UNLEASHED Employment Program

UNLEASHED

For young people with disability aged 15–25: Your Future, Your Way

What is UNLEASHED?

Starting work can be exciting but also challenging. The UNLEASHED Project aims to remove some of these challenges by supporting you to:

  • Understand your rights at work
  • Feel better prepared to apply for and start work
  • Confidently share your lived experience and advocate for your rights in the workplace
  • Connect with potential employers

What UNLEASHED Offers:

Register for UNLEASHED x Town of Vic Park workshops here: registration form

UNLEASHED Networking Event

The UNLEASHED Networking Event brings young people with disability and employers together in a way that actually feels comfortable.

This isn’t traditional networking. There’s no pressure to “sell yourself”, no awkward small talk, and no expectation that anyone has to be job-ready.

Instead, we create a relaxed, low-pressure space where people can meet, talk, and connect naturally.

At our most recent event, young disabled people and employers teamed up for a quiz-style activity with a focus on connection and relationship building.

Before employers arrived, young people with disability had the option to take part in a short, optional elevator pitch session. This was a casual warm-up space to practise talking about interests, strengths, or what kind of work they might like in their own words.

Once employers arrived, employers and young people teamed up for a quiz-style activity and had real conversations about work, strengths, and what inclusive workplaces actually look like.

There was space to join in, step back, or take a break if needed and the room was relaxed, welcoming, and full of good energy.

What makes UNLEASHED different

  • Youth-led and designed by people with lived experience
  • No pressure to impress or disclose anything
  • Fun, interactive activities instead of formal networking
  • Clear accessibility supports, including a low-sensory space
  • Employers who are there to listen and learn, not recruit on the spot

Who it’s for

  • Young people with disability
  • Employers who want to do inclusion better
  • Support people are welcome to attend

You don’t need to prepare anything. You don’t need a resume. You don’t need to be looking for a job. You can come as you are.

UNLEASHED is about changing how employment conversations happen — making space for honesty, curiosity, and real connection.

If you’d like to hear about future UNLEASHED events or get involved, get in touch with us.

Email: UNLEASHED@ydan.com.au

 

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an image of a young person and an employer working together on a quiz question. An AUSLAN interpreter can be seen in the background
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Collection of papers, pens and post it notes on a table . The paper on top of the pile is a QR code.
A close up image of mixed fruit platter, including watermelon, orange, kiwi fruit, and strawberries
An image of people working together at round tables.
An image of four people standing and talking
an image of three people standing and talking
and image of three people standing and talking
an image of three people sitting at a table working together
an image of a young person smiling while talking to someone
an image of two people moving down a corridor, one person using a wheelchair and one person walking
an image of four young people talking while eating and drinking
an image of a young person and an employer talking and smiling
an image of a printed copy of some of the quiz questions
an image of two tables of people working together to answer quiz questions. The question can be seen on the projector in the background
an image of a young person and an employer working together on a quiz question. An AUSLAN interpreter can be seen in the background
An image of a person standing in front of a projector with the UNLEASHED logo on the screen
An image of a young person and employer at the sign-in table in front of the YDAN banner
An image of a person sat at a table smiling
An image of a sign saying Low Sensory Space

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