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Self Help Workplace

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Self Help Workplace

Let our team assist you with your business, catering, yard work, and timber product needs

31/07/2025

Jacquie received our Personal best 💪award 🏆 for the Merit Commercial Solutions area for June.
Jacquie received her award for "Helping out with rostered duties while her co-workers are away"
Amazing work Jacquie! 😁

29/07/2025

Calling all quilters and crafters! 📣
We now have boxes of fabric offcuts available for $5 each.
Filled with various prints and styles, these boxes are sure to be an inspiration for your next sewing project! 🪡🧵
Come in and pick one up while supplies last!

28/07/2025

Every year we support the Can Drive for the Launceston Benevolent Society. Our employees love being able to support those who are less fortunate than us. While all the donations from our team are very much appreciated, we had a standout this year!
Courtney struggled through the door this morning with 2 full shopping bags of cans and goods to donate and it was very much appreciated by the staff from the Benevolent Society!
LBS page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565007723688

25/07/2025

Our Employee of the Month for June was Hamish!
Hamish is a hardworking member of the Merit Commercial Solutions team. He always greets everyone with a smile and a joke, usually by referring to them as "old boy" or "old girl". His positive attitude is always welcome in the workplace.
Well done Hamish!

14/07/2025

As a fellow service provider in the disability sector, we truly appreciate the support from St Michael's Association Inc. in engaging Andrew and other members of our Spruce Grounds Maintenance Crew to maintain their extensive grounds.
Thank you St Michaels for your continued support of Self Help Workplace!

11/07/2025

Richard received our Personal Best 💪 award 🏆 for Prime Timber 🔨 area for June.
Richard received his award for "Doing his best to make sure things are running smoothly"
Well done Richard! 😁

04/07/2025

Kathryn is our 🦺 Safe Worker 🏆 for June!
Kathryn received her award for "regularly sweeping up shredded paper from around the shredder and baler"
Well done Kathryn! 😄

30/06/2025

Lastly, our Employee of the Month 🏆for the month of May was Adrian Tew!
Not only that, but Adrian also received the personal best award "For always offering to help out without being asked." 💪👏
Amazing work Adrian and well done on the double win!

27/06/2025

We had another safe worker for this month, Roger Walker!
Roger received our Safe Worker 🦺 award 🏆 for the Prime Timber Production area for May.
Roger received his award for "For making sure his work mates abide by the forklift rules."
Great job looking out for your friends, Roger! 😁

26/06/2025

Julianne received our Safe Worker 🦺 award 🏆 for the Merit Commercial Solutions area for May.
Jules received her award for "Positioning her walker so that it wouldn't block the walkway."
Great work Jules! 😁

25/06/2025

Ernie received our Personal best 💪award 🏆 for the Prime Timber Production area for May.
He earned it for "Smashing out a large order with a week to spare."
He's pictured here with his own customized hoodie. Amazing work, Ernie!

30/05/2025

Lastly, our Employee of the Month 🏆for the month of April was Richard Wallace.
Richard is a diligent worker in both the Prime Timber 🔨 and Spruce Grounds Maintenance departments 🌿.
He is always setting goals for himself and takes pride in the work that he does.
Fantastic work Richard! 💪👏

Address

414 Hobart Road
Youngtown, TAS
7249

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 4:30pm

Website

http://www.selfhelp.com.au/

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50 years and beyond!

Self Help Workplace was established on 17th December, 1962. Self Help Workplace is a Not for Profit Incorporated Association run by a voluntary board and our ongoing mission is to provide people with a disability with productive and meaningful employment so they can enjoy independent and fulfilling lives.

Self Help Workplace is a registered Australian Disability Enterprise (ADE) that entitles us to some government funding provided we maintain strict compliance against the National Disability Service Standards. We are audited against those standards annually. There are currently 220 independently run ADEs in the country employing 20,000 people with a disability. There is no mandatory retirement for employees with a disability working in and ADE. The oldest employee in an ADE in Australia was 83 years old!

Self Help Workplace’s 50+ supported employees work between 2-5 days a week, 9:00am to 3:30pm. They receive all the normal employee entitlements, including wages, superannuation and leave (annual leave, sick leave and long service leave) and range in ages from 20 to 64 years. Employees are supported by 9 staff.

Self Help Workplace’s team produce quality products at competitive prices delivered in full and on time in 5 main work areas:

Merit Commercial Solutions: Print finishing, mailout preparation, product and packaging assembly, security shredding and rag production.

Prime Timber Production: Manufacture of timber pallets, platforms, garden stakes, produce bins, survey pegs, crates and industry specific items for the bee, berry and wine industries.

Encore Clothing: Quality secondhand clothing outlet located on site.

Plenty Catering and Hire: Corporate catering service, training room hire and bus rental.

Spruce Grounds Maintenance: Providion of domestic, commercial and industrial yard maintenance services

Our business model means that we select and design work to meet the following criteria in the following order:

1. The employees must be able to do the work

2. The employees must enjoy the work and find it rewarding

3. It must do no harm

4. It must be commercial viable

MORE THAN JUST A PLACE OF WORK

Our unique, supportive work environment means that we can also provide valuable independent living skills to our employees through our Life Skills Program. The program is important because this is the first generation of people with a disability who will outlive their carers and it provides skill enhancement in: Cooking, personal and work hygiene, kitchen garden maintenance, book club, laundry duties and accredited training.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

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