JOBS VICTORIA Working for all Victorians
UNCLASSIFIED Jobs for Victoria Statement • The 2016/17 State Budget committed $12.3 billion to build schools, upgrade hospitals and health facilities, expand the rail network and cut congestion • These investments will directly create more than 15,000 jobs in the short term and stimulate growth in the long term • The government is also supporting Victorian businesses with real potential to expand into new markets and develop new products, generating even more jobs into the future • Jobs Victoria will underpin the governments approach to economic growth and public infrastructure investment to ensure that disadvantaged Victorians are not left behind • Through the Major Project Skills Guarantee the government is committed to employing 10% apprentices, trainees and engineering cadets for all government construction, infrastructure, civil engineering and capital projects valued at more than $20 million • Jobs for Victoria Statement is available at www.premier.vic.gov.au/jobsforvictoria UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED 180,000 unemployed people in Victoria % 5.7% total unemployment rate 70,200 unemployed young people in Victoria % 13.7% youth unemployment rate UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Jobs Victoria • Jobs Victoria and the Jobs Victoria Employment Network has been designed based on the findings of the State Government Employment Programs review, which was completed in November 2015 • $53 million in 2016-17 budget • Jobs Victoria will provide targeted support services for people looking for work and for employers looking for workers. • Jobs Victoria will consolidate all Victorian employment services into one system making it easier for jobseekers to access the help they need to get to work • The aim is that disadvantaged jobseekers will benefit from a more coordinated and streamlined approach that not only increases work readiness but also results in sustainable employment outcomes. • JVEN will be the centrepiece of Jobs Victoria, providing place-based support to disadvantaged jobseekers who are falling through the gaps UNCLASSIFIED
What is the Jobs Victoria Employment Network?
UNCLASSIFIED Jobs Victoria Employment Network (JVEN) • JVEN is a key initiative of Jobs Victoria • It will significantly expand employment assistance to disadvantaged jobseekers • Through JVEN, the Victorian Government will provide additional resources in communities across Victoria to assist unemployed people into work • JVEN funding will provide flexible, responsive assistance to unemployed Victorians who struggle to gain a foothold in the labour market • A key component of the program will be its close engagement with employers UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED JVEN objectives • Assist Victorians who are disadvantaged in the labour market to gain and retain employment, contributing to increased social and economic inclusion and assisting Victorian businesses to meet their skills and labour needs. • Support the objectives of Jobs Victoria by contributing to a more coordinated and streamlined suite of employment-related services for Victorian jobseekers. UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED The Network • JVEN providers will be working collaboratively with each other • The department will facilitate opportunities for providers to come together and discuss the success of their initiatives and jointly address any issues that organisations are having in common • Referral systems will be established for clients moving to and from state government services to JVEN • Workforce Engagement Specialists will be referring employers with potential vacancies to providers through the network • Operating together, not in competition with each other UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED JVEN details • This program will support organisations to: - Focus on Victorian jobseekers who are disadvantaged in the labour market and who require assistance to gain employment - Actively engage with employers to identify job opportunities and assist in meeting industry workforce needs - Offer flexible services that are tailored to the needs of jobseekers and the region - Link to community services to ensure employment outcomes are maximised - Address gaps and complement existing services UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED JVEN services • Flexible, tailored services to address the needs of disadvantaged jobseekers & achieve job placements. Services could include: - Job search support and mentoring - Work preparation - Active engagement with employers, industry and trade unions to identify vacancies - Job matching and placement - Post-employment support to jobseekers and employers - Personal support to address non-vocational barriers - Referral to training and/or literacy and numeracy support, if required • The program enables providers to identify the needs of specific jobseekers to achieve sustainable employment outcomes. UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Specialist multicultural services • Additional funding for 300 culturally diverse jobseekers • Priority delivery to disengaged young people who need assistance to become work ready • Jobseekers from refugee or asylum seeker backgrounds are also a priority group • Applications targeting other groups of culturally diverse jobseekers and other locations will be considered where applicants demonstrate high needs UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED JVEN outcomes • All organisations will be contracted to achieve sustainable employment outcomes (26 weeks) • A sustainable employment outcome is defined as placement of a jobseeker into ongoing employment for at least 30 hours per week over 26 weeks • Part-time employment (15-29 hours per week) will be accepted as outcomes where it meets the needs of particular jobseekers and/or a particular industry • Providers will be required to submit evidence of employment outcomes UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Jobseeker eligibility This program will provide assistance to Victorian jobseekers who are either long-term unemployed (6 months plus) or at risk of long term unemployment or lack adequate support through other services: • Unemployed people who face labour market disadvantage and need assistance to gain employment but are ineligible for full Commonwealth employment services • Disadvantaged jobseekers who are eligible for full Commonwealth job services but have complex barriers to employment and are either referred by other State Government services or are designated as a priority target group UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Target groups • Long term unemployed people • Other retrenched workers from culturally diverse • Disengaged young people communities including (aged 15-24 and not engaged refugees and asylum seekers in education, training or • Aboriginal jobseekers employment) • Mature age jobseekers (aged • Single parents 50+) • Jobseekers with a disability • Youth justice clients • Jobseekers with a mental • Young people in out-of-home illness care • Social housing tenants • Workers retrenched from the automotive manufacturing and • Ex-offenders supply chain industry • Veterans and their families. UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Programs that will support JVEN delivery • Back to Work Scheme – offers financial assistance to employers who employ disadvantaged jobseekers in ongoing roles • Victorian Training Guarantee – provides government subsidised training places for people who meet the eligibility criteria • Major Projects Skills Guarantee – requires contractors to engage apprentices, trainees and engineering cadets for at least 10% of total project hours • Workforce Engagement – Jobs Victoria Workforce Engagement specialists will liaise with employers to assist them in their workforce needs. They will bring providers and employers together to place jobseekers into employment • Digital Engagement – is a component of Jobs Victoria and will be developed to engage with and provide information to jobseekers through social media and other digital channels UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED Referrals – a case study • The Department of Health and Human Services Out of Home Care Service referred Sam to JVEN in Footscray. • Sam attended their Job Ready program. • He was then referred to the Group Training Organisation partnering in the JVEN as a member of the consortia. • Sam has now been working for three months at Jacko’s Electrical Company and is doing really well. • Through post-placement support the JVEN Case Manager identified that Sam’s ability to arrive at work on time, especially at other sites, was unpredictable due to his reliance on public transport. • Sam’s JVEN Case Manager catches up with him every fortnight and talks about work and life. UNCLASSIFIED
The Application & Assessment Process
UNCLASSIFIED Funding • Round 1 - $25 million • 2016/17 Budget target of 350 jobseekers to achieve a sustainable employment outcome (26 weeks employed, by June 2017) • Applications may seek multi-year funding with services to be delivered over the period August 2016 – May 2020 • Applications close 20 June 2016 at 5pm via the Business Victoria website www.business.vic.gov.au/jobsvictoria UNCLASSIFIED
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