Our journey in the services we deliver Workskil Australia has delivered employment and community services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for over 30 years. More recently our focus to improve outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through service delivery has been strengthened, and we have made concerted efforts to grow our dedicated services. In the 2019/2020 financial year, Workskil Australia provided services to over 12,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander customers, across 7 employment and community service programs. For the same period, Workskil Australia supported 1,891 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander customers into paid employment. In 2018, Workskil Australia successfully tendered for and won, the South Australian State Government funded Work Ready, Release Ready Program (WRRR). The program, which is a contract managed via the Department for Correctional Services, supports an ambition to reduce reoffending rates in South Australia by 10%, by the year 2020.
On average, this program supports 30% Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander participants at any given time. In 2019, Workskil Australia was purposeful in entering into a sub-contract arrangement with People Plus, to commence delivery of the Time to Work Employment Service Program (TWES) in South Australia. This program is a dedicated and targeted in-prison and community employment program for adult sentenced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners. These programs support work towards reducing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s overrepresentation in the criminal justice system, which is a key Closing the Gap target. In 2018, Workskil Australia expanded our jobactive program into Western Australia, and opened 14 offices across the State, including a regional office in Geraldton, which is a coastal city in the Mid-West region of the State, 442 kilometres north of Perth.
Probe Group: Cross cultural training “Since 2017, Workskil Australia has been a key recruitment partner to Probe. Workskil’s local, regional and broader knowledge of unemployment, state demographics, training, and recruitment, as well as their stakeholder connections with Registered Training Organisation (RTO’s) and other employment service providers, has been pivotal in supporting the growth of our business. Importantly, Workskil provides ongoing support to Probe on delivering recruitment solutions for cohorts such as Indigenous peoples, those who identify with disability, youth, and mature age job seekers. They engage and collaborate with other employment service providers across the state and facilitate the promotion of Probe’s recruitment opportunities to their job seekers. Probe’s support service teams have successfully completed Workskil’s Cultural and Diversity Training, to build understanding around Indigenous culture. This allows us to ensure we are appropriately placed to support candidates throughout the employee lifecycle.” Jessica Eaton | Recruitment Lead | Probe Group
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