In December 2012, the then Minister for Employment Participation the Hon Kate Ellis MP released an issues paper titled Employment Services – building on success. The purpose of the publication was to invite interested organisations to assist the review process of government employment services and design the new model from July 2015. Careers Central Victoria was commissioned by The SEED Project (a joint inner Melbourne councils initiative for young people) to provide a written submission with recommendations on key elements and areas that could be improved. The submission highlighted the area where the current employment system is not meeting the needs of young job seekers, in particular, and other disadvantaged jobseekers in general.
The full submission from the SEED project can be accessed here at the Department site.
In summary, a number of these recommendations were obviously regarded very highly as they were included in the new model as outlined in the Exposure Draft issued last month. Things such as rejigging the Job Seeker Classification Instrument, more emphasis on the initial assessments/interviews, relocation assistance and wage subsidies for young people will now be adopted.
We have recently been commissioned by the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria to also complete a submission for them in response the the ES2015 Exposure Draft. The Council believes strongly that migrants and refugees (and some ethnic communities in general) have not been afforded the same new concessions in the new model as young people and mature aged job seekers. In fact, the ES2015, at this stage, does not even allow for specialist providers as it has in all other previous editions.
We have highlighted these shortcomings in the submission which you can download here.
The full submission from the SEED project can be accessed here at the Department site.
In summary, a number of these recommendations were obviously regarded very highly as they were included in the new model as outlined in the Exposure Draft issued last month. Things such as rejigging the Job Seeker Classification Instrument, more emphasis on the initial assessments/interviews, relocation assistance and wage subsidies for young people will now be adopted.
We have recently been commissioned by the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria to also complete a submission for them in response the the ES2015 Exposure Draft. The Council believes strongly that migrants and refugees (and some ethnic communities in general) have not been afforded the same new concessions in the new model as young people and mature aged job seekers. In fact, the ES2015, at this stage, does not even allow for specialist providers as it has in all other previous editions.
We have highlighted these shortcomings in the submission which you can download here.
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