Youth benefit from state government and council partnership
Published Tuesday, 27 November, 2007 at 02:04 PM
Minister for Transport, Trade, Employment and Industrial Relations
The Honourable John Mickel
The Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council are combining in an employment project for young people recovering from addictions.
Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations John Mickel said the Working On project will assist 40 young people this year and is funded through the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative.
“The project involves participants completing a work preparation course and then a 12-month full-time traineeship with Brisbane City Council, the State Government or a private or community organisation,” Mr Mickel said.
“The initiative provided $100,000 to support this project and the second group of participants will be completing the work preparation course in early December.
“The participants are broken into five groups so each person can get the support they need to get ready for work”.
“The unemployment rate for young people aged 15 -19 is 14.4 per cent, compared with the
3.8 per cent for Queensland, and to be dealing with a drug addiction makes getting a start that much harder.
“The Working On project is providing a valuable opportunity for young people to get a job as part of their struggle against addiction and I am happy the State Government has been supporting it since 2004.”
Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said the project helped young people get their lives back on track through employment after chronic substance abuse.
“We are giving young people some extra support to help get them back into the workforce and back on their feet,” Cr Newman said.
“Our partner, Mercy Family Services, delivers the preparation course and provides post-placement support for the trainees and their supervisors.
“Participants complete traineeships in areas like business administration, information technology, library assistant, horticulture, warehousing or civil construction.”
During 2007/08 the Queensland Government will invest $80 million in the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative to give an estimated 17,000 long-term unemployed and underemployed people job related assistance and skills training to maximise labour force participation and increase Queensland's prosperity.
Twelve months after receiving employment and training assistance 67 per cent of participants are in employment.
Skilling Queenslanders for Work is part of the State Government’s $1 billion Queensland Skills Plan which aims to provide individuals and industry with the skills and workforce for the 21st Century.
For more information on the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative visit www.employment.qld.gov.au or call 1300 369 925
For more information on Brisbane City Council call the main switch on
3403 8888 or visit www.brisbane.qld.gov.au
Contact: Brisbane City Council - Team Leader, Community Employment Programs
Joe Bufalino on 3403 4146 or joe.bufalino@brisbane.qld.gov.au
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman’s Media Advisors Michael.Corkill@brisbane.qld.gov.au or yin.khvat@brisbane.qld.gov.au
Ministerial contacts: Chris Brown on 3237 1944 or Nathan Moir 3235 4060
November 27, 2007
Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations John Mickel said the Working On project will assist 40 young people this year and is funded through the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative.
“The project involves participants completing a work preparation course and then a 12-month full-time traineeship with Brisbane City Council, the State Government or a private or community organisation,” Mr Mickel said.
“The initiative provided $100,000 to support this project and the second group of participants will be completing the work preparation course in early December.
“The participants are broken into five groups so each person can get the support they need to get ready for work”.
“The unemployment rate for young people aged 15 -19 is 14.4 per cent, compared with the
3.8 per cent for Queensland, and to be dealing with a drug addiction makes getting a start that much harder.
“The Working On project is providing a valuable opportunity for young people to get a job as part of their struggle against addiction and I am happy the State Government has been supporting it since 2004.”
Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman said the project helped young people get their lives back on track through employment after chronic substance abuse.
“We are giving young people some extra support to help get them back into the workforce and back on their feet,” Cr Newman said.
“Our partner, Mercy Family Services, delivers the preparation course and provides post-placement support for the trainees and their supervisors.
“Participants complete traineeships in areas like business administration, information technology, library assistant, horticulture, warehousing or civil construction.”
During 2007/08 the Queensland Government will invest $80 million in the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative to give an estimated 17,000 long-term unemployed and underemployed people job related assistance and skills training to maximise labour force participation and increase Queensland's prosperity.
Twelve months after receiving employment and training assistance 67 per cent of participants are in employment.
Skilling Queenslanders for Work is part of the State Government’s $1 billion Queensland Skills Plan which aims to provide individuals and industry with the skills and workforce for the 21st Century.
For more information on the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative visit www.employment.qld.gov.au or call 1300 369 925
For more information on Brisbane City Council call the main switch on
3403 8888 or visit www.brisbane.qld.gov.au
Contact: Brisbane City Council - Team Leader, Community Employment Programs
Joe Bufalino on 3403 4146 or joe.bufalino@brisbane.qld.gov.au
Lord Mayor Campbell Newman’s Media Advisors Michael.Corkill@brisbane.qld.gov.au or yin.khvat@brisbane.qld.gov.au
Ministerial contacts: Chris Brown on 3237 1944 or Nathan Moir 3235 4060
November 27, 2007