What It Means to Be a Host Employer

Host employers commit to:

• Providing a structured four-day placement

• Offering practical tasks appropriate to the student’s level

• Providing light supervision and a point of contact

• Participating once or twice per year

Placements typically run:

Monday to Friday during school holidays (4 full days, one day excluded depending on schedule)
10:00am – 4:00pm

We work with you beforehand to scope:

• Task design

• Team integration

• Supervision clarity

• Risk management alignment

What We Provide

We manage:

• Student preparation

• School coordination

• Documentation and compliance

• Coaching support

• Employer education

• Check-ins during placement

• Post-placement feedback and evaluation

You are not expected to have prior experience supporting autistic students.

We equip you.

Why Employers Participate

Host employers consistently report:

• Increased management confidence

• Stronger inclusive leadership capability

• Improved communication clarity within teams

• Exposure to emerging talent

• A structured, low-risk way to contribute to workforce equity

This is not a charity initiative.

It is talent pipeline development.

It is inclusive capability building.

It is practical workforce reform at the ground level.

Placement Quality & Sustainability

We do not “drop students in.”

Every placement is collaboratively scoped to ensure:

• Tasks are meaningful

• Expectations are clear

• Students can contribute

• The experience is repeatable for future cohorts

Our goal is sustainable employer partnerships that run year after year — not one-off goodwill gestures.

2026 Participation Options

You may choose to:

✔ Host in April (Term 1 Holiday Round)
✔ Host in September (Term 3 Holiday Round)
✔ Participate in both

We recommend early expression of interest to allow adequate planning.

Ready to Join the 2026 Host Network?

If your organisation is committed to:

• Strengthening early career pathways

• Building inclusive employment capability

• Developing future workforce confidence

• Supporting structured, strengths-based placements

We invite you to register your interest.

Our team will:

1. Schedule a short scoping conversation

2. Understand your operational context

3. Design a realistic placement structure

4. Confirm dates for 2026

5. Provide a clear implementation plan

Interested?

To find out more please contact our Programs Coordinator Zahra via: 
coordinator@autismvalued.org.au

Alternatively it would be great if you could complete our Host Employer Expression of Interest Form to begin the conversation. 

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Host Employer Expression of Interest Form 

If you are too busy, that's okay, we can fill it out in our first interaction and use it as a guide to start our conversation either way.