Congratulations to the 6 Participants who received their Learners license!

On November 15th, Our Workforce Australia – Transition to Work Participants visited the Transport WA Mobile Team at the Joondalup Licensing Centre for one of our regular DOT Day’s. Our Participants received the chance to earn their learner’s permit by passing the learner’s test. We are so glad to report that 6 of our Participants passed the test, receiving their license and beaming with joy and a sense of accomplishment after the session.

A big thank you to the Link Workers who help our Participants prepare for the test and made the outcome possible! We are excited to see how you further support the Participants to achieve their full license!

Learn more about how we support our Transition to Work Participants at status.net.au/ttw/about-ttw.

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On November 13th, our Morley site held a Budget and Financial Wellbeing Workshop for our Workforce Australia – Transition to Work Participants. Our Youth Peer Mentors gathered resources, such as worksheets, fact sheets and lots of snacks to teach the attendees about all about money and budgeting.

During the session, they covered the topics of:
• Creating a budget
• Setting up bank accounts
• Setting up emergency funds and savings accounts
• How to setup direct debits
• How to track spending
• How to reduce spending
• How to increase income

The session was a huge success, the mentors receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback from the Participants! They all were glad to have this information with them as they go onto pursue their goals, like buying a house and starting to work.

“I had been putting off managing my money because I didn’t really know where to start. Now I think I can figure it out” – Riley

“This is really helpful for me because I’m looking to move into employment ASAP and I want to spend my money wisely. My dream is to buy a house.” – Nicholas

“This was really helpful for me. I knew I needed to learn how to manage my money and I learned a lot from today on how to do that.” – Kaedyn

Thank you to our incredible Transition to Work team, Sheree, Arash, Mia, Rebecca, Sushmita and Jo for organising, setting up and catering for the event! It is through events like this that we can support our Participants prepare for a successful future!

Learn more about how we support our Transition to Work Participants transition into employment at status.net.au/ttw/about-ttw.

On July 24th, Participant Isabelle from our Workforce Australia – Transition to Work program at Mirrabooka, walked into the office with a bouquet of flowers, a beautiful card and a box of chocolates to thank the team for their support.

Isabelle started with Status in May 2023, meeting the Mirrabooka team and immediately starting to work towards her employment goals. The Status team supported Isabelle to enrol in a Certificate III in Process Manufacturing, and assisted her to find work with Aldi Warehouse shortly before she completed the course!

Isabelle initially struggled to find her feet in employment, leading the Post Placement Support team to refer her to BlueSky Mind Studio for mental health support. As a result of this help, Isabelle has just achieved her 6 month milestone at work!

During her time in our Transition to Work program, our team helped Isabelle to:
• Complete a Certificate III in Process Manufacturing
• Obtain her driver’s license through the DOT program
• Gain employment with Aldi Warehouse
• Overcome work related mental health challenges with BlueSky Mind Studio

Isabelle is now settled in her life and employment and has successfully exited the Transition to Work program. Isabelle is extremely grateful for all the support from the team, expressing she would not have achieved her goals without the Mirrabooka staff. Isabelle’s story is testament that with hard work, any barriers can be overcome and financial independence can be found. Great work to the team at Mirrabooka for achieving another amazing outcome and good luck for the future Isabelle!

On October 18th 2024, Participants from our Workforce Australia – Transition to Work program celebrated the completion of their studies! 6 Participants from our Status Mirrabooka and Morley sites gathered for a ceremony and celebration, with Mayor of the City of Stirling, Mark Irwin in attendance.

The Participants graduated from a variety of courses, including certificates in Civil Construction and Community Services. Starting in April 2024, each Participant worked hard to overcome their barriers to employment in an effort to get qualified. For many of our Participants this is their first big educational achievement, having never experienced a graduation before, and the team enjoyed celebrating this exciting step on their employment journey. To commemorate the completion, the Status staff provided an official invitation to the ceremony, complete with lunch, a Certificate of Achievement and a small gift for each graduate.

A huge thank you to the Mayor and the City of Stirling for their attendance. The Mayor gave the graduates an inspiring speech about the value of vocational study and following one’s passion. He also offered work trials with the City of Stirling for each graduate, an amazing opportunity for them to explore their employment options.

Another massive thank you to our community partners who joined us in celebrating our graduates! We couldn’t have done it without you!

Justin Onek – City of Stirling
Teegan Cannon – Greenhouse Education
Raul Godinez – Department of Education
Terri Marsden – Tracmin
Eden Zegeye – Tracmin

Congratulations to the graduates! All the best with your work trials and future endeavours!

Learn more about our Transition to Work program at status.net.au/ttw/about-ttw.

In August, our Workforce Australia - Transition to Work team held a Speed Recruitment event at Status Midland. One of the employers in attendance was One Mob Contracting, a three-branch company that assists with concert set-up and take-down including setting up temporary fencing, civil construction and providing event personnel.

Maera from One Mob presented to the attending Participants describing 40 positions currently available in the event personnel wing of the business. Following her presentation 20 of the attending Participants attended a short group interview, with all successfully invited to commence the induction process to start work with One Mob! Over the next three weeks, the Midland Link Workers and Indigenous Mentors worked tirelessly to get each Participant ready for the induction, including obtaining photo IDs, applying for Police Clearances, obtaining White Cards, and registering one Participant with Births, Deaths and Marriages.

With induction completed, onboarding emails began coming through, highlighting additional barriers such as missing tax file numbers and superannuation details. The Indigenous Mentors assisted the Participants to find these missing details, and they were shortly receiving their induction packs for the various venues they will be working with. Midland have since had 14 Participants commence employment with One Mob, with another 6 Participants ready to start.

A massive congratulations to all the Participants who worked so hard to gain employment, and a thank you to the Link workers and Indigenous Mentors who made it happen.

Find out more about our Transition to Work program at status.net.au/ttw/about-ttw.