Whittlesea Community Connections (WCC) is a place based community agency that strives for the empowerment of individuals and groups within the local community who face disadvantage, isolation and obstacles to effective social and economic participation.

The agency is committed to developing responsive approaches to meet the challenges posed by Whittlesea's changing and emerging communities. We have a clear role in advocating to both services and different levels of government through both direct service and policy input. Our services and programs are designed to respect and empower and are free, confidential and impartial.

Whittlesea Community Connections core objectives are to:

• Identify and address information and service needs of residents in City of Whittlesea
• Advocate for and with the community for increased participation in decision making
• Support formal and informal volunteer roles in the Whittlesea community
• Collaborate with agencies and Government to develop and sustain services that serve local community needs
• Continue to develop and improve the quality, efficiency and accessibility of our services
• Identify opportunities for greater community involvement and leadership so that community residents can contribute to decisions that affect their lives.

Position Rationale

The Jobs Victoria Mentor Service aims to:

• Increase employment and economic inclusion of those who are long-term unemployed
• Build the work-readiness and resilience of jobseekers to gain and sustain work that meets their needs and aspirations
• Support employers to meet skills and labour needs by connecting them to suitafble jobseekers
• Deliver broad benefits to jobseekers, their families and communities through their increased social and economic engagement
• Complement and address gaps in existing services, including Commonwealth employment services.

Within this service the role of the Employment Mentor is to provide individually tailored support to long- term unemployed people or those at risk of long- term unemployment. Employment Mentors support jobseekers using a range of strategies and provide on-going and on the job support to help sustain employment outcomes.

A position description is attached.