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Youth at risk the focus of new Adelaide Jobs Service |
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| 29 Jun 2009 |
 A new era in employment services for Adelaide begins today with the launch of the new youth-focused Mission Australia Employment Solutions centre in Elizabeth.The South Australian Minister of Employment, Training and Further Education, Michael O'Brien, will launch the office this morning. Mission Australia’s Executive Leader of Employment Services, Leisa Hart, will attend the launch, along with about 60 local employers and a group of young job seekers... Ms Hart says the Elizabeth site is one of 93 Mission Australia has been contracted to provide across the country under the Federal Government’s new Job Services Australia (JSA) scheme, which came into effect earlier this week. However, Ms Hart said the Elizabeth service was one of three the organisation would provide across the country with a specific focus on young unemployed people. “In awarding its JSA contracts, the Federal Government identified particular regions where youth unemployment is particularly high and young people were vulnerable,” Ms Hart says. “Young people in Elizabeth and the greater Playford area historically have had difficulty in finding a job, and the global financial crisis has not helped their efforts.” Statistics from the Northern Adelaide Employment Service Area – which includes the region covered by the new Mission Australia site at Elizabeth – indicate the unemployment rate in the area is 9.1 per cent (March 2009), compared with 7.3 per cent in the area covering central Adelaide and 6.3 per cent across South Australia. It is the third highest unemployment rate in employment service areas around the country. However, Ms Hart says that according to the most recent available employment figures for the City of Playford – which were released as part of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2006 Census – youth unemployment across Elizabeth and surrounding suburbs was between 25 and 33 per cent. “If youth unemployment rates were above 30 per cent in some of these areas while Australia was experiencing the economic boom three years ago, it’s likely they are much higher in these tough times,” Ms Hart says. “Mission Australia’s employment services are about helping employers determine who and what they need, and to link them with the many Australians looking for long-term jobs. “But at our youth at risk sites – including Elizabeth – we’ll be doing much more to give young job seekers the skills, training and confidence required to ensure they are ready to seek, find and keep jobs.” Ms Hart says Mission Australia has a network of people and services who work with young people at risk in the Elizabeth area to help them overcome barriers to employment such as inadequate family and accommodation support, drug and alcohol problems, and insufficient formal education qualifications. “Mission Australia will work with these services to ensure Elizabeth’s young job seekers are prepared for interviews and confident in their ability to win and sustain the jobs they seek.” Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites           |
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