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Worker’s Name: Turkan
Aksoy
Organisation/Service/Project: Bankstown City
Council in Partnerhsip with others
Telephone/Email: 97079863
Initiative/Project: Youth StepUP
- Employment/Job Seeking Training/Workshops:
Youth StepUP
focuses on providing a cultural bridge into the Australian Labour Market,
equipping refugee and migrant youth with the tools they need to find their way
in this sometimes complicated system they need to navigate.
The primary aim
is to strengthen soft skills development in young job seekers increasing their
opportunities to attain and maintain employment.
Bankstown City
Council in partnership with MTC Australia, Department of Human Service
Centrelink, NSW Education & Communities State Training Services, Greenacre
Area Community Centre and Melkite Catholic Welfare Association have been
working with youth related employment initiatives in Bankstown for
over four years.
Youth StepUp has
produced the Youth StepUP Facilitators Guide and Workbooks that aim to simplify
the Australian Labour Market, explains the Cycle of Employment, covers aspects
of Cultural Awareness, introductory Presentation skills, Resume writing and
Interview skills. The workshops are interactive and contain opportunities for
role plays and mock interviews.
We aim to help
young people understand that their cultural diversity is an asset.