Our Program and Services

Career Development Centre

The centre provides career guidance and incorporates the Career Development Centre, TAFEWA Admissions Centre, the Overseas Qualifications Unit, the Employment Directions Network central metro office and the Commonwealth Career Information Centre. For more information visit the web site www.det.wa.edu.au/training/cdc/

Employment Directions

The Employment Directions Network (EDN) career centres are an open door for anyone in the community to access a wide range of career guidance information, services and resources. The service is free and local.

The centres offer career guidance, skills development needed to gain employment, help in examining what is required in today's workplace, assistance in forming an employment plan and access to printed and electronic information and internet based resources.

They also help with access to a free resume writing program, information on how to access employment and training and services in your region and run programs delivering Parents as Career Partners (PACP) workshops, the School Leaver Program (SLP) and the Profit from Experience (PFE) program.

For more information visit the web site www.employmentdirections.net.au

Finding My Place Program

"finding MY place!" is a series of workshops for secondary school students who can benefit from an alternative learning experience. The workshops are hosted by the local library and involve a wide range of alternative learning programs.

"finding MY place!" aims to retain students in education by showing them how exciting learning can be. Students are also better equipped for life outside of school through intensive career guidance.

They get a chance to explore careers in art, music, sports, fitness, make-up and apprenticeship and traineeships in many occupations.

Through motivational workshops, students are also made aware of the consequences of alcohol and drug abuse, the importance of health and well-being, and why it is better not to be on the bad side of the law!

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GetAccess

This is an interactive website for Western Australians seeking career, employment and training related information and services. The site is fun, easy to navigate and contains many 'side trips' along your journey to a job or career. You'll find job and career information, training opportunities, an interactive cafe, and cool youth links. To get started click on the site map to display all of the options and services available.

For more information visit the web site www.getaccess.wa.gov.au

Overseas Qualifications Unit

The Overseas Qualifications Unit assists migrants who obtained their qualifications and skills overseas and are now Australian residents wanting to have the skills and qualifications recognised.

For more information visit the web site www.det.wa.edu.au/training/oqu

Parents as Career Partners

These free workshops are run by trained staff from the Employment Directions Network (EDN) that will give parents / caregivers:-

vital information and a range of proven activities to help you become career allies with your teenage children
the skills to help your children think about and plan their future careers
information on how the world of work has changed
direction on where the real opportunities are
direction on where to go for the right information.

The workshops can be delivered to parents / caregivers (with or without their children) and teachers (with or without their students) in a wide variety of settings. They are customised to meet the needs of the audience.

A modified session has been developed for parents / caregivers of disabled children.

For more information visit the web site www.employmentdirections.net.au

Profit from Experience

Mature age workers have extensive skills, knowledge and experience to contribute to the workplace and to society. With the changing nature of the job market in Western Australia today, this experience is vital as most workers have to prepare to make several job or career changes in their lifetime.

The Profit from Experience program is designed to help support mature age people to re-enter the workforce. It will also help employers to profit from the skills, knowledge and experience which mature age people offer.

For more information visit the web site www.employmentdirections.net.au.

School Leaver Program

Aims at identifying and assisting school leavers who are unable to secure employment, education and/or training placements once they have left school.

For more information visit the web site www.employmentdirections.net.au