VIC
Healthcare Career Jumpstart
Youth Projects Limited
Employment Region: North Eastern Melbourne
A pre-employment program supporting youth from disadvantaged backgrounds to explore the roles available within the healthcare industry.
Himilo Futures Project
Himilo Ltd.
Employment Region: North Eastern Melbourne
The activity involves support for participants from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) and refugee backgrounds to build employment skills and labour market knowledge. Links with local businesses will be enabled through Employer partnerships to develop inclusive recruitment processes and supportive workplaces. Locally available employment services and supports will also be promoted to schools and CALD groups to increase community connections across the region.
Hospitality Essentials 5 Day Intensive Program
Yarrawonga Neighbourhood House Inc.
Employment Region: Goulburn/Murray
The activity involves the delivery of a 5-day intensive program for individuals wishing to enter the hospitality industry. The activity will provide participants with relevant qualifications, skills, and support for securing and retaining employment with local organisations.
Linking to Careers – Healthcare & Social Assistance
Wyndham Community & Education Centre Inc.
Employment Region: Western Melbourne
The Linking to Healthcare and Social Assistance activity will support Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) and refugee participants by delivering a workshop series focussing on key industry terminology, Australian workplace practices, strategies to navigate recruitment and post placement support. The organisation has collaborated with local employers to ascertain the training needs required to fill vacancies in the Healthcare and Social Assistance industry. The activity ensures that specific employer needs are met through tailor made workshops.
Pathways to Building and Construction
NORTHERN FUTURES LTD
Employment Region: Barwon
The activity provides intensive support for disadvantaged youth from the Geelong region to move from a ‘survival mode’ mentality into entry level roles and apprenticeships in the construction industry. Participants will be supported through mentors, industry tasters, accredited training, and job application help.
Skills For Life (SFL)
Transition Education Australia
Employment Region: Goulburn/Murray
The activity involves a pre-employment program supporting First Nations participants focusing on cultural immersion, employability and digital literacy skills, and industry specific training to prepare participants for employment in the construction sector.
The Energiser program
Release the Beast
Employment Region: Bendigo
This activity will provide pre-employment training with entry pathways into hospitality and transferable skills to retail, tourism and food manufacturing industries. Participants will reskill and upskill into roles through enhancing their life skills and work readiness by undertaking training, work placements, mentoring and job placement support.
Youth Employment Pathways Program (YEPP)
Maribyrnong and Moonee Valley Local Learning and Employment Network Inc.
Employment Region: North Western Melbourne
This activity will support young people aged 15 – 24 years by delivering pre-employment and training, providing mentoring support, and undertake industry immersion components including apprenticeship/traineeship and vocational training options and referrals to jobs for key industries including hospitality, construction, parks and gardens, traffic management and aviation.
Accelerate
Hume Whittlesea Learn Local and Employment Network
Employment Region: North Western Melbourne
The activity involved foundation skills training, coaching, skills development workshops and industry immersion opportunities and targeted 25 culturally and linguistically diverse youth (15 to 24 years). Participants were partnered with a corporate mentor to build self-confidence and assist developing an understanding of workplace culture, career pathways and barriers to employment.
Banksia Gardens Job Connect Program
Banksia Gardens Association Incorporated
Employment Region: North Western Melbourne
The activity involved an intensive support model to build upon participants' employability skills and facilitate employment outcomes for residents in the vicinity of Banksia Gardens Community Services in Broadmeadows. Specialist job support coaches assisted participants to develop short-term and intermediate steps towards the achievement of employment outcomes.
