Economic participation
Service providers can encourage economic participation by sharing information about:
- employment
- self-employment
- support with participation in pathways to employment
- apprenticeships
- mentoring/shadowing schemes
- financial literacy
- understanding of welfare rights and obligations
- points of access for overseas skills/qualifications
- the importance of prior skills and qualifications
- Australian workplace systems and culture
- rights and responsibilities in the workplace
- occupational or work health and safety practices
- recruitment practices
- the importance of reporting earnings to the Australian Tax Office and Services Australia
- success stories of pathways/outcomes for humanitarian entrants in employment
- work experience placements, internships
- volunteering with SETS clients and
- pursuing appropriate educational, training and work experience opportunities.
Service providers may also help increase people’s economic participation using services including:
- coaching
- mentoring programs
- career advice
- pre-vocational training
- bridging courses to improve quality of employment
- assessing individual skills, experiences and qualifications
- suitable employment readiness programs to improve employment outcomes
- orientation to work
- job searching
- applying for jobs
- preparing resumes and responses to selection criteria
- interview techniques
- workshops
- advice on suitable workplace attire
- work experience opportunities
- career counselling
- access to mainstream employment providers or other employment agencies and
- access to local employer and training provider representatives to explore links for participants into local labour markets.
