About Us
The Mai-Wel Group is one of the larger Disability Service Providers in the Lower Hunter Region, providing services and programs to more than 800 clients across seven Local Government Areas.
The Mai-Wel Group employs more than 170 local support and administrative staff in addition to 110 local supported employees. The ethos of The Mai-Wel Group carries throughout the organisation from management and staff, and on to clients.
The Mai-Wel Group is focused on developing opportunities that advance the lives of people with a disability, allow the individual to realise their goals for life and provide access, integration and opportunity for all. The Mai-Wel Group began in 1960 when a group of families met and shared their vision of an education and opportunities for life for their children with a disability.
Throughout the years the tireless efforts of community groups, families and individuals have seen these humble beginnings develop into the independent organisation that exists today.
The Mai-Wel Group currently provides services for people with a disability as well as the wider community in;
- Supported employment
- Supported residential living
- Employment - recruitment and support
- Job skills training
- Respite services
- Community access programs
- Accommodation Support Programs
- Training Services
- Day Activity Programs
Mai-Wel was one of the first disability organisations in Australia to gain Quality Assurance Accreditation and continues to uphold the rights of people with a disability.
Mai-Wel continues to provide a dedicated and outstanding service for people with a disability and their families. Mai-Wel’s commitment to quality training and support provides a capable and well adjusted workforce for the Hunter region.
Let Mai-Wel provide you with a service that is supported by a commitment to best practice and an outstanding history of community spirit, built on trust.
The Mai-Wel Group may impact on you in a number of ways; as a person living with a disability, as a family member, as a business who needs a quality, reliable supplier, or as a donor who cares about the work we do and wants to help us do more.