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Empowering neurodiverse talent in your workplace
Offering expert support to your neurodiverse employees through tailored care and dedicated occupational therapists, unlocking each employee’s potential and enhancing their wellbeing in your workplace.
Unlocking potential
Learn more about our Neurodiversity Support service
Neurodiversity is prevalent in workplaces across Australia and New Zealand with 11%^ of employees identifying as neurodivergent (ABS). ABS statistics , unfortunately, also show that 34% of neurodivergent Australians are currently unemployed, despite their potential in the areas of enhanced focus, innovative problem-solving, analytical thinking and creativity.
Supporting neurodivergent employees to understand their potential strengths and enhance their functioning has become an important element of workplace wellbeing. That’s where Converge’s Neurodiversity Support service comes in. Through the use of Occupational Therapists (OTs) with mental health endorsement, we can support your staff with issues relating to neurodiversity. The use of our OT team represents a unique opportunity to utilise specific OT neurodiversity skills in addition to mental health support.
Types of neurodivergent disorders we can support your teams with
- Dyslexia
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism
- Dyspraxia
- Dyscalculia
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Highly Sensitive Person
- And many more!
Features and Benefits of our Neurodiversity Support stream
Learn more about the features and benefits of our Neurodiversity Support service!
Support our Occupational Therapists can provide
- Improved functioning at work and at home for employees who are diagnosed as neurodivergent with conditions including ADD, Autism, OCD and more.
- Risk assessments and management; sensory, cognitive, and physical intervention; support for grief and loss, including other mental health support avenues.
- Tips on how to work towards strengths and opportunities based on an individual’s unique presentation
- Offer guidance on the NDIS landscape, how to apply for funding, and where to start if a diagnosis has not yet been made
- Provide leaders and staff with insights into making your workplace more inclusive for neurodivergent staff, including how to provide reasonable adjustments and psycho-education for employees.
Who can access our Neurodiversity Support service
Everyone! If you engage in a contract with Converge, we will offer this service as one of our many key streams (including employee counselling, financial coaching and more). For existing clients, you’re able to opt into this service without any disruption.
Key benefits
- Provide a safe and comfortable environment for all staff
- Celebrate difference and diversity within the workplace
- Enhance training and support to ensure your neurodiverse staff can thrive
- Increase employee retention
- Reduce absenteeism and presenteeism
- Provide support avenues for staff who are considering and/or currently undergoing the diagnostic process
Existing Converge client?
If you’re an existing Converge EAP client, and you’d like to opt into our Neurodiversity Support service, click the button below to get in touch with our team!
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FAQs
All your questions about our Neurodiversity Product answered
Here are a range of FAQs about our Neurodiversity Support service. If you have any questions outside the ones below, please get in touch! We’re always here to support your organisation anytime, anywhere.
Can my team receive a diagnosis from Converge?
Unfortunately not, the Neurodiversity Support product will not diagnose customers as only certain specialists (mainly psychiatrists) can diagnose neurodiversity.
Who will deliver support to my neurodiverse team members?
We have a team of experienced Occupational Therapists (OTs) with mental health endorsement to support you with issues relating to neurodiversity. OTs offer specific neurodiversity skills in addition to mental health support to ensure a quality and comprehensive service that makes a difference to functioning and wellbeing.
Is your Neurodiversity Support service delivered face-to-face?
Our Neurodiversity Support stream is a telehealth service only and will mirror EAP service provision in terms of session allowance.
Can Neurodiversity support advocate for needs to managers and organisation?
Our Neurodiversity Support stream mirrors the service parameters of all EAP services which includes the need to be neutral in the face of any conflict of interest between client and customer. However, our OT consultants will encourage to have conversations with the organisation and support your teams to brainstorm options that improve functioning and guide them on independent choices to achieve wellbeing.
Can my teams access Neurodiversity support if they are a carer, manager or colleague of some-one who is neurodivergent?
Yes, our OT consultants will support those who care for, work and/or manage someone who is neurodivergent. They will provide strategies, guidance on communication, reasonable workplace adjustments and any relevant areas of support that will assist in their role, their own wellbeing and the wellbeing of their colleague/employee or personal friend/family member.
How will this service help if one of my staff are neurodivergent and have never previously accessed support?
Our OT Consultants will support your staff with gaining greater awareness of their neurodiversity and within that acknowledge the experiences that will help them to identify areas of strengths and capability, and not just challenges and incapacity. They will provide practical strategies whilst understanding any impact – both positive and negative – that their neurodiversity may have had on their life.
