Ability Boutique Programs

Consultations – Our service starts with an initial FREE CONSULTATION!

Boutique Programs

Programs co-designed to build your capacity by developing your process for informed decision making with the inclusion of trusted friends and support.

Program OverView

Ability Boutique

  • Employment
    • Providing assistance to access or maintain employment
    • support employment

  • Support Coordination with Recovery Coach by people with Lived Experience.
    • We can provide support to help coordinate your supports. Our niche is we offer support coordination with a Recovery Coach by people with lived experience.

  • Life Transitions
    • Assist life stages, transitions for all development stages in all age groups.

  • Skill Development
    • Life skills development for supported decision making, understanding the disability community, supporting a person with a disability in the community, implementing the Social Model of Disability and Human Rights Model of Disability.

  • Community Participation
    • Participate in the community to engage and be an active member.
    • Innovative community participation.

Our Strategies

Facilitation, Mentoring and Advocacy

Circles of Support

Protection against social isolation, Circles of Support / Circles Widen works on developing a network of support to sustain living and decision making in the community, with the PWD at the center. Person-centered & co-designed, an established Circle of Support enables our team to develop safeguards around decision making and protect the PWD with their established network.

Customise your Circle to engage your activities your way, increase your community participation your way or work solely with set tasks to meet a deadline. Your facilitators with lived experience will network you through the process.

Individual / Small Group Mentoring

Providing 1:1 or up to 1:10 (max) mentoring support and guidance to the individual to achieve their goals.

Packages available –

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Individual / Systemic Advocacy

Providing tailored support and representation for people with disabilities who are dealing with complex issues such as human rights, discrimination or unfairness.

We specialise working in Advocating for people from Diverse Cultures.

Supports extend to advocacy at Tribunals, Court attendance and consultations with legal representatives.

Customised Programs Creations

Providing planning and / or coordinating support to achieve an individuals goal within their capacity.

Program Creations such as – planning a holiday with family, planning vacations with friends, and supports with attending special events.

Children’s Services

Working with a Qualified educator and Storyteller to achieve inclusive educational objectives for children with disabilities. Advising and supporting families mediate with schools regarding inclusive practises in education. Coordinating recreational and social inclusive services.

Businesses and Consumers

Consultations and Training

Trainer Portfolio

This film is part of our Shared Stories film series

Push and Power Sports

About

George was one of the founders of Push and Power Sports

PDCA – physical Disability Council Australia

Exert taken from

https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/disability-discrimination/submissions/physical_disability_council_of_australia/sub113.pdf#:~:text=Today%2C%20PDCA%20is%20a%20well-respected%20national%20organisation%2C%20run,of%20all%20people%20with%20physical%20disabilities%20across%20Australia.

Linked with Independent Living Institute

https://www.independentliving.org

George co-owned Ayoub & Stevens Consultants who established Physical Disability Council Australia.

National Awards for Disability Leadership

2021 Finalists

George Ayoub BIO โ€“ Inclusion (working Intersectionally) George is a pioneer at the forefront of activism in Australia for 4 decades. By example, consulting, educating, mentoring, designing and implementing programs run by people living with disability from CALD backgrounds. Including establishing the Push and Powers Sports Assn., and Physical Disability Councils across Australia. A leader in the development of peer networks, now thriving online and independently.

George recognised in the finalist list for the Disability Leadership Institute.

Offering supported Business training to build an Inclusive Community

George presenting at Legal Aid NSW.

FOR BUSINESS / PROVIDERS

Disability Consultancy

  • Evaluating Service Delivery

We will assist you to identify gaps in your service delivery. We can support you to evaluate your participants social capacity while upholding their human rights, relevant to a Disability Inclusion Plan and addressing the Australian Disability Strategy.

  • Performance Review

Supporting your business to improve measures of customer satisfaction, specifically your PWD and NDIS participants.

  • Staff mentoring

Working with individuals and groups of your staff members, meeting monthly with set goals and targets over a planned duration, such as regular check-ins.

  • Manager mentoring

Working with Managers to develop an inclusive approach to Disability Community, with an extended insight from a person with Lived experience and 45 years in the disability sector.

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

Disability Awareness (Professional) Packages

  • How to work in diverse communities

Development Focus – Identify cultural gaps in services and rectify them.

  • Inclusive Practices

Development focus – Disability Rights and Understanding; Shifting attitudes towards to more inclusive practices.

  1. Disability Inclusion – Broadening Your Scope Workshop 1 – 8 hour workshop over 2 sessions. Focus on developing your Inclusive practices on how services can be implemented.
  • Communicating Effectively to People with disability

Development Focus – Develop staff perceptions with a better understanding of where to begin to communicate effectively to people with disability.

  • Customised Development Packages

Through consultation, specific issues and gaps can be agreed upon to then create a development package.