Welfare to Work

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Welfare to Work

• New client groups and tools to help
• Parents
• People with disabilities

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Outline

• W2W context
• Current case load and JN performance to date
• Post 1 July pathways for new clients
• New and additional services
• New tools

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Main W2W - groups

• people with a disability 500m
• parents 280m
• mature age people 5m
• the very long term unemployed 360m

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Current - Active case load

• PWD 130 000
• DSP 34 000
• Other self identify thru JSCI
• Volunteers
• Parents 100,000
• PPP/PPS
• Of these over 50 000 in Intensive Support
• Volunteers

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JN performance - PWD 2005

• Job Placements
• 56 800 ( 30)
• Long term (13 week) jobs 16 000 (51)
• 47.3 positive outcomes

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JN performance - Parents 2005

• Job Placements
• 40 500 (50)
• Long term (13 week) jobs 15 200 (50)
• 62.7 positive outcomes

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1 July - Flow

• Gradual growth in PWD depending on JCA outcomes
• new claims from 1 July 2006
• Transition stock
• May 05-May 2006
• Grandfathered stock volunteers
• Reg prior to May 05
• Parents again slow growth with more entering
  from July 2007

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JCA Pathway
Job Seeker

• Job Capacity Assessment
• Medical conditions
• Work capacity level
• Assessment report
• JSCI - update
• Interventions
• Service referral
• Pre-vocational account

Centrelink

• DSP claimant
• DSP review
• Reduced work capacity
• ESP referral
• Barrier assessment
• JSCI trigger

JSCI
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Newstart vs DSP

• Newstart DSP
• work capacity gt15 hrs work capacity lt15 hrs
• Full or part MO volunteers
• Support requirements?
• no on going support beyond 6 mths ? Job Network
• specialist rehabilitation ? Voc Rehab
• specialist support or gt 6 mths ? DOES
• Multi-non voc barriers ? PSP/ JPET

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Tools for PWD

• Job Capacity Assessment Reports pre-voc
  services
• JobAccess new on line information and advice
  service
• Workplace Modifications easier to access and
  25m funding
• e-learning - the learning centre
• getting ready for 1 July
• Mental health awareness

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PPP / PPS and parent volunteers

• Volunteers vs part time participation
  requirements
• Low hours
• New services
• Employment preparation
• Local linkages to assist with childcare
• Parent Toolbox
• Service Guarantee for parents

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Parent Servicing Strategies Seminars

• Nationally during May and June 2006
• Effective Strategies in servicing Parents
  including
• -barriers to employment
• -how to better use APM flexibilities
• -an overview of welfare to work changes
• -strategies for tapping into local opportunities