Our Mission Statement
Employment Directions will: provide a range of quality services within the community to assist people to engage in education and gain suitable employment. ; respond to the needs of highly disadvantaged people in the local community; and operate in a financially sustainable manner.
Our Values
Employment Directions seeks to aid the highly disadvantaged who do not receive the services they need in the community. We are morally obligated to utilise government funding and program funding wisely and prudently for their benefit.
Our History
Employment Directions is a community based non-profit organisation.
In the Gawler and Barossa regions the organisation commenced as two separate bodies in 1978 to deliver Community Youth Support Scheme (CYSS) to unemployed youth.
After 12 years of delivering CYSS in their communities the two committees applied for SkillShare funds to deliver programs to unemployed people in the region. Both organisations served the people in this district by offering a range of services primarily focussed on assisting job seekers into employment. During this time strong links were established with local employers to maximise opportunities for participants. In December 1996 the two committees amalgamated to ensure that with the release of the employment services “Job Network” national tender the two organisations would be in a strong position to win business in the Barossa, Clare and Gawler regions that they had operated in for 21 years.
Employment Directions were successful in becoming a Job Network provider, delivering Job Placement and Intensive Support to job seekers within the region. Peterborough and Port Pirie were included as new communities within the regions through a second successful Job Network tender; which has subsequently rolled in to a third. The organisation currently has permanent offices in Nuriootpa (Head Office), Gawler, Clare, Port Pirie, Kadina and Peterborough.
Since amalgamating the two sites, Employment Directions, was also successful in securing funds to deliver Job Placement Employment and Training (JPET), to assist disadvantaged youth, and Work for the Dole (CWC). The contracts being delivered at the time were funded through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR).
SA Works was introduced in December 2003 to help create work and learning opportunities for people aged 15 years and over who were facing significant barriers in accessing training and employment. Funded by the Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (DFEEST) and administered by Regional Development Boards, the program provided an opportunity for State Government and community organisations to develop responses at the local level to address specific issues impacting on regional people’s involvement in the labour market.
Employment Directions delivered SA Works funded projects across the Gawler, Barossa and Mid North Areas during the period of 2006 to 2013 Some of these projects included: Pre Occupation Training in the Barossa, Food Processing, Gawler Engagement, a project on the Yorke Peninsula and My Job in the Mid North.
Other grants and programs are tendered for to ensure the organisation maximises services to the communities that it works within.
Our Mission Statement
Employment Directions will: provide a range of quality services within the community to assist people to engage in education and gain suitable employment. ; respond to the needs of highly disadvantaged people in the local community; and operate in a financially sustainable manner.
Our Values
Employment Directions seeks to aid the highly disadvantaged who do not receive the services they need in the community. We are morally obligated to utilise government funding and program funding wisely and prudently for their benefit.
Our History
Employment Directions is a community based non-profit organisation.
In the Gawler and Barossa regions the organisation commenced as two separate bodies in 1978 to deliver Community Youth Support Scheme (CYSS) to unemployed youth.
After 12 years of delivering CYSS in their communities the two committees applied for SkillShare funds to deliver programs to unemployed people in the region. Both organisations served the people in this district by offering a range of services primarily focussed on assisting job seekers into employment. During this time strong links were established with local employers to maximise opportunities for participants. In December 1996 the two committees amalgamated to ensure that with the release of the employment services “Job Network” national tender the two organisations would be in a strong position to win business in the Barossa, Clare and Gawler regions that they had operated in for 21 years.
Employment Directions were successful in becoming a Job Network provider, delivering Job Placement and Intensive Support to job seekers within the region. Peterborough and Port Pirie were included as new communities within the regions through a second successful Job Network tender; which has subsequently rolled in to a third. The organisation currently has permanent offices in Nuriootpa (Head Office), Gawler, Clare, Port Pirie, Kadina and Peterborough.
Since amalgamating the two sites, Employment Directions, was also successful in securing funds to deliver Job Placement Employment and Training (JPET), to assist disadvantaged youth, and Work for the Dole (CWC). The contracts being delivered at the time were funded through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR).
SA Works was introduced in December 2003 to help create work and learning opportunities for people aged 15 years and over who were facing significant barriers in accessing training and employment. Funded by the Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology (DFEEST) and administered by Regional Development Boards, the program provided an opportunity for State Government and community organisations to develop responses at the local level to address specific issues impacting on regional people’s involvement in the labour market.
Employment Directions delivered SA Works funded projects across the Gawler, Barossa and Mid North Areas during the period of 2006 to 2013 Some of these projects included: Pre Occupation Training in the Barossa, Food Processing, Gawler Engagement, a project on the Yorke Peninsula and My Job in the Mid North.
Other grants and programs are tendered for to ensure the organisation maximises services to the communities that it works within.