I began my work life at 16 when I joined the Australian Navy as an Electronics Technician. On leaving the Services, I trained in disability studies to then develop and implement some successful community-based disability employment programs. I then returned to study Personnel Management and I spent some years as a university lecturer. We moved to the UK as a family and I took a role associated with the International Labour Organisation researching disability in the workplace.
I completed a Masters in Vocational Training and then became the manager of a Red Cross employment and training program working with disadvantaged youth in vocational training and employment. Here I successfully build new courses and acquired government funding to extend our programs across the state.
Further study in teaching provided me a role in the transition from school to work for students with multiple barriers to employment. Again, back to study a Masters of Guidance & Counselling that led to work as a High School Guidance Officer working on career guidance of gifted students with an autistic/Asperger’s profile.
Qualifications:
- Master of Adult & Vocational Education
- Master of Education (Guidance & Counselling)
- Bachelor of Commerce (Hons)
- Bachelor of Business Management
- Advanced Certificate in Habilitation and Education
- Member of the Australian Counselling Association
- Member of the Career Development Association of Australia
You can find me on the following Association websites:
Strategies
Together we:
- Identify your ambitions, your strengths and challenges.
- Use some decision-making techniques to choose a path.
- Separate your career path into a series of achievable steps.
- Investigate any financial and training support that can be provided by the government and other helping organisations.
- Research education & training options for you.
- Can plan a transition into work from injury or ill health if required.
- Look at all your family, financial and government supports and make sure all are working together to help your career journey.
Autism/Aspergers Career Coaching
Many clients who identify with autistic/Aspergers struggle with the levels of ‘talk and text’ involved in face-to-face coaching and gravitate to my video coaching and digital resources and graphics.
Specifically focussed on autism/Asperger issues, I have developed sixty digital Coaching Cards that each cover a strategy or concept followed by suggestions or examples for its use. These cards are sent in a photo format designed to fit a single screen on the phone or tablet.
Autism / Aspergers Coaching
Testimonials
“ Dan understands my history and my struggles ”
” It is good to work with someone who is interested in my journey ”
“ Dan is very creative and if Plan C doesn’t work we go to Plan D,E,… ”