Employment Support

Employment and support for Town Campers to enter the workforce is a key priority for Town Campers. We provide job seekers with upskilling and training opportunities, language literacy and numeracy programs. The program also includes effective employment mentoring, which is helping job seekers gain and retain employment.

Our program is place-based and so activities are tailored to the needs of each community and interests of the job seekers and local industry. This helps to give Town Campers more control over the delivery of the employment support programs, while job seekers are developing soft skills and greater self confidence to better prepare for the workforce.

We provide key services such as:

• Engagement with employers and other services and organisations;
• Economic development support;
• Support for jobseekers with a disability;
• General services;
• Case management;
• Compliance;
• Remote employment; and 
• Use of the Employment Assistance Fund.
• We are led and governed by Aboriginal people;
• Employment services are amongst many services that we operate in an integrated manner to support the overall wellbeing and safety of the Town Campers; 
• We focus on jobseekers and their wellbeing, emphasising active case management; 
• We are motivated by individual’s stories and needs;
• We support Aboriginal people from different locations, including in prison before people are released. 

Our employment programs are unique – we can provide some jobseekers with the chance to have a taste of roles within Tangentyere. This means great practice for the workforce in a safe and reassuring cultural fit. The Town Camps are considered remote for activities such as employment services. This is an important categorisation, as they are culturally remote from the services in town, and there is a constant flow of people to and from the remote communities.

These program are strong because:

• We are led and governed by Aboriginal people
• Employment services are amongst many services that we operate in an integrated manner to support the overall wellbeing and safety of the Town Campers; 
• We focus on jobseekers and their wellbeing, emphasising active case management; 
• We are motivated by individual’s stories and needs;
• We support Aboriginal people from different locations, including in prison before people are released. 

Our current employment programs are through the Remote Australia Employment and Services (RAES) program.