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- Edition Nine
YOUTH COMMITM
September 2014
WELCOME TO OUR NINTH GREAT SOUTH COAST YOUTH COMMITMENT NEWSLETTER
Youth Commitment is a State Government initiative designed to support all young people to finish year 12 or
equivalent or obtain a full-time job linked to training or education. This newsletter highlights some of our success
stories and the role of partnerships in improving the engagement of young people in education and training.
LLENS REMAIN…
FOR NOW
The LLEN network has been given
a lifeline for at least another year
to continue our important work in
helping the most vulnerable young
people in our community.
The Victorian Coalition has announced it will provide only
one year’s funding to the LLENs of $8 million, while the
ALP has announced an election commitment to fund the
LLENs $8 million each year for the next four years.
This support is welcomed and it gives us some surety,
although a long-term commitment would be the best
outcome for the strategic and ongoing nature of our
work and planning.
The Federal Government cut its contribution to the LLENs
in the May budget, leaving the Victorian Government as
its sole source of funds. Since 2010, the state and federal
governments co-funded the LLENs which were originally
set up and funded by the Victorian Government from
2001 to 2009 at a cost of $7.3 million per year.
It is pleasing that the future of the LLENs is confirmed
for at least 2015, depending on which party wins
power, but the different pledges do leave us with
some uncertainty. In the meantime we will continue to
advocate to government about the importance of our
work. In the past four years, the LLENs have assisted
more than 250,000 young Victorians who were at risk of
disengaging, or who had already disengaged from school,
training or work.
Every year the network establishes and monitors more
than 850 partnerships between young people, their
families, training organisations and employers.
This work is especially important in areas such as the
south-west where we have low year 12 attainment levels,
low aspirations, high university deferral rates and high
youth unemployment.
The questions remains – who would do our work
if the LLENs were not around and where would
it leave our young people who are at risk of
disengaging?
The LLENs are 31 independent associations spread across
Victoria and aim to improve outcomes for young people
by increasing education and job opportunities for 12-18
year olds, particularly those at risk of disengaging, or who
have already disengaged from education and training and
are not in meaningful employment.
TONI JENKINS
WORST IN VICTORIA!
THE TERRIBLE NEWS THAT THE SOUTHWEST NOW HAS THE WORST YOUTH
UNEMPLOYMENT IN VICTORIA HAS
PROMPTED PLANS FOR A COMMUNITY
THINK TANK TO LOOK FOR NEW WAYS
TO TACKLE THE CRISIS.
Youth unemployment in the south-west has increased
from 14.5 to 18 per cent, making the region the worst
in the state.
South West LLEN, in conjunction with Glenelg Southern
Grampians LLEN and the Great South Coast Group,
is planning a community think tank to come up with
practical ideas to address this “social crisis”.
Senior partnership broker Helen Bayne said the
employment situation for local 15-24 year-olds was
critical and likely to get worse.
The Brotherhood of St Lawrence earlier this year
predicted that if youth unemployment continued to
rise at the same rate it would hit 22.5 per cent in
Warrnambool and south west Victoria by 2016.
Now that figure could be even worse with the southwest experiencing the biggest percentage increase of
any Victorian region over the past three months.
“We were bad, now we’re worse and we’re likely to
go beyond that Brotherhood of St Lawrence prediction
unless something changes. Sadly there are no signs
that our local economy and jobs market are going to
improve in the near future,” Helen said.
“It’s time for the community to
come together and do something
about it,” she added.
A date and venue for the forum are yet to be
confirmed but Helen said community, industry,
government, education and business leaders would
attend and it would be open to any interested
person with positive suggestions.
WORK TO LIVE
PROGRAM AT LIFELINE
THE WORK TO LIVE
PROGRAM AT LIFELINE
SOUTH WEST VICTORIA
HAS EVOLVED OVER
THE PAST FOUR YEARS
AND HAS RECENTLY
EXPANDED TO PRESENT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
SCHOOL STUDENTS.
The program provides formal and informal referrals for disadvantaged
people seeking support to develop work-ready skills in the retail and
warehousing industries. It has previously been targeted mostly towards
long-term unemployed and people with disabilities.
With support from South West LLEN Workplace Learning Coordinator
Jennifer Lowe, the program now includes a Structured Workplace Learning
component for secondary students.
Lifeline’s model of support is strongly aligned to the
Australian Government’s social inclusion agenda, the four
pillars of which are ‘learn’, ‘work’, ‘engage’ and ‘have a voice’.
The program provides opportunities to gain entry level employability
skills such as communication, team work, problem solving, initiative and
enterprise, planning and organising, self-management, learning and using
technology.
Some participants are able to progress with additional retail and
warehousing experiences that includes merchandising products, interacting
with customers, creating displays, selling products and services, packaging
goods and completing receival and dispatch documentation.
Jennifer Lowe said it was a fantastic program that would benefit students,
particularly those who need mentoring to become work-ready.
PROJECTING
DISABILITY CAREERS
HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE
More than 800 year 9 students from the
Moyne, Corangamite and Warrnambool
regions got to try out potential jobs during
a `come and try’ day organised by South
West LLEN in conjunction with South West
TAFE and the Warrnambool and District
Career Teachers Association.
The jobs on offer included building,
automotive, engineering, beauty and
hairdressing, cabinet making, health and child
services and students got to undertake three
separate 25-minute sessions at the Deakin
University Warrnambool campus.
Sport and recreation, hospitality and children’s
services were the most in-demand programs.
Senior partnership broker Marcus McCormick
said the ‘come and try’ approach was a great
opportunity for students to be exposed to
careers and different industries. Marcus said
it differed from a traditional careers expo and
was made as hands-on as possible.
The event was well received with only 2 per
cent of young people responding to a survey
indicating that they wouldn’t like to see a
similar day in 2015, while 87 per cent agreed or
strongly agreed that the activities were suitable
and interesting.
A NEW PROGRAM IN THE SOUTH-WEST REGION IS
DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO THINK
ABOUT CAREERS IN THE DISABILITY FIELD.
ProjectABLE is a care careers student program developed
in 2012 by National Disability Services NSW to address
the increasing demand for skilled workers in the disability
and community care sector.
Aimed at students in years 10, 11 and 12, ProjectABLE
features workshops delivered by trained facilitators
from local disability service organisations. Students learn
about disability awareness, attitudes and advocacy; the
importance of inclusion and participation for people with
a disability in the community; and career opportunities
and engagement in the disability and community care
sector.
Students interested in a career path into the sector are
supported by ProjectABLE to find suitable local options
which may be through work experience, volunteering,
traineeships and other options.
Colac was chosen as the site for the first workshop
as part of a national roll out of the program. Locally
hosted by SkillsConnection, the first workshop was well
attended and received positive feedback from careers
teachers involved.
South West LLEN worked with ProjectABLE to ensure
that non-school VCAL providers were also included in
the opportunity.
PICTURED: 1. Nick Jones 2. Ellen Emery and
Tiffany Griffiths 3.Taj Merrett. Photos courtesy
Camperdown College.
1.
3.
KARRAPTEETEEN
RETURNS
A new edition of the Karrapteeteen
(message stick) newsletter has been published
to highlight the good work being done locally
to engage Koorie students in education.
The newsletter was established in 2006 by the schools
network Koorie staff then known as Koorie Home School
Liaison Officers and Koorie Educators, now known as
Koorie Engagement Support Officers (KESOs). South
West LLEN has supported the revival and expansion of the
newsletter.
To see the newsletter please click on the following
link: http://www.swllen.net.au/file/file/Newsletters/
Karrapteeteen%20(Message%20Stick)%20Indigenous%20
Newsletter%20-%20June%202014%20-%20Edition%202.pdf
Another edition will be compiled later this year.
2.
COBDEN HAS
TWENTY20 (RE)VISION
After nearly four years of blood, sweat
and toil, Cobden recently reviewed its
Twenty20 Vision community plan to
check the relevance and progress of the
priorities and goals in the strategy.
community newsletter, conducting a “hot spot”
campaign, preparation of a tourism package, continued
development of the Lake Cobden project, new parking
spaces in Curdies Street, lobbying for the sealing of the
airstrip and the sustainability of medical services were
listed as some of the achievements.
Supported by the South West LLEN and Corangamite
Shire, Progressing Cobden conducted a revision evening
attended by nearly 40 residents.
At the end of the evening, participants had the
opportunity to prioritise suggested additions. As a
result, a feasibility study for a town community and
sporting precinct was strongly endorsed and, no doubt,
will appear in the revamped version of Cobden’s
Twenty20 Vision plan.
Achievements were ticked off and additions or
adjustments to the plan were suggested as groups
worked through the four main areas - education
and training/economic sustainability, volunteers and
organisations, tourism and town appearance, and
infrastructure, facilities and services.
Formation of a Cobden business group, design and
erection of town entrance signs, production of a
FINDING THE
RIGHT PATH
Kayleearne Clyde has found
her right education niche at the
Warrnambool WAVE School and is
further spreading her wings with
regular work at South West LLEN.
“WAVE is amazing. I definitely learn more in that
environment,” Kayleearne said.
Her enrolment at the WAVE School over the past few
years has also helped her to find regular work at South
West LLEN and has opened up other training options.
Each Tuesday Kayleearne does reception, filing and
other support work at the LLEN’s Warrnambool office.
The job came about quite by accident.
“I was called and told I could have a job interview in
five minutes so it was all a bit rushed but I did okay,”
Kayleearne said. “I had a three week trial and passed
that so now I’m here every Tuesday.
“I’ve learnt lots of new things since I’ve been here
and it’s an awesome place to work. Everyone is very
supportive,” she added.
Corangamite Shire’s community planning manager
Garry Moorfield led the process which he said was the
first in a series of reviews for towns in the municipality.
“Cobden was the forerunner in the whole process and,
now, they are still setting the pace,” Garry said.
Kayleearne recently completed a week of work
experience at the Florence Collins Childcare Centre
in Warrnambool and hopes to pursue a career in the
childcare field.
“That experience has been
really good and I enjoy
working with kids,” she said.
L2P CORANGAMITE PLAN
The Colac Otway L2P Learner Driver
Mentor Program is going from strength to
strength and support for a new program
in the Corangamite region is gaining
momentum.
VicRoads has recently funded South West LLEN to
investigate proposed models and the viability of
running a Corangamite L2P Learner Driver Mentor
Program.
Jo Brooks from Ideas & Design Consulting is
developing the feasibility plan and will present
recommendations and possible scenarios by the end
of September to South West LLEN, Corangamite Shire
and VicRoads.
The outlook is very positive.
“There is strong community support for the proposal,”
Jo said. “People can see the benefits of having such
a program running locally and typically of small
communities they are coming together in a creative
way to determine how they can make it happen,”
she said.
Jo would like to hear from community members who
are interested in the proposal and can be contacted on
04185 79199.
Corangamite is identified as a region of high youth
disengagement and also has a dearth of public
transport options.
South West LLEN Colac-based partnership broker and
Workplace Learning Coordinator Rachel Wood said
that with the support of the local community, the
Colac Otway program now has a number of young
people who have almost completed the 120 hours
required to be eligible to obtain a probationary licence.
“This would not have
happened without
support from
local government,
volunteers, business
and various funding
bodies,” she said.
To add to this, Community Hub Inc has recently
demonstrated its commitment to the program
through the outright purchase of a vehicle to be
allocated to the Colac Otway L2P Program.
PICTURED: 1. L2P Learner Driver Mentor Program Vehicle 2. South West LLEN’s part-time L2P project worker Jo Brooks discusses
the program’s feasibility study with LLEN colleague Kelvin White.
2.
1.
ATTAINMENT PROJECT
GOES BEYOND THE BELL
The regional drive to reverse the Great South
Coast’s low education attainment rates is
gathering momentum with a new name, the
formation of six local action groups and the
planned appointment of a regional coordinator.
The Great South Coast Group Education Attainment
project has been renamed ‘Beyond the Bell’ and is
working to ensure education attainment in this region
is at least on par with the rest of the state.
The project has secured $74,000 funding and will
appoint a coordinator to deliver six local governmentbased community action plans, and a Great South
Coast Regional Action Plan, designed to lift education
retention rates across the region.
The project has received $46,000 funding from
Regional Development Australia along with $10,000
from the Victorian Department of Education and Early
Childhood Development, $12,000 from the Great
South Coast Group, $4000 from the South West
Community Foundation and $2000 from Women’s
Health & Wellbeing Barwon South West.
In announcing funding, Premier and Member for
South West Coast Denis Napthine said while there
are many exciting pathways for young people living
in the region, it is important to encourage students
to recognise that completing year 12 provides people
PATCH IT UP
SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTH-WEST ARE BEING
ENCOURAGED TO LINK INTO A NEW PILOT
PROGRAM THAT CONNECTS PRACTITIONERS
FROM DIFFERENT AGENCIES WORKING WITH
COMMON CLIENTS.
Patchwork is an innovative web application developed
in the UK by FutureGov and the pilot is happening
in the Warrnambool region through the Municipal
Association of Victoria.
The information sharing network is being trialled in a
number of local government areas.
South West LLEN is encouraging local schools to
become part of the pilot and support the partnership.
At this stage the WAVE School has signed up but it is
hoped others will follow suit.
Senior partnership broker Marcus McCormick said
Patchwork creates an online network of service
providers working with a person. “It will help schools
to understand what organisations students are dealing
with in the community and they will be able to help
them accordingly,” Marcus said.
with increased choices and opportunities when it
comes to pursuing a career.
Each of the action plans will identify short, medium
and longer term interventions and include an
evaluation framework to monitor their success over
time.
Beyond the Bell Chair Marcus McCormick said only 57
per cent of young people aged 18-24 had achieved
Year 12 or equivalent in the Great South Coast region.
This contrasted 77.7 per cent for metropolitan
Melbourne and 74.4 per cent statewide.
Marcus said the Great South Coast Beyond the Bell
project needed the support and involvement of the
entire community if it was to succeed.
“Education attainment is not just an issue for our
schools – it’s an issue for our entire community,
including families,” he said.
“This will be a very long-term initiative that we hope
will result in a cultural change.”
Action groups have been formed in each of the six
Great South Coast council areas, with membership
drawn from across the community.
The groups have been tasked with developing local
action plans by December, with an overarching
regional plan expected to be completed by February
2015.
The process includes asking local communities for new
ideas on how to improve education outcomes.
“If students are engaged with other support services
in the community, schools could benefit from having
access to an easier way of identifying and contacting
these services,” he said.
The idea behind Patchwork is that professionals are
able to provide better services to a client when they
know and can communicate with the whole team
working with that client. This has the added benefit
that each person working with a client can be on the
look-out on behalf of other agencies, and share their
concerns in a quick and simple way.
UK councils have found that Patchwork can improve
collaboration. It has the aim of transforming the way
governments interact with vulnerable families through
improved collaboration.
The project involves staff working in the areas of
maternal and child health, and youth services, but
Patchwork is potentially applicable to all human
services areas in which partners are involved.
The ultimate aim is for Patchwork to be available to all
79 councils, creating links with a wide range of public
sector services, community agencies, and relevant
private health practitioners across Victoria.
The trial is underway in the Warrnambool and
Glenelg areas until December.
BOOKLET SHOWS `WHY YEAR 12’
A new booklet featuring 24 inspiring
stories shows the benefits of completing
year 12 or an equivalent qualification.
The `Why Year 12’ booklet has been compiled by South
West LLEN to showcase different pathways that local
people have taken to successful careers.
South West LLEN Chief Executive Officer Toni Jenkins
said the booklet features the stories of people from
across south-west Victoria who have followed interesting
pathways into their careers.
“It highlights there are number of different ways you can
achieve year 12 or equivalent qualifications,” Toni said.
“No matter what pathway you’re interested in, there’s a
way to get there.”
The book is targeted at young people in late primary and
early secondary school and their families.
“Thinking about future pathways at a young age is
important and we’re trying to encourage families to value
education. It is never too early to start thinking about the
future and what a young person can do to influence the
pathway that they take,” Toni said.
ANOTHER PIECE
OF THE PUZZLE
Regional Engagement Expansion Project (REEP)
project coordinator Heather Reardon describes the
program as a small piece of a jigsaw.
But it’s an important piece that is helping other pieces fall
into place.
REEP sits under the Great South Coast Year 12 or
equivalent attainment project (Beyond the Bell). “It is
a small piece of the jigsaw aimed at developing a new
pedagogy and learning strategies to support and engage
‘at risk’ students, with the aim of keeping them at school
through to year 12 and beyond,” Heather said.
It will introduce alternative instructional strategies and
coach teachers to understand a range of methods that
can be applied in traditional classroom settings to offer
alternative options to help students learn and develop.
“The booklet is part of trying to change the culture early
on and empowering young people and their families to
make informed choices about future options,” she said.
“We hope that reading the stories will
inspire people to understand that
completing year 12 or equivalent is
increasingly important in influencing
what options are available after school.
Year 12 is the launching pad.”
The booklet has been supported by South West LLEN,
Deakin University, South West TAFE, Rotary International,
and Westvic Staffing Solutions and was compiled by Steve
Pogonowski.
Five thousand copies of the booklet are being
distributed to grade 5 and 6 classes across the
south-west. It is also available from South West
LLEN, South West TAFE and Westvic Staffing
Solutions.
and facilitating visits for four nominated REEP teachers to
four best practice Victorian schools to observe and learn
from practitioners.
The program will also convene a community of practice
to support REEP teachers to share knowledge and
experience, learn from each other, problem solve and
provide creative solutions.
Ultimately it will develop a pilot program to be
implemented in the second half of the 2015 school year,
involving 60 students from years 7 and 8 across the four
schools
Heather said that upon completion of the pilot there will
be an analysis and evaluation of its success to inform
improvements required prior to the development of a
‘train the trainer’ resource which will be used to train all
teachers in the partnership.
The aim is to embed the new practice into the ongoing
school program as a sustainable model post 2016.
The program received funding through the State
Government Local Solutions Year 12 Retention Fund.
Four
regional
are involved
in the
REEPpartnership
consortium; brokers with
South
Westschools
LLEN has
two new
senior
Warrnambool
College,
Brauer
Secondary
College,
Helen Bayne and Marcus McCormick replacing Paul Atack in the role.
Mortlake P12 College and Hawkesdale P12 College.
Helen and Marcus are job sharing and are based at the LLEN’s
The
first part of the
program involves a literature review
Warrnambool
office.
of successful strategies both nationally and internationally
PATHFINDERS ENTER
THE WORLD OF WORK
CORANGAMITE’S PATHFINDERS VCAL
PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS HAVE BEEN
MAKING INROADS INTO THE WORLD
OF WORK.
The Camperdown-based re-engagement program is
working closely with district employers to prepare for
work placements and find out more about careers
options generally.
After visiting Florence Collins Children’s Services,
Des Cooper’s Panel Works, AquaZone and Rodger
Constructions in Warrnambool on August 18, the group
returned to Camperdown on August 25 to “grill” local
employers.
In small groups, they visited HelloWorld travel agency,
Bostocks Creek Design and Drafting, the Hampden
Hotel, Macqueen’s Funerals, Camperdown Veterinary
Centre and Camperdown Quality Meats.
Following that, the students toured Camperdown Dairy
and South West Healthcare where they were given
excellent insights into the world of work.
“All employers have been fantastic. Not only did they
provide access to their workplaces but they also spoke
frankly about the challenges of running a successful
business,” Workplace Learning Coordinator Kelvin
White said.
FESTIVAL
FUTURE FOCUS
The Colac Kana Festival for 2014 was once again a
blaze of colour, music and movement but this year it
also featured a sobering message. With the theme of
‘What I want to be when I grow up’ the festival was
focussed on raising aspirations in the community
about career opportunities and pathways as well as
recognising the diverse career options that exist.
Each year the Colac Kana Festival releases a colouring
competition to the schools in the Colac Otway Shire. This
year Colac Kana partnered with South West LLEN for a
competition whereby school children could draw their
own dreams for their future career and tell us why. Artistic
impression was left up to the individual students.
In addition to the colouring competition, the festival also
invited children to participate in a fashion parade at the
conclusion of the street parade. This gave students and
children a further opportunity to showcase their costume
and diversity of career choices.
MORE LOCALS DEFER
South-west Victorian students are deferring
their university courses at double the rate of the
rest of Victoria.
and Brigid Freeman, from the University of Melbourne.
The research was originally started in 2008 and funded in
2009 by the Department of Education and Early Childhood
Development, and is supported by the Victorian LLENs0
and the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria (YACVic).
The latest On Track data shows 18.8 per cent of finishing
2013 students in south-west Victoria deferred their
courses, compared to 9.4 per cent state-wide.
South West LLEN CEO Toni Jenkins said country kids
are just as capable as their city counterparts but their
opportunities are hindered by costs and travel barriers.
A recently-released report has called for students in the
south-west and other regional areas to receive more
financial, social and accommodation support to overcome
significant barriers in accessing higher education.
“Country students deserve equality in accessing further
education,” Toni said.
The Deferring a University Offer in Victoria report launched
in August recommends affordable and supportive
accommodation options near Melbourne educational
institutions, and more course, career, financial and social
guidance, particularly in the first two years out of school.
The report brings together six years of research and
reveals that young people from non-metropolitan areas
defer their university offer at twice the rate of their
metropolitan counterparts and that nearly 40 per cent of
deferrers fail to take up the offer after a year.
Financial stresses and travel-related factors are the biggest
barriers for rural and regional students and many struggle
to make the social transition after leaving home. For many
students, government financial support is essential for
them to take up their university offer.
However, many students found the process of
demonstrating eligibility for government financial support
frustrating, and said it influenced the choices they make.
The report confirms the proportion of rural and regional
students who complete year 12 and continue to university
is substantially lower than in Melbourne.
“This report confirms they don’t have equal access and
need more support. We know this is a problem and have
the evidence-based research to prove it, now we need
government policies to address this inequity.
“The number of jobs today that demand a university
qualification is increasing and this trend will continue
in the future. Our local young people deserve the same
chance as city kids.”
Professor Polesel said rural and regional students have
a double disadvantage due to the financial and social
capacity of the young person and their family to support
relocation. “Young people from regional areas, while
equally capable, are more likely as a result of increased
deferral rates, to take a longer time to qualify,” he said.
“This is important as it is indicative of the importance of
assisted independence while studying, particularly for
non-metropolitan students, who are more likely to be
living away from home,” Professor Polesel said.
The research shows more effective structures of initial
support, including additional financial and social support
and advice to young people from regional areas, are
needed in preparing for relocation and in the first year of
university, Professor Polesel said.
It says the challenges faced by non-metropolitan young
people are significant and often prevent them from
accessing or even aspiring to higher education.
The report was released on August 14 and is based on
longitudinal research by John Polesel, Malgorzata Klatt
DEFERMENT STUDY
STARTED LOCALLY
The latest and final Deferring a University Offer in
Victoria has again highlighted the gulf between
metropolitan and country students.
The research started in 2008 and was funded in 2009
by the Department of Education and Early Childhood
Development, and is supported by the Victorian LLENs.
students not returning to study was of particular concern
and the LLEN compiled some local figures.
Other LLENs shared these concerns and formed a
partnership to approach Professor Polesel to do a bigger
sample of deferring students.
Fifteen rural and regional LLENs combined resources
to start the research which in 2008 was taken up and
funded by the Department of Innovation, Industry and
Regional Development.
The Deferring a University Offer in Victoria report
stemmed from initiatives of South West LLEN in 2005.
The report tracks the destinations, activities and views of
regional and metropolitan students who deferred further
studies after completing year 12 in 2009.
At the time, South West LLEN was concerned about the
emerging trend towards deferment and the impact it was
having on local communities. The threat of deferring
The research has been important in providing the
evidence-based planning required by government.
The funding has now ended.
PROMOTING DAIRY CAREERS
The inaugural Warrnambool Cheese and
Butter Adrian Meade Dairy Innovation
Program gave 12 keen secondary students
a unique opportunity to learn about the
dairy industry supply chain and its diverse
range of careers it offers.
The structured workplace learning program ran over six
days, including two sessions at Allansford and a fourday bus tour of the dairy industry supply chain.
The program was new this year and replaced the
former Adrian Meade Scholarship awarded to an
agribusiness student at Melbourne University. The
new format allows year 10 and 11 students from the
milk supply region to consider careers in the dairy
industry so they can choose subjects and courses
through school that will assist them towards their
chosen career.
MEMBERSHIP CHART
CATEGORY 1 - Schools
Hampden Specialist School, Colac Specialist School, Cobden Primary
School, Cobden Technical School, Terang College, Koroit and District
Primary School, Trinity College, Woolsthorpe Primary School, Our
Lady Help of Christians School, Brauer College, Warrnambool East
Primary School, Warrnambool College, Hawkesdale P-12 College,
Timboon P-12 School, Camperdown College, Lavers Hill P-12
College, St Patricks Primary School, Mortlake College, Community
VCAL, Simpson Primary School, Colac Secondary College, Kings
College, Emmanuel College, Birregurra P-12 School
CATEGORY 2 - TAFE Providers
Gordon Institute of TAFE, South West Institute of TAFE
Students were selected on their interest level and
willingness to participate in all aspects of the program.
Schools were very keen to involve their students in the
program, recognising it as an exceptional opportunity
to engage directly with industry.
Students taking part came from Ballarat, Colac, Terang,
Cobden, Warrnambool, Hamilton, Portland and Mt
Gambier. Some students were town-based but have
a strong interest in learning more about dairying and
building on their existing experience.
South West LLEN was involved in the
preliminary work to establish the SWL
program and helped to promote the
scheme to district schools.
CATEGORY 8 - Other Community & Regional Organisations
Westvic Dairy, Department of Planning and Community Development,
YACVic, Brophy Family and Youth Services, Community Connections,
St John of Gods, Western Region Alcohol and Drug Centre (WRAD),
South West Primary Care Partnership, BSW ACFE, Colac Area Health,
Police Victoria, Shipwreck Coast Tourism, Community Southwest Ltd,
CRS Australia
CATEGORY 9 - Koori Organisations
Warrnambool and District Aboriginal CJP Co-Operative Ltd,
Aboriginal Affairs Victoria (DPCD), Tarerer Gunditj Project
Association Inc., Warrnambool LAECG, DEECD - Koorie Education
Support Officer, Gunditjmara
CATEGORY 10 - Community Members
81 Community Members
CATEGORY 3 - Adult & Community Educ. (ACE) providers
Otway Community College, Community College Warrnambool,
Corangamite District Adult Education
CATEGORY 4 - Other Education & Training Organisations
STAFF MEMBERS
Deakin University, WDEA, MEGT, Westvic Staffing Solutions,
Matchworks, Mentor HR, AVTES
Toni Jenkins CEO
Jeff Hintum Admistration and Finance
CATEGORY 5 - Trade Unions
Marcus McCormick Partnership Broker
Helen Bayne
Partnership Broker
Rachel Wood Partnership Broker/WLC
South West Trades and Labour Council
CATEGORY 6 - Employers & Employer Service Organisations
Rural Skills Australia, Barongarook Gardens, Robert L. Wallis,
Otway Estate, The Standard, Media Masters VIC, ACE Radio/3YB/
Coast FM, Janah Administration, Tait Leishman Taylor, Midfield,
BDH Construction, Victorian Farmers Federation, Spence Builders
and Joiners, Demo Dairy, South West Communications, South West
Sustainability Partnership, Ryan Moves
CATEGORY 7 - Local Governments
Warrnambool City Council, Moyne Shire Council, Corangamite Shire,
Colac Otway Shire
South West Local Learning and Employment Network
182A Lava Street, Warrnambool, Victoria 3280
P: 61 3 5561 0047 F: 61 3 5561 0048
E: reception@swllen.net.au www.swllen.net.au
Lucy Quarterman
City Kids Country Experience
Project Officer
Kelvin White Workplace Learning Coordinator
Jennifer Lowe Workplace Learning Coordinator