- Services for Aboriginal people enhanced across WA’s 19 Jobs and Skills Centres
- Employing more Aboriginal people in front-line service delivery
- Ensuring culturally appropriate and specialised support for Aboriginal clients
- New JSC opens at South Metropolitan TAFE’s Fremantle campus
Building on its strong commitment to involve more Aboriginal people in frontline service delivery, the McGowan Government has enhanced Aboriginal services at Jobs and Skills Centres (JSCs) across the State and today opened a new JSC at South Metropolitan TAFE’s Fremantle campus.
Strengthening JSC services for Aboriginal clients is part of the McGowan Government’s commitments through its Aboriginal Empowerment Strategy and the National Agreement on Closing the Gap to deliver positive outcomes for Aboriginal people and communities.
The new JSC at the campus on Fleet Street in Fremantle means there are now 19 JSCs located across Western Australia.
JSCs are a centrepiece of the McGowan Government’s priorities to increase training and employment of under-represented groups and to build a sustainable local workforce.
Available to all members of the community, JSCs provide a one-stop-shop for local job seekers wanting free support to connect with training and job opportunities and employers.
JSC services include specialist services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, which have been enhanced through an $8.14 million investment.
Approximately 30 Aboriginal employment and engagement officers are employed across the JSC network who work closely with employers and other key service providers in their area to integrate services and maximise training and employment opportunities for Aboriginal clients and to ensure culturally appropriate employment and career services are provided.
