Career Coaching

This programme offers up to 10 free individual coaching sessions for individuals with a disability who are seeking work or looking to start their own business. Sessions are conducted online and are delivered by certified career coaches.

Coaching for Job Seekers with Disabilities

Melissa Roe

Do you have a disability or are a neurodiverse person? Are you actively seeking work or finding it hard on your professional journey?

A career coach may be able to offer the support and guidance you need. Open Doors and Towards Work are offering a limited number of free coaching sessions with a career expert for selected individuals.

Sessions will be delivered by Melissa Roa, professional Career Coach and Certified Life & Business Coach with over 9 years of experience. She use NLP techniques to boost self-awareness and help professionals align their careers with purpose. Melissa's focus is on career strategy and growth, empowering people to move forward with clarity, confidence, structure, and intention. 

You will need to attend at least five of these sessions as a minimum and be 18 years of age or older. Sessions will be delivered online.

Interested?

Please note that places are limited. We will be in touch to let you know if you have been selected shortly.
Register Your Details Here

 

Career Coaching for Senior Professionals

Brendan Ward

We’re seeing a gap that often goes unspoken.

Senior professionals with disabilities with years of leadership and experience are still finding it difficult to secure their next role. Not because they lack capability, but because the system doesn’t always meet them at their level.

We’re doing something about that. We’re pleased to be partnering with Breandan Ward, a purpose-led senior executive, leadership coach, and disability inclusion strategist with over two decades of global experience spanning investment banking, consultancy, education, and social impact, to support a cohort of senior professionals with disabilities in navigating their next career move.

This is not entry-level support. It’s tailored, practical coaching for people who already bring significant experience.

Who should apply?

  • Persons with disabilities over 18
  • Management or senior-level professionals facing difficulties in their next career path

If you’re at that stage where you know you have more to offer but need the right support to get there, this is for you.

Register Your Details Here

Participating in the Open Doors Initiative’s Career Coaching programme was a transformative experience, one that went far beyond CV edits or LinkedIn tweaks. From our first session, my coach brought a rare blend of strategic clarity and human warmth, helping me navigate a complex professional landscape with both structure and empathy. Together, we refined every element of my professional toolkit: from crafting a CV that truly reflected my strengths, to building a LinkedIn profile that felt both authentic and algorithm-savvy. I learned how to position my experience with confidence, how to tailor applications with precision, and how to speak to my value in ways that resonate across sectors. These were not just technical lessons, they were mindset shifts.
Victoria Doyon, Programme Participant