In partnership with Jobs Victoria, our Skills in Employment Project provides large scale, front-line workforce recruitment and training to promote workforce growth and development across the disability and aged care sectors. Built around a work-integrated learning model, participants are supported to undertake a Certificate III Individual Support (Ageing) or a Certificate IV Disability while they work. All participants receive an integrated two-week pre-service induction program and ongoing, individualised support from a Workplace Mentor. The project utilises a three-way partnership approach which brings together the employer, the employee undergoing on-the-job training, and RMIT as the lead training and assessment provider.

Through the Skills in Employment Project, we are assisting 500 new workers, including experienced workers displaced by COVID-19, to transition to employment in the social service sector. Priority groups include women over 45 years of age, young people, long-term unemployed, and those at risk of becoming long-term unemployed. All project participants gain an accredited qualification, providing them with a strong foundation for continued employment within the sector.