Despite Queensland's strong economic and employment growth, for some groups of people, there are still barriers preventing them from getting into the workforce. The aims of the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative are to give these jobseekers employment and training assistance that is customised to meet their individual needs, and to meet the demands of the labour market for a skilled workforce.
The First Start Program offers jobseekers with little or no work experience, opportunities to obtain a traineeship where they can gain on-the-job experience and training at a registered training organisation—and be paid.
Under the Get Set for Work Program, locally-based organisations are funded to provide employment and training assistance to 15–17 year olds who are either early school leavers or at risk of disengaging from education.
Indigenous employment measures to assist Indigenous jobseekers include complying with the Indigenous Employment Policy for Queensland Government Building and Civil Construction Projects; employing Indigenous Employment Managers and Training Support officers; and maintaining the Wal-Meta Unit to develop public sector employment and leadership programs for Indigenous Queenslanders.
The Community Literacy Program provides customised language, literacy and numeracy training for jobseekers who need help in these areas, to improve their employment or training outcomes.
Under Youth Training Incentives, subsidies of up to $1,100 (including GST) are available to private sector employers, local government authorities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Councils for taking on school-based apprentices and trainees.
The Worker Assistance Program, which helps workers affected by large-cale retrenchments arising from firm closures or industry restructuring is now delivered by the Department of State Development.
Queenslanders Working Together is part of the federally funded Australians Working Together program, and is administered by the Department of Employment and Industrial Relations under this initiative.You may request a review of a decision made by the Department in relation to provision of grant funding. This includes funding provided under the following programs:
Appeals must be lodged in writing to:
Director
Policy, Coordination and Support
Employment and Indigenous Initiatives
Department of Employment and Industrial Relations
GPO Box 69
BRISBANE QLD 4001
You will be notified in writing of the outcome within 15 working days from receipt of the appeal.
Last updated 2 October 2008
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