Employers

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Employers

Workforce Australia Local Jobs Barwon provides advice to help businesses get the most out of hiring practices to attract and retain the right staff. We also work with organisations to develop workforce initiatives and solutions. 

Barwon region local initiatives

  • Introductions to Employment Service Providers who have a talent pool of over 5,000 jobseekers who they work with
  • Assistance with obtaining funding through the Local Recovery Fund or other Federal and State government funding available
  • Linking employers with local training opportunities to upskill/reskill staff
  • Connecting employers with existing Federal and State training and employment programs to find suitable staff
  • Working together to develop targeted activities that meet the priorities of the Local Jobs Plan
  • Creating tailored solutions to address local industry needs
  • Enabling local stakeholders to work in collaboration to design solutions to local issues regarding employment in their region and opportunities to better skill participants to meet local employer demand
  • Helping employers fill vacancies and connecting job seekers with employment and training opportunities

Strong local engagement ensures Employment Facilitators are responsive to the needs of stakeholders and understand local workforce challenges. They are ‘on the ground’ assisting employers to fill vacancies, so if you would like assistance with hiring or building training skills for your workforce, contact us today.

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Workforce Australia Employment Service Providers

Workforce Australia has a range of services available to help all Australians, not just people on income support, to find, keep, change jobs or create their own job.

Individuals who are on income support and have mutual obligations, will be referred to an appropriate service depending on their individual needs.

Feel free to contact any of the Employment Service Providers listed below about your labour force needs.

atWork Australia
Maurice Lyons & Kylie Shepherd
M: 0458 463 815 & 0429 695 027
E: m.lyons@atworkaustralia.com.au
E: k.shepherd@atworkaustralia.com.au
W: www.atworkaustralia.com.au

Jobfind
Rachael Fraser & Joe Abdo
M: 0427 654 063 & 0407 928 115
E: rachael.fraser@jobfind.com.au
E: joe.abdo@jobfind.com.au

W: www.jobfind.com.au

Sureway
Sean Young & Liam Norbury
M: 0484 667 395 & 0488 514 138
E: seanyoung@sureway.com.au
E: liamnorbury@sureway.com.au
W: www.sureway.com.au

Djerriwarrh Parent Pathways Program (for parents)
Samara Mabbott
M: 0407 461 307
E: samaram@djerriwarrh.org
W: www.djerriwarrh.org.au/

WCIG Transition to Work Program (for young people)
Sally Merryful & Rebecca Montgomery
P: 5249 5855
M: 0422 472 071 & 0403 227 678
E: sallym@wcig.org.au
E: rebeccad@wcig.org.au
W: www.wcig.org.au

Other supports

Workforce Australia – information for Business and Industry – Find out more

The Skills and Jobs Centre provides free support to attract and train staff – Find out more

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