Published Monday, 25 August, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Minister for Transport, Trade, Employment and Industrial Relations
The Honourable John Mickel
Training Maryborough jobseekers for work in community services
Finding a job in the community services industry will be easier for 60 Maryborough people who get their Passport to Employment stamped through a State Government funded project.
Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations John Mickel said the Maisie Kaufmann Learning Centre will receive $261,660 from the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative for the Passport to Employment project.
“This project will prepare 30 participants to work with the elderly, people with disabilities or others who need assistance through job preparation, accredited training and 10 paid work placements,” Mr Mickel said.
“The Passport to Employment project will also assist another 30 part-time workers who can’t find a full-time job because they lack the necessary skills will also obtain training to improve their skills and qualifications.
“A booming economy with a low 3.8 per cent unemployment rate has led to skills and labour shortages but there are still many people who are outside the workforce or underemployed.
“This project will assist mature-aged jobseekers and people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who are looking to return to the workforce so they have a better chance of finding meaningful employment.
“The 16-week paid work placements, which are in business administration or community services, will give participants recent workplace experience which is a great way to prove to themselves and employers they can do a good job.”
Maisie Kaufmann Learning Centre CEO Sylvia Collins said assisting people who have cared for family members to get the formal training and experience they need to work in the industry will help the wider community.
“Due to the ageing population there is a growing demand for workers in these services,” Ms Collins said.
“Through the Passport to Employment project people who haven’t worked in Australia before can complete some job preparation training which will get them ready to take on the accredited training as well as starting a new job.
“This project will run for 48 weeks and we will also stay in contact with participants for six months after they finish to make sure they keep pursuing their goals and support them any way we can.”
During 2008/09 the Queensland Government will invest $80 million in the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative to give an estimated 15,000 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 assistance 71 per cent of participants are in employment or further training.
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
Contact: Maisie Kaufmann Learning Centre CEO Sylvia Collins on 4121 3364 or sylvia@maisiek.com.au
Ministerial contact: Nathan Moir on 3235 4060
August 25, 2008
Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations John Mickel said the Maisie Kaufmann Learning Centre will receive $261,660 from the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative for the Passport to Employment project.
“This project will prepare 30 participants to work with the elderly, people with disabilities or others who need assistance through job preparation, accredited training and 10 paid work placements,” Mr Mickel said.
“The Passport to Employment project will also assist another 30 part-time workers who can’t find a full-time job because they lack the necessary skills will also obtain training to improve their skills and qualifications.
“A booming economy with a low 3.8 per cent unemployment rate has led to skills and labour shortages but there are still many people who are outside the workforce or underemployed.
“This project will assist mature-aged jobseekers and people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who are looking to return to the workforce so they have a better chance of finding meaningful employment.
“The 16-week paid work placements, which are in business administration or community services, will give participants recent workplace experience which is a great way to prove to themselves and employers they can do a good job.”
Maisie Kaufmann Learning Centre CEO Sylvia Collins said assisting people who have cared for family members to get the formal training and experience they need to work in the industry will help the wider community.
“Due to the ageing population there is a growing demand for workers in these services,” Ms Collins said.
“Through the Passport to Employment project people who haven’t worked in Australia before can complete some job preparation training which will get them ready to take on the accredited training as well as starting a new job.
“This project will run for 48 weeks and we will also stay in contact with participants for six months after they finish to make sure they keep pursuing their goals and support them any way we can.”
During 2008/09 the Queensland Government will invest $80 million in the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative to give an estimated 15,000 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 assistance 71 per cent of participants are in employment or further training.
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
Contact: Maisie Kaufmann Learning Centre CEO Sylvia Collins on 4121 3364 or sylvia@maisiek.com.au
Ministerial contact: Nathan Moir on 3235 4060
August 25, 2008