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Queensland Reds join job seekers on mural project |
| 23 September 2011 |
 Queensland Reds players recently joined a group of young Aboriginal job seekers to paint a community mural at the Mission Australia Employment Solutions office in Stones Corner, Brisbane.The young job seekers are participants in the Mission Australia and Queensland Reds Indigenous Employment Program, helping to provide opportunities for young Aboriginal Queenslanders that will lead to secure, sustainable employment. Mission Australia Indigenous Employment Co-Ordinator Vili Faingaa said the mural painting was about helping to build the confidence of the young job seekers and providing an opportunity for them to work with other job seekers as well as the Reds players. "Last Friday's mural painting was a chance for the job seekers to engage with players, talk about their personal situations, and to create a piece of community art that represents their story together," Vili said. "Professional artist Stephen Hogarth worked with the young people and the players to create an artwork that the whole community can enjoy." The Mission Australia-Queensland Reds Indigenous Employment Program is currently working with 33 young people to help them become engaged in the workforce, with several of the participants already finding employment within the first few months of the program. Through the program, unemployed job seekers are assisted by Mission Australia mentors to identify their career and employment goals and work towards achieving them. The Reds players also work with the job seekers as they undertake training or start new jobs, to encourage them and help them overcome any challenges in their new jobs.  |
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