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SOUTHERN Downs Employment Service provides employment assistance to members of the Stanthorpe and Warwick communities who identify as having a disability.
Some say they are a boutique Employment Service Provider given they are able to create close partnerships with jobseekers and local employers.
They just like to think of themselves as a supportive mechanism to bring motivated people together with employers wishing to create an equal opportunity workplace.
Southern Downs Employment Service aims to help people gain greater confidence through education and training opportunities or via economic sustainability.
They create partnerships with employers as they can broker economic incentives to assist small business via wage subsidies, workplace modifications or negotiate for supportive wage opportunities.
Their aim is to work together with many different organisations in the Stanthorpe and Warwick communities, to build linkages and create opportunities that strengthen not only the economic sector but also society as a whole.
Operating in the area since 1994, the service is as local as they come, supporting local businesses and being supported by a lot of local businesses.
Over the years they have expanded, starting in Stanthorpe, they now have an office in Warwick as well.
They now employ six people across the two offices, and are open from 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday but are dedicated to what they do and will go that extra mile to see that their clients are catered for.
You can find them at the corner of Short and Connor streets in Stanthorpe, phone (07) 4681 4831 or 36 King Street, Warwick, phone (07) 4667 1373 – or head to www.SDA.com.au.

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