Sarah is returning to the workforce after having her son three years ago. Sarah recently completed a Certificate III in individual support and wanted to gain employment in the Aged Care sector. Sarah completed her study via a blended learning approach (combination of face to face training and self-paced learning) As part of her study Sarah was required to complete 120 hours of work placement with a local aged care service provider. After she completed her work placement she gained employment.

Listen to the learning journey of our "New Arrival" Students  as they share their thoughts and experience on  preparing for employments in a new Country.  The students all arrived in Australia in the past two years that are completing a pathway to employment program that includes work placement in a range of organisations including Aged Care, Disability, Retail and Hospitality

Follow the  stories of our students learning journey  as they progress from training to employment in regional NSW

Listen to our students thoughts and reflections on completing their course with the Community College

Samrah immigrated to Australia 2 years ago and living in regional NSW. Samrah has a background in IT and is currently undertaking training to enable her to gain employment in the Aged Care sector in Port Macquarie.

Samrah is finalising her training and is now preparing for work placement in a local aged care facility in Port Macquarie.

Listen to Samrah journey to employment in regional NSW 

Listen to the uplifting stories from our new arrived immigants as they complete  their training, work placement and gain employment opportunties within the Community Services, Aged Care, Disability and Home and Community care sectors in Australia. 

A community project led by  Mid North Coast Community College based in Port Macquarie NSW.

For more information please contact [email protected]

Our farming and agricultural sector in regional NSW has been affected by drought. This has created significant impact on farmers at multiple levels including Financial, Social and Emotional wellbeing, agriculture sector viability and reduced employment opportunities in the sector.

Skillslink in collaboration with the Edmond Barton Centre and other community partners have developed and facilitated a series of "Viable Futures workshops" to support our farming community. The objective of the workshops is to bring together farm and agricultural sector business to share case studies of how to create new income streams within their existing farming operations. At a recent workshop, farmers identified the following skills needed in the sector.

Business planning skills, the need to develop social media skills to better communicate with existing and new customers, Marketing, Innovation skills, looking for other business opportunities using existing land resources.

for more information please contact Dennis Owen

[email protected]

Skillslink has introduced Podcasting to support learner engagement.

This program is designed for newly arrived migrant women who want to gain skills and training that will lead to employment and/or further training opportunties witin the Aged Care, Disability or Community service sector in regional NSW. This program provides a pathway for the participants to develop new skills that are in demand by employers in this region

The program was developed with our community partner Manning Valley Neighbourhood Services.

Use of Podcasting to support professional development of trainers and assessors in regional NSW