Job Centre Australia

[Banjo]

Job Centre Australia limited is a Specialist Disability Employment Service (DES), funded by the Australian Government's Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations (DEEWR).

Our Core Values

More than just a set of words, our values embody the spirit of Job Centre Australia Limited at its best.

They represent who we are and what we stand for.


Engaged

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We always seek to build positive relationships, internally & externally
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We proactively look for ways of improving our industry
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We seek to demonstrate & promote industry best practice at all times


Honest

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We maintain financial transparency with our key stakeholders
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We maintain best practice in our corporate governance
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We seek to create win/win environments when dealing with others
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We protect the integrity of our organisation through our words and actions


Care

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We seek first to trust
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We proactively support one another
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We are empathetic toward the situation of others
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We routinely acknowledge individual & team effort and result


Respect

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We acknowledge the opinions of others
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We actively create 'no fear' environments
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We stay 'above the line' when dealing with others
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We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age or disability


Passion

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We continually strive to improve ourselves and our organisation
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We are committed to innovation as a way of improving the work & client service experience
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We only talk and act in a positive and optimistic manner
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We willingly go the extra mile for each other and our clients

Services

Job Centre Australia Limited is a non-profit organisation providing employment and training solutions across NSW.

We have provided specialist employment services to people with barriers for over 20 years.



We provide the following programs:

* Disability Employment Services
* Transition To Work
* youth2work Program
* Aboriginal Employment Pathways Program


Our objective is to help our clients find employment, learn the job, and provide one-on-one onsite support as well as ongoing assistance so they keep the job.


We have:

* Small caseloads
* Staff trained in Disability Awareness, Mental Health First Aid, Mentoring, Case Management and Workplace Training and Assessment
* A supportive environment
* Assessment tools to develop individual employment plans
* A unique flexible service delivery model
* "Job Hives" in each of our offices designed to maximise your job searching capabilities
* A number of innovative programs designed to meet your individual needs

We are an employment service specialising in the placement and support of persons with a disability; who need short to medium term assistance in finding and maintaining a job in open employment at award rates of pay.

We provide:

* One on one individual employment pathway coaching
* Ongoing assessment through individual "Job Hive" modules;
o resume writing
o application letters
o communication skills
o motivational workshops
o career coaching
o work experience
o intensive one on one and group job seeking workshops
* Skills audit
* Employer Wage Subsidies, access to supported wages and workplace modifications to assist in sustaining on-going employment (subject to eligibility).
* Assistance financially with travel fares to interviews, interview clothing and work clothing (subject to eligibility).
* Post placement support
* Access to the Disabled Apprenticeship Wage Scheme
* Access to Indigenous Wage Assistance

www.jobcentreaustralia.com.au/index.php

[Banjo]

This is a new board to address the problems of those of us affected by the oncoming changes to the requirements for the DSP.
Job Centre Australia seems to be the organisation people on the DSP will have to deal with.


OK, I feel we need to ask these people some questions.
Input please.
I'll start the ball rolling: travel restrictions and subcontracting of DSP recipient work placement to private firms.

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We recieved your email and tried to reply but it bounced back as follows;
The following recipient(s) cannot be reached:

'XXXXX XXXX' on 21/07/2011 4:06 PM
None of your e-mail accounts could send to this recipient.

So we have copied and posted on this blog.


"Hi XXXXXX,
Job Centre Australia Limited is a not-for-profit community based PUBLIC company (no shareholders only members) and we are NOT a government agency or department.
We are a tax exempt organisation and have charitable status.
We commence in 1990 in NSW. Our primary objective is to train and get people with a disability into award based jobs.
We receive some federal grants to operate our service in NSW. We, like the current 230 agencies similar to us, have to tender each 3 years for grants, however most of these agencies are currently concerned about the next round of tenders being opnned-up to overseas organisations. Please refer to Disability Employment Australia (formally ACE National Inc.), the industry Peak Body based in Melbourne, who currently have a campaign against the current government tender process.
If you require government assistant re; work requirement please contact Centrelink in any state.
I hope this satisfies your questions."
Job Centre Admin

Edit by Banker to take personal names out.