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Bamara People Read moreBamara is proud to announce that it has been appointed by the Department of Social Services to deliver the Inclusive Employment Australia program across 11 employment regions.
From November 1, 2025, Bamara’s delivery of the program across 11 new employment service areas will build on the organisation’s proven track record of driving meaningful change in the lives of people with disability, through sensitive, respectful, and impactful employment and education support.
In the true spirit of reconciliation, Bamara will deliver the program across the following employment service areas and locations, helping people with disability, injury, or a health condition to secure and sustain meaningful employment through its highly regarded generalist services, while also supporting employers to adopt inclusive recruitment and workplace practices:
| ESA | Location(s) included |
| Far West NSW | Broken Hill |
| Hastings | Port Macquarie Laurieton Wauchope |
| Keepit | Tamworth Gunnedah Manilla Quirindi |
| Shoalhaven | Nowra Kiama Ulladulla |
| Tweed | Banora Point Hastings Point Kingscliff Murwillumbah Tweed Heads |
| Wollongong | Berkley Shellharbour Wollongong Albion Park Corrimal Dapto |
| Alice Springs | Alice Springs |
| Darwin | Casuarina Palmerston |
| Cairns | Cairns Atherton Innisfail Mareeba Tully Gordonvale Mossman |
| Mount Isa | Mount Isa |
| Townsville | Aitkenvale Kirwan Townsville Ayr Charters Towers Ingham |
“Bamara’s proven track record of building lasting opportunities for those most able to benefit from employment support sits at heart of our commitment to bringing hope and economic independence to people with disability across Australia,” said Bamara CEO, Lesley Zarb.
Bamara’s unique, culturally competent delivery of Inclusion Employment Australia will include its ‘Circle of Support’ model: a holistic, circular service ecosystem involving participants, families, employers, community services, disability networks, and training providers as equal partners, ensuring that sustainable employment solutions are relationship-driven and community-embedded.
Lesley Zarb adds: ‘By working hard to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, Bamara has developed a unique approach to effective, compassionate, and respectful employment services, and we are immensely proud to be in a position to work with even more people with disability who deserve to have their potential through work realised.’
To support its delivery of the Inclusive Employment Australia program, Bamara will be creating new roles across its service regions.
Those interested in making a meaningful impact by helping Australians with disability find sustainable work that matters can submit their interest below:
