What’s next for school leavers?

At our Community Hubs, you can participate in programs to develop important life skills, such as meal preparation and cooking, money management, numeracy and literacy skills, train travel, and more. You can also build your self-awareness, vocational choices and independence during our Foundation program, designed for 16–22-year-olds with intellectual disability. This one-year program provides the foundational skills for people who want to transition into the Impact Program or pursue other life goals. 

We’ll work with you to understand your goals and develop a program tailored to your needs and outcomes. 

You can make new friends and connect with the community through a range of programs at our Community Hubs! Meet people of all different ages and interests, participating in fun activities both at the Hub and out-and about in the community. From dress up parties, discos and long lunches with friends from other locations, to visits to local libraries, community events, cafés, picnics, farm visits and more. 

From cooking to photography, swimming, bowling, art and mosaics, jewellery making, pottery, creative writing and film, horticulture, performing arts, and more – the options are endless at our Community Hubs. You can get involved in a number of programs, finding out what sparks your passion!

We provide a wide range of employment possibilities, including customised employment. If you’d like to get job ready, you can learn valuable skills at one of our Community Hubs, working with our team to find a job that’s right for you! Maybe you would like to work in retail, at one of our Social Enterprises, be an electrician, or even run your own business – whatever your employment goals are, Yooralla can support you to pursue them by providing job skills training and building pathways into employment.

If employment is your goal, you can also join Impact, a unique one-year job training program for people with intellectual disability that combines classroom job skills training with hands-on work experience, to prepare people with disability for employment with one of our employer partners.

Whatever you’d like to study, we can support you to make it happen. Our Community and Learning Hubs are dedicated to learning and development, offering several non-accredited training programs, matched to individual goals and needs. Our Hubs can provide opportunities for work and volunteer experience. Programs aim to help build confidence in a learning environment and can be a stepping stone to TAFE courses or open employment. 

We also have existing partnerships with several TAFEs, so we can support you in this environment. Our Community and Learning Hub programs and supports are complementary to our employment supports and can help you transition to paid work.