The Skills First Reconnect Program helps people who have challenges stopping them from study, training or work options.

It provides support to explore further study and/or employment pathways and includes financial assistance to help participants pay for education related expenses.

Participants can get support for 18 months from the day they join the program.

All participants start with a four-week program to help them get ready for study or work. This includes:

• Career Inspiration – Learn about yourself, different jobs, and study options.
• Pathways to Education – Find out how you learn best, set study goals, and explore education options.
• Employability Skills – Learn about your work rights, workplace expectations, resume writing, job interviews, and applying for jobs online.
• Industry Site Visits – Visit workplaces and TAFEs, meet staff, and see different jobs in action.
• Wellbeing Workshops – Learn how to balance work and life, manage stress, and budget money.

This program helps you gain confidence, learn new skills, and take the next step towards study, training or work.

Skills First Reconnect is for:

• Young people aged 17-19 years, who are not engaged in education or training for six months or more – or are employed for less than 8 hours per week.
• Mature participants aged 20-64 years, who have been unemployed – or working less than 8 hours per week – for six months or more

It is also for people aged 17-65 years who are:

• Australian / New Zealand citizen or holder of Australian/ New Zealand Permanent Resident Visa
• Certain Asylum Seeker Visa categories or Bridging Visa Class (BEV) (depending on certain categories) or Safe Haven Enterprise (SHEV), Temporary Protection Visa (TPV)

We work with people living in the City of Brimbank.

This program is offered at our Sunshine and Dallas Offices

Skills First Reconnect is funded by the Victorian Government Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions (DJSIR). It is delivered in partnership with Migrant Resource Centre Northwest Region (lead agency), with Spectrum MRC, Youth Now and Kids Off the Kerb as implementing partners.

Find out more about Skills First Reconnect.

Explore Spectrum’s other Employment programs.