Atypical Solutions

15/05/2026

Introducing our parents and carers workshops held monthly. Each month we will come together with Lora, our qualified social worker and counsellor to explore the topics that matter, supporting you in your caring roles. We know how much you carry and we are here to support you every step of the way.

Starting in June our first workshop details are below. You can join us each month or just for the worshops that interest you!

Parents & Carers Workshop – Understanding Overwhelm & Stress

Join Atypical Solutions for an informative and supportive online workshop designed to help parents and carers better understand and manage stress, overwhelm, and emotional regulation in everyday life.

🗓 Monday 15th June 2026
⏰ 6:00PM – 8:00PM (AEST)
💻 Online via Zoom
💲 $25 per person

In this workshop, you will learn:

✨ Why overwhelm happens and how it affects focus, emotions, sleep, and decision-making
✨ How stress responses show up in the body and mind
✨ Simple grounding and regulation techniques to reduce stress in the moment
✨ Practical tools to feel calmer, more focused, and more in control during busy or challenging periods
✨ Ways to manage competing demands without constantly feeling “switched on”
✨ Strategies to improve emotional balance, clarity, and capacity in everyday life

This workshop is ideal for parents, carers, support people, and anyone wanting practical strategies to better support themselves and others.

📩 admin@atypicalsolutions.com.au

📞 1300 367 775

Spaces are limited – bookings essential. 💙
https://atypicalsolutions.com.au/bookings/ola/services/parents-carers-workshop-understanding-overwhelm-stress

15/05/2026

11/05/2026

🌱 Have You Heard About Our Horticulture & Maintenance Program? 🛠️🐐🌿

At Atypical Farm, we believe meaningful learning happens through real experiences, real responsibility, and real purpose. 💙

Our Horticulture & Maintenance Program is designed for participants aged 16+ who are wanting to build practical life skills, confidence, independence, teamwork skills, and pathways toward future employment opportunities.

Led by one of our incredible team members, Tara — a qualified horticulturalist with extensive experience in disability support, commercial land management, education support, and team leadership — participants are supported to develop genuine hands-on skills in a safe and inclusive environment.

🌿 Our program includes:

✨ Garden to Plate Program
Learn how to grow vegetables from seed through to harvest and use fresh produce in cooking programs onsite.

✨ Sensory Garden Development
Help design, create, plant, and maintain beautiful sensory-friendly spaces at the farm.

✨ Animal Enrichment Projects
Build meaningful projects such as our goat playgrounds, chicken caravan renovations, enrichment spaces, and other farm improvement works.

✨ Farm Maintenance Skills
Learn practical property maintenance, teamwork, problem-solving, and tool safety.

✨ Garden Maintenance Team
Participants learn how to safely operate gardening equipment and machinery before putting those skills into practice completing real lawn mowing and garden maintenance work within the local community.

This is not “busy work.” Every activity at Atypical has purpose, skill development, and participant goals embedded into it. 🌱

With over 10 years of experience across:
✔ Commercial horticulture & land management
✔ Disability support & community services
✔ Education support
✔ Team leadership & operational management
✔ Auslan integration
✔ Safety-critical environments including the CFA 🚒

Tara brings a wealth of real-world knowledge, leadership, and practical skills into every session.

Participants are supported to work toward:
🌿 Independent living skills
🌿 Capacity building
🌿 Community participation
🌿 Confidence & communication
🌿 Employment pathways
🌿 Emotional regulation & wellbeing

📍 Open to participants aged 16+
📍 Spaces filling quickly
📍 NDIS Core & Capacity Building funding accepted
📍 Self-managed & Plan-managed participants currently accepted
📍 Auslan accessible

To enquire, contact
🌿 Atypical Solutions TM Pty Ltd

01/05/2026

✨ Creating, Connecting & Building Something Bigger ✨

Lately at Atypical Farm, there’s been so much happening across all corners of our space 💙

Our creativity has been in full swing — from sustainable bottle cap art to tin printing, participants have been turning everyday materials into something meaningful, expressive, and uniquely their own ♻️🎨

But it’s more than just art…
It’s about building confidence, problem solving, patience, and pride in creating something from start to finish 🙌🏼

Out on the farm, there’s just as much excitement 🐴🐓
We’ve been closely monitoring Katie, our miniature pony, as she progresses through her pregnancy — a beautiful opportunity for participants to learn, connect, and be part of something really special 💫

And this week we’ve also installed a brand new chicken playground, giving our flock an enriched space to explore while creating hands-on learning experiences around animal care, responsibility, and engagement 🐔

And we’re so excited to share…
🚧 Our Entrepreneurial Hub has officially arrived! 🚧

This new space is being thoughtfully designed to support our participants to:
✨ Build real-world business skills
✨ Explore their ideas and creativity
✨ Develop independence and confidence
✨ Turn their creations into something purposeful

This is the next step in their journey — and we can’t wait to bring it to life alongside them 💙

At Atypical, we’re not just creating activities…
We’re creating opportunities, connection, and futures 💫

27/04/2026

✨ We’re Hiring | Join the Atypical Team ✨

At Atypical Solutions, we’re not your standard provider — and we’re not looking for standard support workers.

We’re growing, and we’re on the lookout for passionate, experienced support workers who genuinely care about making a difference across a range of settings.

About the Role:
You’ll be supporting participants across:
🌿 In-home supports
🌏 Community access shifts
🐐 Farm-based programs at our Cranbourne South property

This role includes participant pick-up across the Mornington Peninsula and transport to and from our farm — so a willingness to travel is essential.

About You:
✔ Minimum 2 years experience in the disability sector
✔ Confident supporting participants with behaviours of concern and/or complex communication needs
✔ Auslan skills highly valued (or a genuine willingness to learn)
✔ Hold all relevant industry checks & clearances
✔ Driver’s licence & reliable car essential
✔ Values-led, compassionate, and aligned with person-centred
✔ Available before & after school hours & Saturdays

What We Offer:
💙 A genuinely supportive, connected team (you won’t feel like “just staff”)
🌱 Ongoing professional development + real growth opportunities
✨ Clear guidance and high standards so you feel confident and capable in your role
🧠 Wellbeing support – because we care about you, too
⏰ Flexible hours to suit your lifestyle and family
🤝 Opportunities for both casual and independent contractor roles

At Atypical, we do things differently.
We’re not here for a “just a job” mentality or people chasing hours.

We’re here for those who are driven by purpose, connection, and creating real impact in the lives of the people we support.

If you’re ready to be part of something that actually feels good to be part of…

👉 Apply now or reach out to learn more

24/04/2026

Lest we forget 🌺

Today we pause to honour the courage, sacrifice, and spirit of all who have served for our country on ANZAC Day.

We remember them with gratitude and respect. ❤️

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Auslan Services present this version of the ANZAC ODE in Auslan. On Anzac Day, sign this ODE to remember the fallen Australian and New Zealand soldiers. Lest We Forget.

24/04/2026

Last We Forget...
Bush Wreath on our Farm Gate, crafted by our Participants and Support Staff at Atypical Solutions.

16/04/2026

💙 This is why we do what we do 💙

We recently received this beautiful feedback from a family we’ve have the privilege of supporting:

“I want to tell you what a professional and compassionate business you are…
My daughter has never felt so relaxed and at ease in such a caring and nurturing environment. I have never seen her so happy and calm.

She is currently going through a very difficult time with her physical and mental health, and as a single parent navigating multiple emergency presentations and ongoing medical appointments, I am completely stretched.

Thank you for stepping in and organising support so quickly — I have never come across an organisation like yours. What a breath of fresh air you are.”

✨

At Atypical, we see the whole person — and the whole family.

Behind every participant is a story, a support network, and often a parent or carer doing everything they can to hold it all together.

We are here to:
• Create safe, calm, and nurturing environments
• Support during the hard seasons
• Step in when it matters most
• Walk alongside families — not just provide a service

To every parent, carer, and participant trusting us with your journey… thank you 💙

13/04/2026

Today is National Auslan Day 🫶🏼✨

At Atypical Solutions, we’re proud to stand with the Deaf community and advocate for a world where communication is accessible to everyone.

Today, we’re asking all Australians to put their hands up for Auslan 🙌🏼 — not just as a gesture, but as a commitment.

A commitment to:
✨ Start the conversation
✨ Learn, even when it feels unfamiliar
✨ Be the person who makes space for inclusion
✨ Ensure every individual is seen, heard, and valued exactly as they are

Because inclusion doesn’t just happen — it starts with us.

💡 Did you know?
• 1 in 5 Australians are impacted by Deafness or hearing-related conditions
• Over 16,000 people use Auslan as their first language
• Yet there are fewer than 800 qualified Auslan interpreters nationwide

That gap means too many people are still left out of everyday conversations, opportunities, and connections.

At Atypical, we believe communication is a basic human right — and Auslan is a vital part of that.

Today, we encourage you to:
👉 Learn a sign
👉 Book an Auslan course
👉 Advocate for interpreters
👉 Or simply be the person who includes someone who might otherwise be overlooked

Let’s create a community where no one has to fight to be understood.

Let’s be the reason someone feels seen.
💙🩵

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