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Job Ready Program

Do you want to make a positive difference to the lives of others and the wider community?

Are you looking for work and would like the opportunity to see what working in the Aged and Disability sectors involve?

The Job Ready Program provides this opportunity and a pathway to employment and/or further training. It does this through classroom based training and a work placement with either an aged care or disability employer.

Ageing and Disability Job Ready Program

Free Training Pathway

The Department of Training and Workforce Development, in partnership with Community Skills WA and key industry partners developed the Ageing and Disability Job Ready Program. The Program is 100% fee-free for all eligible students.

The program consists of:

Comprehensive training including infection control, manual handling and providing personal support
70 hours work placement (full time or part time)

Are you eligible for free training?

To check your eligibility for free training click here.

Please note: You must be fully COVID vaccinated to participate in this program

Ageing and Disability Job Ready Program

View the Job Ready Flyer (pdf)

Once you complete the program and are job ready to join the ageing and disability workforce. You may:

receive an offer of employment with your work placement employer
be offered a traineeship in aged care or disability work
have opportunities to use your skills to transition into an allied health occupation; and/or
connect with other employment opportunities and/or complete further studies to gain a qualification in aged care or disability support

Register your expression of interest

The purpose of the Ageing and Disability Job Ready Program is to help people gain employment, ideally as a trainee.

This is an exciting opportunity to start a career that makes a difference and supports a person to reach their goals, engage in the community and meet their support needs. If you are excited to learn more about working in these sectors please view
#ThinkSupport – https://thinksupport.org.au/#learn-more or
CareCareers – https://www.carecareers.com.au/the-sector-aged-community-care/

The first step to participate is to complete this form. This form will take approximately 5 minutes to complete and once submitted we will contact you.

If you have any questions please contact us on 08 9445 1511.

1Contact Information

2About You

Name

First

Middle

Last

Date of birth

You must be 18 years or over to be eligible for this program

Gender

Are you an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander?

Day time phone number

Home Suburb

Having a career in either the ageing or disability sector can be very rewarding. Please indicate below if you have a preference as to which sector you would like to work.

If you need some assistance to determine which sector you might like to work in, or are not sure which sector might be right for you, take the quiz available on the Care Careers website https://www.carecareers.com.au/page/career-quiz to help you decide

Tick any of the skills and personal attributes listed below that you think you have.

Problem solving skills
Adaptable
Empathetic
Communication skills
Tolerance, patience and understanding
Willingness to interact with all genders and work with individuals from different backgrounds and cultures

Please provide a brief description of your previous experience or qualifications, especially if you think it may be relevant to the ageing or disability support sector.

NOTE: There will be an opportunity to provide a full resume at a later date if required.

What inspires you to want a career that supports people who are ageing or people with disability?

Please keep your response to 200 words or less

To enter the ageing or disability sector, there are a number of requirements that must be met. These may include the below. Please indicate if you are able to meet these requirements.

National Criminal History Record Check (issued in the last 3 months)
COVID vaccination
Current Flu vaccine

Are you willing to undertake, and pass, any drug and alcohol tests or medical assessments as required for the role?

Note: employers have strict rules about drug use and injury prevention.

How did you find out about the Ageing and Disability Job-Ready Program?

Job Active Provider
Jobs and Skills Centre
TAFE/Registered Training Organisation
Word of mouth
Other

Other...

Where did you hear about the Ageing and Disability Job-Ready program

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Community Skills WA acknowledges that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the first Australians and remain the cultural and spiritual custodians of their land. Community Skills WA recognise and value the continued practice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, beliefs and knowledge and value the contributions they make to the community services, health, and education sectors across the State of Western Australia. We pay our respects to the Elders past and present.