You will be allocated to an Employment Consultant who will continue to work with you to look for suitable work. It is important to understand that this is a collaborative process and your full cooperation will be required. You will be guided by your consultant on job searching activities via a number of means including newspapers, the internet, cold canvassing and work trials. Your consultant will also help with resumes and job applications.
Your consultant will also be jobsearching and contacting various employers on your behalf to discuss with them jobs that you would like to do. You will be required to remain contactable and will meet regularly with your consultant to review and revise job searching activities as necessary. If it is determined that you may benefit from additional training then your consultant will arrange this for you.
Once potential work is found your consultant will seek clear information from the employer about what the job entails. We may even organise a work trial for you. The information we will get from the employer may include:
Your consultant will also be jobsearching and contacting various employers on your behalf to discuss with them jobs that you would like to do. You will be required to remain contactable and will meet regularly with your consultant to review and revise job searching activities as necessary. If it is determined that you may benefit from additional training then your consultant will arrange this for you.
Once potential work is found your consultant will seek clear information from the employer about what the job entails. We may even organise a work trial for you. The information we will get from the employer may include:
- Starting and finishing time
- Morning and Afternoon tea breaks
- Lunch breaks
- What you will need to wear to work
- What the job actually involves
- Ensuring you will receive Workers Compensation Cover from the employer
- How much you will be paid
- The Industrial Award or Australian Workplace Agreement you will be paid under
- Holiday, sick days and other entitlements
- Who your supervisor and work colleagues will be
