About

About Work for the Dole

 

Work for the Dole provides the opportunity for job seekers to gain valuable skills and experience with community and government organisations. Participants learn and gain valuable work related skills and contribute to community projects in their local area.

 

Projects are generally six months in length.

 

Workskil Australia provides many opportunities for jobactive clients to participate in Work for the Dole projects.

 

Participants in Work for the Dole routinely report improved confidence and motivation in finding employment, enjoyment in undertaking Work for the Dole and learn new skills.

 

Work for the Dole is an Australian Government funded initiative for more information visit the Department of Employment website - www.employment.gov.au.

About Workskil Australia

Workskil Australia is a national not-for-profit organisation, with over 30 proud years of supporting Australians to achieve sustained economic and social self-reliance. We do this by providing a range of employment, work experience, disability, youth, Indigenous and health services across South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales.

 

We work hard every day to:

• Provide quality employment and community services to people seeking work.
• Provide specialist employment and community services to young people, people with mental illness, people with a disability and Indigenous Australians.
• Meet the labour needs of business and industry through quality recruitment services; and
• Delivery quality work experience projects across to the community.
  Visit www.workskil.com.au for more information.

 

Workskil Australia is committed to the delivery of quality services, safe work practices and a safe environment and the management of risk across the organisation.

 

Workskil Australia is certified against the following accreditations:

• The Australian and New Zealand Standard ISO9001: 2008;
• National Standard for Disability Employment Services; and
• Australian Government Job Services Australia Quality Assurance Framework 2013.

 

Please view each of our key policies:

• Work Health & Safety
• Quality
• Risk

 

Australian Work for the Dole Services is a division of Workskil Australia, a national provider which delivers both jobactive and Work for the Dole Coordinator Services in the Adelaide South, North West Country SA and Hunter Employment Regions. Workskil Australia is committed to providing a fair and equitable service to all of our jobactive colleagues, both internal and external to our organisation.

If your organisation has any concerns or questions regarding a conflict of interest, please contact us via our ‘Contact’ page.