Employers - The Centre For Continuing Education Inc.

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Looking to upskill your employees? The Centre offers workplace training and traineeships at your location.

Our current courses in health, aged care, disability and education can be delivered at your workplace. One of our excellent trainers will visit regularly to give on-the-job training, review course work, and assess progress. Your staff will improve their skills and complete a nationally accredited qualification while doing their job.

The Centre also has a range of learners in its courses and programs, who may be suited to start their career with you. We are happy to match talent to employers, and work together on the skills and qualifications they need to do the job from day one.

How?

If you are interested in this program at your workplace, please contact our Business Relationship Officers:
- Michael Crofts on 03 5721 0225 or by email at michael.crofts@thecentre.vic.edu.au.
- Peter Moore on 03 5721 0219 or by email at peter.moore@thecentre.vic.edu.au.
Skills training in the disability sector

The Centre offers the Foundation Skills for Your Future program to NDIS workers and those wishing to enter the sector through our Disability Industry partners.

It is a Federally funded program to develop language, literacy, numeracy and digital literacy skills for workers

Train your employees

If you are an employer in the disability sector, you can offer this training to your employees to improve their skills. The course contributes to the quality of care in your organisation by:
- increasing digital literacy, the skills needed to work with hardware and software
- improving communication skills to support relationships with co-workers, carers, and clients, including improved hand-over
- working on collaboration skills, and the ability to accept or embrace innovation
- improving the quality of information management, documents, and handovers.
Other sectors

This training may also be useful to other sectors. If you are in another industry and believe this program will benefit your workers, please contact us to discuss your needs and see how we may access funding.

How?

If you are interested in this program at your workplace, please contact our Business Relationship Officer Michael Crofts on 03 5721 0225 or by email at michael.crofts@thecentre.vic.edu.au.

With your information and insights, we can put together a funding submission to this Federal fund.

* This training is delivered with Commonwealth Government Funding. Individuals with a disability are encouraged to access government subsidised training
Do your employees need to refresh their First Aid Certificate again? Do you regularly have new staff who need their RSA? Or are you looking for specific skills training to be tailor-made for your industry?

The Centre offers tailored and flexible courses for small and big businesses that require their employees to get or refresh specific skills or licenses.

How?

If you are interested in a program at your workplace, please contact our Course Coordinator Vicki Grant on 03 5721 0201 or by email at vicki.grant@thecentre.vic.edu.au.
Student work placements are a vital step in the training of students at The Centre. It allows our learners to apply and improve the skills they have learnt in the classroom. With this experience in real life, they are ready for the real work when they complete the course.

The Centre works with a range of organisations in the region. These partners help us deliver quality courses. In turn, they access qualified graduates and develop relationships with potential new employees.

How?

If you are interested in this program at your workplace, please contact our Business Relationship Officers:
- Michael Crofts on 03 5721 0225 or by email at michael.crofts@thecentre.vic.edu.au.
- Peter Moore on 03 5721 0219 or by email at peter.moore@thecentre.vic.edu.au.

Support for long-term unemployed

The Centre offers mentoring and support to people who are long-term unemployed or who are at risk of long-term unemployment.

Whether people have cognitive disabilities, experience with the justice system, or learning difficulties, The Centre offers a practical and inspirational program for people who need assistance and support to find work.

We work with individuals to find their strengths, overcome barriers, and offer a new way of learning. Where necessary, the program offers support in (mental) health to assess barriers to learning and work, such as behavioural or learning difficulties.

We offer a number of certificate and short courses that offer steps in the journey to work:

Find out more

Amanda Long, our Employment Services Relationship Officer, is happy to discuss how we can help. You can reach her on 03 5721 0201 or by email at amanda.long@thecentre.vic.edu.au.

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