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How To Keep Your New Job
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... of maintaining long term employment and end your reliance on Centrelink benefits. You will be on probation for the first three months so here are some hints to help you succeed. ... Friday, 27 June 2008Wage Subsidies
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... a financial incentive to employers to help cover the costs of training, development and paying wages in the first few months of employment. ... Friday, 21 March 2008Project Officer Circles of Care - South Cairns - Fixed-term (12 months)
Category: Work For Mission Australia/ Mission Australia Jobs - Queensland
‘Circles of Care’ is an exciting new project which aims to be a critical step in identifying and responding to the individual needs of vulnerable children. Supportive networks of caring adults will be ... Wednesday, 03 September 2008Services Manager Roma House - Brisbane - Fixed-term (3 months)
Category: Work For Mission Australia/ Mission Australia Jobs - Queensland
... for up to 39 homeless people, many of whom have been sleeping rough, been excluded from existing services and have complex needs. These people will have the opportunity to live for three months in the ... Monday, 01 September 2008Homeless men take up the City2Surf Challenge
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... to wear.” Alex Marshall is one of the homeless men participating in the City2Surf. Alex has been homeless for 12 months and recently took part in the Big Issue’s Street Soccer National Championship ... Friday, 08 August 2008Spiralling fuel costs hurt Sydney's Missionbeat vans
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... the four vans we do around 80,000 kilometres every 12 months,” said Mr Petsalis. “You can imagine what sort of impact rising petrol costs have on our ability to do our job – patrolling the streets of ... Tuesday, 24 June 2008Mission Australia welcomes groundbreaking youth homelessness report
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... into the community. “At the moment, a homeless young person might receive help for three months at a crisis service and then get placed in more long-term accommodation – which supposedly ends the problem. ... Wednesday, 09 April 2008Youth Beat service highlights concerns for young Tasmanians
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... based engagement Mission Australia aims to link young people to family, education, community and recreation within Glenorchy. “Since its launch over six months ago, the Youth Beat van has built a strong ... Monday, 07 April 2008Employers
Category: Employment Services/Employers
... and wages in the first few months of employment. The Wage Subsidy is paid after the job seeker has been employed for 14 and 27 consecutive weeks and for the agreed number of hours as detailed in your agreement ... Sunday, 23 March 2008Employer Support
Category: Employment Services/Employers
... incentives to employers of eligible job seekers. This support assists you with the costs of training, development and wages in the first few months of employment. The Wage Subsidy is paid after the job ... Friday, 21 March 2008NSW/ACT Volunteer Opportunities
Category: Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities
... at Mission Australia’s Creative Youth Initiatives, Surry Hills NSW 1 hour per week for 6 months (Training and special events additional) Mentor a Young person to achieve Individual Goals If you ... Tuesday, 18 March 2008QLD Volunteer Opportunities
Category: Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities
... communication skills and administrative experience. Minimum Commitment: We require a minimum commitment of 1-2 days per week for a period of 3 months. The hours per week may vary from time to time depending ... Tuesday, 18 March 2008VIC Volunteer Opportunities
Category: Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities
... need to get on track for success. Volunteer Commitment: 1 hour per week for a minimum of 6 months Volunteer Requirements: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, cultural awareness or a desire ... Tuesday, 18 March 2008Pathways through a successful youth
Category: Community Services/Community Services
... and personal development program for young people, aged 13-19 who have been disconnected from mainstream schooling for more than three months. It is a federally funded program that Mission Australia provides ... Tuesday, 18 March 2008Garden therapy for mentally ill
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Mission Australia is trialling the use of gardening as a way to combat the isolation, stigma and poor health experienced by people suffering from mental illness. For the past six months, clients of Mission ... Monday, 17 March 2008Program wins crime prevention award
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... According to Mission Australia’s Jioji Ravulo, from 2005 to 2007, 65 per cent of Pacifika Support Service clients did not commit any crimes 12 months after completing the program. Funded by the Department ... Tuesday, 26 February 2008Affordable housing crisis a big issue for regional areas like Port Pirie, Port Augusta and Whyalla.
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... Iron Triangle towns including Whyalla are looking at median housing price growth of more than 20 per cent over the past 12 months,” Mr Herselman said. “Many people will benefit from the resources boom, ... Friday, 02 November 2007Home care program for mentally ill reaps huge rewards National Mental Health Week
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... of Health – have spent a combined 28 days in hospital over the past 12 months. In the 12 months prior to HASI beginning, the same clients spent a combined 356 days in hospital. According to Mission ... Monday, 08 October 2007New support on mental health issues for individuals, families in Whyalla region
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... and Mission Australia hoped in the coming months to make support available also to communities as far north as Coober Pedy. “Mental health issues were once taboo in rural and regional Australia and many ... Thursday, 16 August 2007Sydney’s bed shortage crisis for homeless women
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... a serious bed shortage for this client group. In the past 12 months, Mission Australia’s 23-bed Kings Cross crisis accommodation service for women, A Woman’s Place, has provided accommodation for around ... Monday, 06 August 2007WA’s booming housing market drives 30% increase in homeless families
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... to be most in need of a home - can be up to 18 months or more. “As families are priced out of affordable housing and the rental market, they either struggle to get by themselves by moving into transitional ... Monday, 06 August 2007Increased rents create greater risk of homelessness
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... for three months. Roma House’s referral agency, Homeless Persons Information Queensland (HPIQ)*, has also recorded an average increase of 54% each month since launching in April last year, with the latest ... Monday, 06 August 2007Hunter Legal Service assisting the Disadvantaged
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The Hunter Homelessness Law and Advocacy Service (HHLAS) has helped a wide range of people since it began operating in the Hunter six (6) months ago. The Mission Australia pilot service, established ... Thursday, 05 July 2007Mission Australia's Green Corps project to help rehabilitate MT Crawford Forest
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... Mission Australia’s State Director Mark Herselman said the project would recruit ten young people aged 17-20 years to work together for six months to help establish biodiversity corridors and low impact ... Tuesday, 12 June 2007Job seekers give new life to school after arson attack
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... work of a group of jobseekers. The Mission Australia Elizabeth Park Primary Rejuvenation Work for the Dole project has seen a group of 20 jobseekers working on the school for the past six months, to ... Monday, 05 March 2007