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5 07, 2022

Transition to Work services available

Transition to Work services available Workforce Australia – Transition to Work offers a range of services that provide Australians with support and training to kickstart or elevate their employment opportunities. Mai-Wel LabourForce Solutions (MWLFS) has been providing employment services, including Transition to Work for a number of years to assist job seekers in our community with their journey to employment. As of today, Monday 4 July, MWLFS has [...]

Transition to Work services available
21 06, 2022

Making a difference as a Youth Support Mentor

Making a difference as a Youth Support Mentor “You should never underestimate how much impact you have as a Youth Support Mentor” Matt is a Youth Support Mentor with Mai-Wel’s Transition to Work (TtW) employment service, assisting youth who are experiencing barriers entering the workforce or study to find and achieve their employment goals. “As a Youth Support Mentor, I engage with job seekers between the ages of 15 to [...]

Making a difference as a Youth Support Mentor
17 05, 2022

Grounded in Culture

Grounded in Culture Mai-Wel LabourForce Solutions provides NDIS participants the ability to build their skills and confidence for employment through a program called Step Up. Over the past 10-weeks, participants have been attending a Grounds Maintenance Course at Kurri Kurri TAFE. Throughout this course, this group have been working on and improving the “Yarning Circle” which is located on the TAFE campus. Meeting with the TAFE Aboriginal Liaison officer, the group understood the cultural [...]

Grounded in Culture
22 04, 2022

Overcoming barriers to employment

[responsivevoice] Overcoming Barriers to Employment Lynette has been out of the workforce and approached Mai-Wel LabourForce Solutions (MWLFS) to gain confidence and skills to get back to work. Her last role was 20 years ago but with the help of MWLFS staff, Lynette was able to work on her employability skills and gain work experience before landing a job. “I have been assisted and supported to undertake work experience at a [...]

Overcoming barriers to employment
30 03, 2022

How can small business benefit from partnering with and support MWLFS?

How can small business benefit from partnering with and support MWLFS? Bridget, Operations Manager at Mai-Wel LabourForce Solutions (MWLFS) in Maitland is looking forward to attending the Small Business Summit.   If you’re attending, you can chat to Bridget to learn more about MWLFS, an employment service achieving life-changing outcomes for local job seekers with disability and youth, and tailor-made recruitment solutions for local employers.    “Mai-Wel LabourForce Solutions is such a vital [...]

How can small business benefit from partnering with and support MWLFS?
23 03, 2022

Hear what Matthew has to say about Mai-Wel LabourForce Solutions in Cessnock

Hear what Matthew has to say about Mai-Wel LabourForce Solutions in Cessnock! With some help from Mai-Wel LabourForce Solutions, Matthew was able to turn from job seeker to employee! Matthew told us what it was like to go on his employment journey with Mai-Wel LabourForce Solutions. The first step is to gain the right skills and qualifications for the job or industry you are interested in. “I have been with Mai-Wel [...]

Hear what Matthew has to say about Mai-Wel LabourForce Solutions in Cessnock
22 03, 2022

From Transition to Work to a full traineeship with Mai-Wel!

From Transition to Work to a full traineeship with Mai-Wel! We caught up with Chantelle last year after she was able to gain a position as a Trainee Finance Officer at Mai-Wel after taking part in Transition to Work youth employment services! You can read our first story about Chantelle at  www.mwlfs.com.au/chantelles-path-to-success. You can read all about the steps Chantelle took part in as part of her Transition to Work supports [...]

From Transition to Work to a full traineeship with Mai-Wel!
18 02, 2022

Kerran’s completed his course with flying colours!

Kerran’s completed his course with flying colours! We had a chat to Kerran about his journey to training and employment with Mai-Wel LabourForce Solutions. Kerran completed the Certificate II in Retail through the Australian Retailers Association and was supported by the Cessnock Mai-Wel LabourForce Solutions team to complete this. “Mai-Wel LabourForce Solutions provided assistance in many ways, such as letting me use the computers to complete my course, assisting me with scanning and uploading [...]

Kerran’s completed his course with flying colours!
9 02, 2022

Elaine’s changing her career

Elaine’s changing her career Elaine was looking for a career change after working in Supported Employment. She engaged with Mai-Wel’s Step Up program, which assists participants to build their capacity, skills and confidence to join the workforce. Elaine’s passion is to work in the hospitality industry a goal she discovered while participating in work experience at Fibonacci Café in Rutherford. During work experience, Elaine was supported by Step Up to assist her where required and to observe her [...]

Elaine’s changing her career
2 02, 2022

Meet Mai-Wel’s ‘Lockdown Legends’

Meet Mai-Wel’s ‘Lockdown Legends’ In late 2021 when Mai-Wel’s supports transitioned to online due to the COVID-19 lockdown, participants of the Maitland Step Up program kept in touch socially via Zoom. Mai-Wel’s Step Up program is a capacity-building program which assists people with disability to build necessary skills, confidence and other preparations for work. The group of Michael, Sandra, Alex, Maddie and Kaitlyn, named themselves ‘Lockdown Legends’, catching up twice a week via Zoom. Often [...]

Meet Mai-Wel’s ‘Lockdown Legends’
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