can be 1 thing or many things.
How I feel about my self.
How confident I am.
The cost of things. Like
• to buy a uniform
• the tools I need to buy.
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Where I live. Like
• there are not many jobs.
I can not get in to the building
or
there is no toilet I can use.
There will be no change to the computer. Like,
• no screen reader
or
• no voice output.
What other people think about me.
This is called their attitude.
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Others do not think I can do the job.
This is called low expectations.
There will not be the help I need to do the job.
Like, no support worker.
Something else. Please write it here.
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
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20. Look at things you ticked in question 19.
What is the hardest thing?
Sometime this is called barrier.
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
!!!
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21. Does access to transport make a difference to the jobs
you try to get?
No. Go to question 22
Yes. Go to the choices on the next page.
Some of the time. Go to the choices on the next page.
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Why?
It can be 1 thing or many things.
Cost. It costs too much money.
I can not get on it.
The public transport only goes some times
Like, the bus only comes every 30 minutes.
There is no public transport where I live.
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22. Sometimes things are not fair. You can feel left out.
This is called discrimination.
22 A Discrimination makes it hard to get a job.
Agree I do not know Do not agree
22 B People with disabilities have less chance to get a job.
Agree I do not know Do not agree
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22 C People are not fair to me when I try to get a job
A.
Agree I do not know Do not agree
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23 What helps you try for jobs?
It can be 1 thing or many things.
How I feel about myself
and
How confident I am.
My goals.
The skills I have.
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I have the right information.
My family help me.
My friends help me.
I get help to try for jobs.
Something else. Please write it here.
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
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24 What can we do to make it better to get a job?
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
25 Anything else about trying to get a job?
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
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The survey is done.
Thank you for your help.
Email the survey to [email protected]
or
Post to
Dr Lisa Stafford
School of Public Health and Social Work
Queensland University of Technology
GPO Box 2434
Brisbane QLD 4001
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This survey is part of the Seamless Journeys to Work for
Young Adults with Physical and /or Neurological Disabilities
research study – Australian Research Council's Linkage
Projects funding scheme (project number LP150100168)
Access Easy English wrote the Easy English.
November 2017.