BETTER CONNECTIONS – BETTER OUTCOMES

1. BETTER CONNECTIONS – BETTER OUTCOMES IMPROVING LABOUR MARKET EFFECTIVENESS Inner East Melbourne 1 September 2005

2. Agenda • 10.00am: Welcome and Introductions • 10.15am: Better Connections presentation • 11.15am: Guest Speaker – Growth in Health and Community Services • 11:30am: Morning Tea (break) • 11.45am: Wise Workforce Workshops – Damien Woods • 11.55am: Identification and discussion of issues • 1.00pm: Break (working lunch to be served) • 1.30pm: Developing an action plan • 2.15pm: Drawing it together • 2.30pm: Close

3. Origins of the workshops • DEWR undertakes a range of research and analysis of labour supply and skill shortages • DEWR, with other Government agencies, is looking at how to address Australia’s labour supply and skill shortages • Run a series of workshops to share information and ideas

4. Objective of the workshops Improve Labour Market Effectiveness by • addressing labour supply and skill shortage issues • increasing labour market participation (target groups – mature aged, single parents, people with a disability, Indigenous Australians, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, youth) • establishing and further developing linkages between relevant organisations

5. Inner East Melbourne Employment Service Area

6. Population Growth Source: ABS Population projections 2002-2011 (Cat no 3222.0) Series B

7. Inner East Melbourne Profile • Unemployment Rate : 4.8%vs 5.2% for the state • Employment Rate :74.0%vs 71.6% for the state • Working Age Population :408,000 • Diversity : • 28.5% of the population born overseas (23.4 % for the state) • 20.4% born in a non English speaking country (16.8% for the state) • Education : • 46.8% of the population completed post school qualifications compared to 34.9% for the state • 28.9% of the population completed a degree or higher compared to 14.3% for the state Source : ABS Labour Force Survey 3 Month Averages to June 2005, ABS Supplementary Labour force survey 3 month average to May 04, ABS Supplementary Labour force survey May 03

11. Value of Mature Age Workers • Client focus – match customer profile • Loyalty – lower staff turnover • Adaptability – experienced changes before • Trainability – apply life skills to new tasks • Less absenteeism – strong work ethic • Organisational knowledge – mentoring role • Flexibility – work hours, locations and contracts

12. Inner East MelbourneLabour Market Demand Industry • Employment by industry • Employment by industry vs state • Projected industry growth • Employment status by industry

16. Melbourne Labour Market Demand Skill Shortages • Professionals • Trades

17. Skill Shortages - MelbourneProfessionals

18. Skill Shortages - MelbourneTrades

19. Skill Shortages - MelbourneTrades

20. Inner East Melbourne Labour Market Demand • All vacancies lodged and filled (Job Network and Job Placement Organisations) • New Apprenticeship vacancies lodged and filled (Job Network and Job Placement Organisations) • New Apprenticeship commencements (DEST 2003)

24. Inner East MelbourneLabour Market Supply Centrelink Customer Population • Working age payment recipients • Centrelink and Job Network populations

28. Upcoming activities and those already established and underway • Redevelopment of Melbourne convention centre • Redevelopment of Spencer Street Station • MCG Redevelopment • Eureka Tower project Southbank • Flinders Street Overpass • Commonwealth Games Developments • Strong development in Cities of Whitehorse, Mannington, Boroondarra and Port Phillip • Commonwealth Games – Opportunities in Hospitality, Retail and Tourism.

29. Range of DEWR Programmes • Job Network • Employment Innovation Fund • Job Placement • Community Work Coordinators • Voluntary Work Initiatives • Green Corps • New Enterprise Incentive Scheme • Transition to Work • National Harvest Labour Information Service • Personal Support Programme • Job Placement, Employment and Training • Disability Employment Assistance • Indigenous programmes such as Community Development Employment Projects, Structured Training & Employment Projects, Indigenous Small Business Fund, Wage Assistance and the Indigenous Employment Centre • MAEWS Wise Workforce Workshops (for employers), • Jobwise Workshops and Self Help Groups (for mature jobseekers), and • MAEWS Industry Strategy • Mature Age Worker New Apprenticeships Incentive Scheme

30. Possible issues for consideration • Local labour force issues: • How to better engage those not currently participating in the workforce • How to increase local skill sets to meet labour and skill shortages • How to engage employers and industry to increase the participation of parents, people with a disability, mature aged and very long-term unemployed job seekers? • How can employment service providers make better linkages and increase the placement of job seekers into New Apprenticeships?

31. Growth in Health and Community Services Employer’s Perspective Mr Darren Pereira – St Vincent’s Hospital

32. Morning Tea

33. Mature Age Employment and Workplace Strategy • Announced in Federal Budget 2004-05 • Targeting mature age people (45+), industry groups and employers • Wise Workforce Workshops focuses on SME operators • www.jobwise.gov.au

34. Mature Age Employment and Workplace Strategy Damien Woods, Business work and Ageing Wise Workforce Workshops for Inner East Region

35. Developing a local action plan • Focus on practical actions • Identify stakeholders and linkages

36. Evaluation strategy • Workshop evaluation to be filled out today • Follow up survey of participants to assess specific actions/strategies undertaken • Longer term data analysis to assess measurable items and analysis of qualitative information relating directly to each workshop

37. Finish Thank you