Local Recovery Fund

This activity involved a customised employment pathway into the aged care and disability sector. Participants were provided with entry level skills needed to enter the workforce. The qualification was a Certificate lll in Individual Support which included 120 hours work placement with Blue Care or Centacare, mentoring, placement, and 3 months employment. The activity delivered training into employment with local disability and aged care facilities in the Brisbane South East Employment Region.

This activity involved a pre-employment program with entry pathways into the hospitality industry. Participants were matched to jobs with host employers by way of skills development and transferable jobs readiness skill sets. The activity delivered intensive housekeeping and beverage training to support participants into employment with industry employers in the Brisbane South East Employment Region.

This activity was delivered to support First Nation as participants develop skills in wheel balancing and tyre changing, with theoretical training, resume building, and meetings with industry representatives to enhance employment outcomes in the automotive sector.

The activity was delivered to support Indigenous, mature age, and participants from culturally and linguistically diverse communities to undertake paid part-time work, training support, and on the job coaching in a commercial farming business and food processing facility over a 10-week period to learn about and connect with Agri-careers. Participants were required to work 1 day per week. The activity’s flexible nature allowed participants to try various job streams quickly around the one business over the 10-week period.