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Types of program options that can be considered for this type of suitable activity (including as a work experience activity) include:
State programs that may be considered include:
These work experience activities can fully satisfy a job seeker's annual work experience activity requirement and they are combinable with other work experience activities.
The hours requirement, for the purposes of satisfying a job seeker's work experience activity requirement, will vary depending on the particular hours requirement of the program.
The duration of placement on these types of work experience activity may also vary depending on the duration of the selected program.
Satisfactory participation in this work experience activity will depend on the rules of the selected program.
The LLNP provides basic language, literacy and numeracy training for eligible job seekers whose skills are below the level considered necessary to secure sustainable employment or pursue further education and training. It is designed to help remove a major barrier to employment and improve participant's daily lives.
The LLNP provides up to 800 hours of adult language, literacy and numeracy training, which is designed to lead to a measurable improvement in the language, literacy and numeracy competencies of participants. The training is undertaken at between 10 and 20 hours per week.
Although most of the training is delivered in a face-to-face situation, training can also be undertaken by distance education anywhere in Australia. This is particularly suited to job seekers with carer responsibilities, and those who may not live within a reasonable commuting distance of a face-to-face service provider.
To access LLNP, a job seeker must generally be an Australian citizen or permanent resident, must be of working age (generally 15-64 years of age), registered with Centrelink as looking for work (i.e. a job seeker), and not a full-time student. Some temporary visa types are not eligible for this program for more details refer to program guidelines www.llnp.deewr.gov.au.
LLNP training is delivered in the following streams:
The AAAP is a suitable activity that provides disadvantaged job seekers with pre-vocational training and other forms of assistance to assist them to undertake an Australian apprenticeship. It also assists job seekers to get into employment or further education or training.
The AAAP is a suitable activity that provides vulnerable job seekers who experience barriers to skilled employment with nationally recognised pre-vocational training, support and assistance. The program is provided at no cost to participants and assists them to obtain and maintain an Australian apprenticeship. The program is based on labour market needs and helps job seekers gain better skills that are linked to an apprenticeship pathway, to improve their chances of getting an Australian apprenticeship, gaining employment or further education or training.
The AAAP is suitable for job seekers aged 15 years and over. It includes a minimum of 150 hours of pre-vocational training linked to an Australian apprenticeship pathway, up to 13 weeks of job search support and 13 weeks post-placement support. Training periods of this length are considered as full-time activities.
Should the AAAP ever run for less than 17 weeks, the job seeker will have additional intensive job search as an additional requirement. The number of job searches required would be 8 per fortnight, or 6 per fortnight for principal carer parents and job seekers assessed a having a partial capacity to work.
Clients must be registered job seekers who have expressed an interest in undertaking an Australian apprenticeship but have one or more barriers to achieving that goal.
Prior to being accepted into the AAAP, a job seeker needs to express an interest in pursuing an Australian apprenticeship, meet the program's eligibility criteria - namely, they have barriers to gaining an apprenticeship, and be assessed by an AAAP broker as having a capacity to benefit from the program.
Eligible participants in the AAAP include (but are not limited to) mature aged job seekers re-entering the labour force, people who left school early, the long-term unemployed, people with a disability and Indigenous Australians.
For more detailed information on the eligibility criteria for the AAAP, see The Australian Apprenticeships Access Program Guidelines available at https://accesstraining.deewr.gov.au/.
The AMEP is a suitable activity that provides up to 510 hours of basic English language tuition to migrants and refugee's from non-English speaking backgrounds.
The AMEP is available to adult migrants (18 years or over) for whom English is not the first language, and who have been assessed as not having functional English skills.
The following categories of people are eligible:
AMEP tuition is delivered in each state and territory by service providers who are specialists in English language teaching. To ensure access to the AMEP, clients may choose from a range of learning options:
Distance learning and the Home Tutor Scheme are available to clients who cannot attend formal classes because of class location or timing, or for personal, cultural, work-related or other reasons.
Youth Pathways and Connections are suitable activities that aim to help at risk young people make the transition through school and from school to further education, training or employment.
YPP assists young people aged 13-19 who are the most at risk of not making a successful transition through to completion of Year 12 (or its equivalent) and ultimately, to further education, training or employment and active participation in the community.
To be eligible to participate, a young person must still be at school, or left school in the preceding 12 months without completing year 12 (or its equivalent) and at risk of not making a successful transition to further education, training or employment. The program targets young people who experience a combination of personal, social, educational or possible mental health issues which present significant barriers to their education and successful transition. YPP participants receive personalised assistance specifically directed to their needs. Participants receive an assessment, assistance and ongoing guidance and support to help them overcome their barriers to effective participation in education, training or employment services programs.
YPP does not have a standard hourly requirement. Hours of participation are assessed on the individual needs of the young job seeker.
A person may be eligible to participate, if they are aged between 13 and 19 and are still at school, or have left school in the last 12 months.
To locate a youth provider and for more information about YPP refer to http://www.careeradviceaustralia.gov.au/youthpathways/.
Connections assists young people aged 13-19 who have become disconnected from mainstream education and who, without assistance, are at high risk of not making a successful transition to further education, training or employment. To be eligible to participate, a young person must not have attended school for at least 3 months, not be engaged in education, training or full-time employment, not have completed Year 12 (or its equivalent) and face substantial personal and social barriers to re-engaging with education. Connections participants receive individually tailored flexible, accredited, or non-accredited, education and training, plus personal support and skills in career/life management and employability.
A person may be eligible to participate if they are aged between 13 and 19, have not attended school for at least 3 months and are not engaged in education, training or full-time employment.
CDEP is an approved LMP for unemployment payment, in remote communities where the availability of employment and other LMPs is limited. It provides unemployed Indigenous people with activities designed to meet community needs, develop their skills and improve their employability in order to assist them to move into employment outside the CDEP. These activities can also lead to the development of business enterprises.
All JSA providers are required to work in partnership with CDEP providers where they exist (unless the CDEP provider is also the local JSA provider) and Indigenous employment providers, employers and community service organisations, to maximise Indigenous employment in local jobs both within their organisation and within the local and the wider community.
Where CDEP has been nominated as an activity in a person's EPP and a place in CDEP is offered to that person he/she is required to take up that place.
Failure to commence or comply with the conditions of CDEP can result in a possible suspension of payment (3.1.13).
Act reference: SSAct section 606 Newstart Employment Pathway Plan-terms, section 607 Newstart Employment Pathway Plans-principal carers, section 607A Newstart Employment Pathway Plans-people with partial capacity to work, section 607B Newstart Employment Pathway Plan-requirement to participate in an approved program of work, section 544B Youth Allowance Employment Pathway Plan-terms
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Last reviewed: 5 September 2011
