Welcome to new staff member in the Upper Hunter, Dale Fitz-Fitz ---Gerald.Gerald. Issue 2 Dale holds a Bachelor of English/Computers and has had an extensive secondary teaching career during the past 20 years, having been located predominantly in the Upper Hunter. An avid endurance horse rider and trainer, during the last 8 years, she downgraded her teaching Express to Success to a casual capacity, to allow time to retrain in a new career in Equine September 2008 8 Bulwer Street (PO Box 65) Therapy. Hunter Valley Youth Express 8 Bulwer Street (PO Box 65) Maitland 2320 Maitland NSW 2320 Unfortunately, co-conspirators, 4931 2777 www.hvye.com.au Phone: 02 4931 2777 Equine Influenza and the fuel Fax: 02 4931 2799 crisis finally made her Equine E-mail: [email protected] Therapy business non profitable, We’re on the web! Go to www.hvye.com.au so she has now found a new niche with the HVYE team. She is looking forward to working Staff News! with many that she already knows Staff and partners enjoyed a fun, team-building time in and to making new contacts in the vineyards on a recent weekend, but appeared to Career Transition Support with become somewhat frivolous towards the end of the day. Hunter Valley Youth Express Upcoming Events Special thanks to both Chris Rafferty for driving and Ant Hunter Valley Youth Express • Career Quests— 24 & 25Sept for organising the outing. SHS, 5 Nov CHS. Your Local Community Partnership

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Welcome to new staff member in the Lower Hunter, Kylie Ayerst. Welcome to the second HVYE support in person. HVYE Dungog with Maitland sitting at Aug Linuwel. 1—12 Sept—SHS, Newsletter for 2008. supports young people 13—19 it’s centre. There are 2 main Kylie comes to us holding a Cert IV in Business Admin, and has worked 13 Sept Maitland Rodeo, 20— 24 Oct RTHS, 27—31 Oct CHS, years of age, and their parents offices hosting 16 staff, 1 at in administration for the past 15 years, doing many different things, Exciting things are happening for through the challenging career Maitland and 1 at including conveyancing, real 10 Nov FGHS. 17 Nov St HVYE during term 3 of this year. and transition phase from school Muswellbrook with services estate (property Catherines. A resource centre is being into further education and/or provided out of Taree and management and sales), established in the shop next • VET Network, Sydney 1—3 Oct employment. Raymond Terrace. supervised access / youth door to the 8 Bulwer St work (Life Without Barriers), • Teacher Network Days—10, 11 premises. HVYE is overseen by a Board A number of HVYE programs are Nov that is made up of Industry, federally funded by the This will be equipped with Community and School Department of Education, • Uni Taster Day Year 9, 25 Nov appropriate technology (from representatives and is Employment and Workplace funds provided by Community STOP PRESSPRESS—Congratulations to Ashley Cox , his wife • managed by Julie Eldridge. Relations, supported by the P&C MeetingPresentations— 16 Development Support and family on the arrival of Caitlyn Sophia Cox, born Career Advice 16/8/08, 7 lbs 12 oz. Sept RTHS, 23 Sept KKHS, , 29 Expenditure (CDSE) Scheme) HVYE covers a geographical area Initiative. The School Based Sept DHS and hard copy information from Scone out to Merriwa, Traineeship Program is access. down through Cessnock • Oral Presentations at RTHS 17— supported by DET. across Raymond Terrace to the innate exuberance is certainly doing this at school, at work and on the soccer 19 Nov HVYE staff will also be available Tomaree Peninsula up to the Youth Pathways News field. Congratulations Millie and Tori! ToniFalk—Youth Pathways to provide Career and Transition Inside this issue: Great Lakes area and across to

Millie Brown and Tori Boyles (pictured right), Year 9 students at Kurri Kurri High, have both enjoyed HVYE News 1 Cows Create Careers—Adopt a School participating in the Youth Pathways program. The support program has been offered by Hunter Valley Youth Express Cows Create Careers 1 Cessnock High School took out The high standard of work was noticeable from the local schools who for the last 4 years and has helped over 1600 students in four of the major prizes at the participated including Cessnock, Singleton, Rutherford, Dungog, the Hunter-Port Stephens area since its inception. Structured Workplace Learning 2 recent Cows Create Careers day Tomaree High Schools, St Catherine's and St Joseph’s Aberdeen . News at Tocal College on 24 June. Millie said ”I really like Youth Pathways for lots of reasons. It is fun and it has helped me get a job!” Millie has been St Joseph’s Aberdeen also took Career Transition Support News 2 learning lots of new work and organisational skills as she out the Senior School Award. has to manage school, work and her dancing and singing Cows Create Careers is commitments. Adopt a School News 2 supported by Dairy Australia and was sponsored locally by the Millie said that it is so good earning her own money and Department of Primary 3 she is much more conscious of how to spend it wisely, as School Based Traineeship/ Industries NSW through Tocal Apprenticeship News she can appreciate how hard it is to earn. College. Tori has also benefited from the Youth Pathways program Upper Hunter News 3 Students from years 7 and 11 and has been in the lucky position of having been offered from 10 Hunter High Schools two jobs since learning how to look for work and present took part in the program by for interviews. Staff News 4 completing work that was both

The Youth Pathways programs helps young people to practical (feeding, weighing, develop personally and address any issues they may be Youth Pathways News 4 measuring and caring for calves) facing, as well as explore career and further education and also required formalised possibilities. Tori is living by her new motto, “Don’t count project work. every minute, make every minute count” and with her “Always blessings, blessings, “Always never losses” “To teach to is “To learn twice” Page 3

Jacky Djomani from Maitland HS, HS, Maitland from Jacky Djomani HVYE at work placement her completing Services for Business Scone Grammar IT students completing completing IT students Grammar Scone work placement. or see your — —— have been out to all of SBAT SBAT taking the students for their their server and installing new through out the school. Tim the outcome. the the schools in the Upper Hunter to meet the Year 10 students, careers adviser. careers adviser. SBAT—SBAT Some Some of the tentative vacancies for 2009 are in retail @ MIGAS for Reading Cinema’s Maitland, Automotive—heavy @ Thornton Westrac Automotive-light & Holden Mt @ Thorley, Services Dungog, Turner @ Centrelink locations, Warehousing @ Business Reece various Plumbing, Hospitality @ Taste of Country Restaurant Pokolbin, Pokolbin, Riverwood Downs Salsa Port Anchorage Stephens. Dungog, Pepper’s There will also be engineering /metal / auto-based a range of SBATs within Estate. Industrial the Rutherford To apply for a students SBAT need in to 2009 complete expression an of available interest on www.hvye.com.au our form website at becoming the employer and Placement. simulated Work upgrading is currently school The computers school. While throughout the majority of the School were the on holidays, the IT students and their teacher were busy pulling computers, out computers installing the and laying old new cables Edwards, their IT teacher, was very happy with the week and and and in some cases parents, with their letting about SBAT’s. them know I would opportunity like to to schools thank all for take the making their sure this as support many students in

— —— Work placements have — —— Vacancies 2009 for Vacancies 2009 for SWL SWL terms; we have had several new the last 4 years. Joyce Mayne the increase in the number of traineeship on the job. the on job. traineeship talking with interested students the night. Thank you to Mission been been constant for the past 2 businesses come on especially board – in sector. the automotive I would like to thank Max Morris of Joyce Mayne who Muswellbrook hasStructured Work supported Program in the Upper Hunter for Placement the will be closing their doors at the of September. end This year Work Placements for Information Technology students in are the Upper Hunter (IT) getting harder to secure due to students, and the out-sourcing of IT for businesses. a lot of our Scone major Grammar School very were innovative this year, by High High School is one of students the first in the signed area to operations. in He be is employed by One caravan Mile Beach and Holiday park Park undertakes most of his We have marketing traineeships at school been subject selection nights and year very busy 10 careers classes, and also at school. There have information nights held, one also in Cessnock, one in been Maitland and one in 3 Singleton. These nights enabled students to more find about out traineeships speak with providers on different and Australia for sponsoring evenings. these Vacancies 2009—for Vacancies 2009 for Mobile Resource Unit visited for a recently. week SWL— SWL

Issue 2 Scholarship Emily for Scholarship Emily for Plumbing Reece Plumbing Reece TraineeshipTraineeshipOperations Operations in in Caravan Caravan Lower Hunter News Lower Hunter News Lower Hunter ASP Upper Hunter ASP Upper Hunter CTS CTS the the opportunity to answer and the Hunter Valley Youth Express Scholarship Emilyfor Scholarship Emily for Emily Waight, a year 11 student at Maitland Grossmann School, who is currently a High SBAT at Nationwide Rutherford Industrial Estate, has Hire been in successful in obtaining the a Pegasus. with scholarship PlumbingReece Plumbing Reece We have 2 new Reece sign-ups with Plumbing. Jordan Balsarini from They Tomaree High are School and High School. Cessnock from Jake Wilson Reece Plumbing are looking to put more warehousing. trainees excellent on These students. opportunities in are for TraineeshipTraineeshipOperations Operations in in Brent Caravan Caravan Lethbridge of Tomaree Lower Hunter News Lower Hunter News Lower Hunter ASP Upper Hunter ASP Upper Hunter St Josephs Muswellbrook High, High High Singleton and School, Singleton were St the participating Catherine’s schools for of the UH 2008 Cows program. Create Careers After a intensive four care Josephs year week, program, 9 students recognised were 24/7 St as and team. school winning the overall Follow up activities including an excursion to local planned. Ms Towers, St dairies Joseph’s are Agricultural teacher said, ”They have discovered agricultural careers a available that lot to are would them of have never known about, that program.” exceptthis for they CTS CTS Merriwa Central students had pose many questions regarding future career opportunities when School Based Traineeships ApprenticeshipsSchooland Based Traineeships Upper Hunter News

ExpressSuccessto New projects are x65) Maitland 2320 --- — —— Filling the IT gap locally CISCO CISCO ChildCare ChildCare ChildCare technology technology opportunities to stu- this space for future details. details. space this future for ticeship ticeship opportunities will be CISCO— CISCO is a challenge but with the sup- port of CISCO (Sydney), project kicked off with a wonderful the support offered by Salamander Library in , to provide partnership with dents. Industry Industry Curriculum Framework course, requiring work placement. The first mandatory Kurri TAFE class placed was during term 3, successfully with the second class due for placement at term. of this end Structured workcoordinators placement attending information nights for have students and parents that been 2010. HSC in their into heading are These information nights are a great time information regarding to Vocational gain Education valuable Training courses and Industry representatives supported the events were TESA who Group, Recruitment Solutions, Maitland MIGAS, and Port Stephens One Councils, Industry Peopleand Steel Fusion. A big thank you to Ashley RICA Cox, for events. supporting these HVYE staff subject have selection the term. during schools supported nights at happening happening for Dungog (Tillies), Cessnock, MGHS and St Mary’s (ABC Learning Centres. Watch notified to schools shortly. to shortly. schools notified ChildCare ChildCare - for forfor

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—Maitland,—— Cessnock www.hvye.com.au www.hvye.com.au Rutherford Rutherford Industrial Industrial Estate Estate this this project. SBAT and appren- Rutherford Rutherford Rutherford Industrial Industrial Estate Estate The bus - tour of the estate and information smoothly on evening August. Wednesday 20 ran It was attended by students and parents from MGHS, MHS, RTHS and ASC St Joseph’s. Sites vis- ited included Specialised Mining Vehicles, Tefol and Treloar, with theon offered support additional Terex. from night Thanks to Ashley Cox great Case Studies and RIE for sup- the port document he developed for www.hvye.com.au www.hvye.com.au We appreciate all feedback and encourage all students to go to our website after completed their work placement they have ,and take 5 minutes to fill in the 2 surveys. By gaining feedback we can ensure have that the best options students available work placement. for This year introduction of Automotive as an has seen the We have had some very positive feedback regarding their work placements from via students our new surveys at BeBe Informed Informed Evenings Evenings Parents Parents their their Career Explorer and Year these events really help young BeBe Informed Informed Evenings— Evenings MGHS was also supported with 10 Evaluations information by Industry students presenters show and that days.people tools. planning and inspiration with information, Career Quests are booked Maitland Christian, Singleton x 2 for and Cessnock months. the upcoming during High Schools Parents—Parents and Nelson Bay hosted new these and innovative August. during evenings Hunter ValleyHunter Youth Express 8 Bulwer Street (PO Bo

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Lower Lower Lower Hunter Hunter Mobile Mobile Van— Van Careers Careers been very busy visiting Maitland Christian School, ASC St Peters and St Joseph’s, Maitland, Kurri, High Mount and Schools. View It has also supported students and parents at Maitland Careers Expo, Try a Trade Port Stephens and Maitland. The van visited Cessnock PCYC afor week in the Holidays. School July Retail Retail Rookie Rookie Expo— Expo Once again, Greg Cook team of Retail his and Teachers coordinated a event on great 4 June with 12 teams and lots of hot competition on Stockland Greenhills and busi- nesses within the centre again once supported this event. fabulous 1st place went to Wide Bay TAFE, 2nd place to Maitland PRO Group 2 and 3rd went ASC St Mary’s. to The Beggs Me- morial Medal was also awarded Structured WorkplaceStructured Learning—Lower Hunter Another term of successful work placements has been achieved. To date, we have students placed in 685 28, and 189 29. region in students We would like to say a big thank you to all employers who SWL students. SWL take coordinators are very grateful to employers; all of we our appreciate support. ongoing the We are always looking for new employers who are provide willing a week, to (35 hours), people. to young opportunity of Support—LowerCareer Transition Hunter that that like a like For For every thereis an “ Progress is is Progress it, it stops” it, stops” it If you don’t don’t If you feared thing, “ wheelbarrow. wheelbarrow. keep pushing pushing keep opposinghope encourages us”

John John Flucker (Treloar), Ron Butler (Terex), the Brian McCann RIE attended (Tefol) ASP August. 20 on Evening Info and Bus Tour Page 2 Tomaree Tomaree High School teacher Jason Witt, HVYE SWL Coord Tomaree students Nathan Anthony Thompson and Burke Library. at Salamander Bruning Alex and Josh Bendeich and Bridget Curis visit the Careers Caravan at Cessnock PCYC during holidays. July theschool