Employment & training research

The Audi Women in Automotive pilot program ran for eight weeks in late 2017, with participants undertaking both TAFE training in Automotive Administration and a vocational placement within an Audi dealership. The evaluation found that the program was successful in building the confidence, knowledge and workplace skills of participants and also helped them to hone their aspirations for future training and employment.

Mission Australia collaborated with Youth Action and Uniting to explore the barriers experienced by young people in NSW. This report identify a series of recommendations to address these issues.

The Synergy Automotive Repairs Program (Synergy Program) is a diversionary social enterprise aimed at positively impacting the lives of young people involved in motor vehicle offending (e.g. theft, vandalism, hooning). In order to assess the impact of the program, a process evaluation of the initiative was commissioned.

The Synergy Automotive Repairs Program (Synergy Program) is a diversionary social enterprise aimed at positively impacting the lives of young people involved in motor vehicle offending (e.g. theft, vandalism, hooning). In order to assess the impact of the program, a process evaluation of the initiative was commissioned.

This publication explores opportunities for the development of social enterprise in Western Australia, undertaken by Mission Australia and the Western Australian Council of Social Service (WACOSS) during 2011. In 2015 a literature review, series of interviews and research was undertaken to include progress to date.

This document reports on the research of the Catalyst Clemente study, 'Social inclusion through community embedded, socially-supported university education', funded through an Australian Research Council grant.