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Tangentyere Job Shop

Purpose

Tangentyere Job Shop provides employment and training services to Indigenous people in Central Australia which are culturally sensitive and commercially viable. It is a commercial enterprise, operating as a charitable trust for Tangentyere Council, with its own Board of Management.

Activities

The Job Shop currently delivers two main employment and training services:

• Under its Remote Area Services contract, the Job Shop operates in five remote communities in Central Australia - Titjikala, Santa Teresa, Harts Range, Utopia and Ti Tree. The specific services provided are Job Network, Personal Support Program, Job Placement Employment and Training, the Disability Employment Network, the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme and Work for the Dole.
• In the town of Alice Springs the Job Shop offers three complementary programmes. These are:

1. the Personal Support Programme, which is aimed at assisting people with major barriers to getting a job;
2. the Indigenous Youth Employment Consultant Service, for people aged between 15 - 19 years old and seeking employment, education or training opportunities; and
3. the Access Programme, targeted at people keen to take on an apprenticeship.

Major Partnerships

• Tangentyere Job Shop is a member of Job Futures Ltd, a not for profit national organisation providing peak body support to locally based job network and other employment related organisations, including a number of other Aboriginal organisations.
• Job Shop works closely with a range of employers, businesses and suppliers in Alice Springs and surrounding areas, and is an active member of the Indigenous Education and Employment Taskforce.

History of Tangentyere Job Shop

• The Job Shop commenced operating as a Job Network provider on 28 February 2000, under a three year contract with the (then) Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) to deliver employment and training services in the town of Alice Springs.
• Job Shop employed five staff initially and placed 84 people into jobs in the first year. Of these, over half were placements in the community sector, mostly in Aboriginal organisations, one third were in the private sector, with the mining industry being the biggest recruiter, and 13% were in the government sector.
• In 2002 Tangentyere Job Shop joined Job Futures Ltd. It also took on a contract to deliver the Personal Support Program.
• In July 2003 Tangentyere Job Shop was successful with the support of Job Futures in retaining its Job Network and Personal Support Program contracts. Staff levels increased to 13 at the beginning of the contract, and by the end of the contract in June 2006 23 staff were employed.
• In 2003-06 Tangentyere Job Shop performed well enough on the national Job Network star rating (performance) system to have its three year contract automatically renewed for 2006-09. In addition, the Job Shop was a part of the Job Futures successful bid for remote area services. Five remote Central Australian communities were identified as service delivery sites.
• In 2006-07, placed 237 Intensive Support Indigenous job seekers from Alice Springs and remote communities in jobs. Despite these achievements, the Job Shop failed to reach the Job Network star rating benchmarks for its town service. On 10 August 2007 this part of the Job Shop operation ceased.
• At the same time, closure of CDEP was rolled out in remote communities, resulting in the Work for the Dole scheme becoming a huge area of activity. The flow on effect for the Job Shop has been to expand activity and staffing to service its remote area contract. The Personal Support Programme, the Indigenous Youth Employment Consultant service, and the Access Programme, continue to be delivered to town based people.

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