Accreditations
Disability Employment Services (DES)
Disability Employment Service (DES) providers assist people with disability to find work in open employment and assist businesses to employ people with disability.
ISO 9001 – Quality Management Systems
ISO 9001 addresses various aspects of quality management and systems, containing some of ISO’s best known standards. These standards provide guidance and tools for organisations to ensure their services consistently meet customer requirements, in addition to consistently improving quality. ISO 9001 and the ‘Quality Approved Organisation’ certifications are provided by accredited auditing and certification body International Standards Certifications (ISC).
National Standards for Disability Services
The standards reflect contemporary practices that place people with disability at the centre of decision making and choice about their supports and services. All disability employment services must meet the requirements of the independent quality assurance system to receive funding from the Australian Government.
Registered Training Organisation (RTO)
EPIC has a Registered Training Organisation called Education Assist (RTO number 41218). View our most recent audit report (2016) from the Australian Skills Quality Authority for a detailed evidence analysis against the VET Quality Framework.
Ticket to Work
EPIC is a provider of the Ticket to Work program, which assists young people with disability into work.
Mindful Employer
EPIC is committed to better workplace mental health, and upholding the Mindful Employer Charter, an initiative of SANE Australia.
Memberships
Anglicare
Anglicare engages with all Australians to build communities of resilience, hope and justice. In doing so, Anglicare works to change the conditions leading to deprivation and disadvantage.
Australian Network on Disability (AND)
Australian Network on Disability (AND) is a not-for-profit organisation resourced by its members to advance the inclusion of people with disability in all aspects of business. AND helps their members and clients to welcome people with disability as employees, customers and suppliers.
Australian Human Resources Institute
The Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) is the national association representing human resource and people management professionals.
Disability Employment Australia
Disability Employment Australia is the peak body for Australia’s Disability Employment Services. DEA represents, supports and resources their members to provide high quality, innovative and effective best practice services to assist people with disability into sustainable and enduring employment.