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Goldfields Aboriginal Workforce Development Centre

Goldfields Aboriginal Workforce Development Centre. Five Strategic T hemes. Connecting employers and Aboriginal job seekers Engaging local knowledge to achieve regional outcomes Improve transitioning through mentoring and support Removing barriers to participation

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Goldfields Aboriginal Workforce Development Centre

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  1. Goldfields Aboriginal Workforce Development Centre

  2. Five Strategic Themes • Connecting employers and Aboriginal job seekers • Engaging local knowledge to achieve regional outcomes • Improve transitioning through mentoring and support • Removing barriers to participation • Raise awareness of opportunities and promoting role models Premiers Award 2012

  3. Our Key Strategies

  4. Engage local knowledge to achieve regional outcomes… Local Advisory Groups – predominantly Aboriginal; also industry and community representation. • Support employers to attract, recruit, retain Aboriginal staff – partnering with industry Local solutions for local issues • Support Aboriginal people to obtain meaningful and long-lasting employment – aspirations of individuals Project funding

  5. Organising projects, promoting upskilling and harnessing local potential..... • Industry Forums • Logistics Employment Options training • Northern Corridor – Yaaliku project • Working Professional’s Association • Youth focus - Better Futures/Switched on Schools

  6. Connecting employers and Aboriginal jobseekers

  7. Connecting employers and jobseekers Since 2011: • 389 Aboriginal people have been assisted into employment or training via the Centre. • 525individual job seekers from here/across WA have been assisted by the Goldfields AWDC. • 4,183 client contacts have been made. In addition: • 54 employer/industries have been supported. • 120 service providers have been liaised with. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oqVYZVGEls

  8. Any Questions? Patricia Thomson Michelle Forrest Garry O’Donnell (Advisory)

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