Post Release Indigenous Sustainable Employment

 

BSI Learning is a contracted STEP ERS provider funded by DEEWR .In NSW we currently run a program to assist Indigenous people find sustainable long term employment.

 

The objective of the PRISE (Post Release Indigenous Sustainable Employment) program is to provide substantial and specialised assistance to indigenous ex-offenders throughout NSW to stimulate sustainable employment opportunities.. These particular clients are arguably the most marginalised group due to employment history and non-vocational issues such as transitory life style, educational standards, cultural influences and custodial experience.

 

The aim of this program therefore is to increase sustainable employment opportunities and reduce the rates of recidivism by providing a holistic package of pre-employment and placement support services combined with employer incentives which include on the job and off the job mentoring support, cultural assistance and wage incentive payments.

 

The program is broken up into four phases with mentoring underpinning all phases:

  • Recruitment
  • Pre-employment- employment readiness
  • Employment Placement
  • Mentoring

 

The goal of the PRISE program is not just to get someone into a job, it is to keep them there, and it is for this reason that our program contains case management and mentoring for a period of 12 months for general employment, or 2 years for a traineeship.

 

Recruitment of participants

Program marketing to and referrals received from NSW Department of Corrections and from DEEWR PAGES e.g. JNP's, CDEP's, IEC's and other indigenous employment support networks.

 

 

Registration

Registration involving the following:

  • Program registration form (personal details)
  • IDP (individual development planning including needs analysis)
  • LLN gap identifier
  • Skills audit
  • Signing of consent to release info document
  • Issue of privacy statement
  • Employment

 

Jobsearch, Employment and Mentoring

 

BSI Learnings case managers work with the individuals on our program to help them identify the most suitable career path for them, and then assist them with jobsearch to the identified industry.

Once a participant has successfully gained employment our case managers move into a mentoring role where we are able to assist the the participant with issues they may have that are effecting there ability on the job. We are also there to assist the employer with any problems that they may identify. Our aim is to ensure that the employment is as trouble free as possible to ensure our participants are able to maintain their employment.

 

Some advantages to an organisation hiring an Indigenous person is that they may be Eligible to receive Wage Assistance.

Offering positions as Apprenticeships or Traineeship may also make you eligible for training subsidies of up to $4000 from the Federal Government and depending on the industry there may be State Government funding also available.

 

More Information

Please contact us on Free Call 1300 784 263 and one of our helpful BSI Learning representatives will assist you and your program needs.

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