JOBS AUSTRALIA NATIONAL CONFERENCE MELBOURNE 2014 ABOUT THE MC ABOUT YOUR SATCHEL SOCIAL MEDIA environment and is WELCOME TO THE 21ST JOBS Woven through the program for those those in other comparable countries and designed to dramatically AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE delegates they affect are many of the which has been going on since 1998. Adam Spencer began his The screen printing is by Throughout the Conference improve the lives of dimensions of the future of employment We don’t know how the financials will career in radio by winning Melbourne city Mission’s we encourage you to initiate many young people who This year’s Conference program has been services in Australia from 2015. Last go and whether the shift to more of the the Triple J Raw Comedy Print Side Up (PSU), a and engage in conversation are disengaged from designed with a couple of things squarely year, through our 2015 Project, we revenues to outcome fees will stand up Championship in 1996. From professional designing on Twitter using the in mind. One is to assist our members and produced our Blueprint which set out in a softening labour market. So many mainstream education. subscribers to understand and respond to a radically reformed new system which questions and issues and so many there, Adam took over the and screen printing social #jaconf hashtag and on our HEAT achieves this through TRIPLE J breakfast time slot, enterprise. PSU also Facebook page: major shifts in policy and program design would better enable our members and unknowns for us to talk about and dissect supporting young people to and architecture being implemented others to deliver best of breed services and analyse! co hosting with Wil Anderson delivers workshops to make a positive transition from 1999 - 2004. From 2006 schools, community groups @JobsAustLtd through Employment Services 2015 in to unemployed people and employers to secure employment, particular and more generally in other without all of the rules, red-tape, The Conference program, which we have to 2013 Adam was the host and workplaces. They have /JobsAustLtd thus avoiding the negative employment and community services complexity, hyper-specificity and nano- squeezed into two days for the first time (in response to your feedback about how of the coveted radio slot ABC been in business for 8 traps of long-term programs at both federal and state levels. management now being endured. More 702 Breakfast Show, building years producing posters, CONFERENCE choice and agency for the punters and busy you are), features more than 60 unemployment. We also want to promote and facilitate speakers who have all been recruited for a cult following which saw brochures, screen-printed EVALUATION FORMS for providers was at the heart of our re- him crowned the “best radio garments and promotional debate about the role of not-for-profit design. their expertise across the various areas THE JUICE BAR organisations in delivery of government of your operations. There are special show”by ABC local radio in material for private There are two choices Kinetic Super are proud to services and the impacts of that service What the government has proposed in its sessions for Boards, CEOs, CFOs, HR 2012 and 2013. businesses, corporations, this year, either use the delivery on mission, values and purpose Exposure Draft for Employment Services Managers and a wide variety of other councils and not-for-profits. links via our Facebook and be the Premier and Juice Adam holds a first class honors and the very identity of those organisations. 2015 delivers more of what we wanted opportunities for you to engage and Twitter feeds, or complete Bar sponsor of the Jobs Some of the income support and on red tape reduction and flexibility (sort network around with your colleagues. degree in Pure Mathematics PSU exists to help the survey in your satchel. Australia 2014 National and has an immense interest young people overcome employment services changes recently of) than we might have expected. All We really do value your Conference. They proposed by the federal government can providers will have to unlearn a lot of We are at a major cross-road in the world in science. These passions disadvantage and feedback. have been supporting reasonably be characterised as harsh and their existing practices and their slavish of employment and related services lead Adam to hosting the ABC disengagement through our Conference since unfair and unlikely to achieve their stated adherence to thousands of bureaucratic which right now feels not unlike the programs Quantum and FAQ education, employment THIS YEAR’S COFFEE purpose. Where do we draw the line? rules and come up with their own major changes we experienced in 1998. 2010, and are excited In our dreams we still have a large from 1998 to 2001. Other TV and training. 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Sleek Geeks with Dr Karl vocational training and skill histories of commitment to working in seekers, a new role for employment Hospitality Employment kineticsuper.com.au. Oh, and by the way, at the Conference Kruszelnicki for ABC TV and development in structured and Training (HEAT) is particular local communities. What place services in decisions on sanctions and team captain on the ABC TV’s opportunities for creative THE RECHARGE BAR do they have in a future world where bigger penalties, much thinner servicing of job we also celebrate 25 years of operation a practical youth re- of Jobs Australia (and its National sports show The Trophy Room. expression in art, design is seen by governments as a convenient ready job seekers and lashings of mutual engagement program Has been sponsored by SkillShare Association predecessor) and The author of the Little Book and printing. better option? Can partnering up be obligation through the massive expansion delivered from the SKYS Davidsons so you can not just the organisation but rather the of Numbers, Adam explained successfully achieved and how does it get of compulsory Work for the Dole and Learning Centre in recharge your devices network of amazing organisations and his love of prime numbers ‘OUR PLACE’ AV done in very quick time? Will the cheque unrealistic job search requirements. The South Melbourne. It is an between sessions. really be in the mail? proposed shift to a smaller number of individuals which we proudly represent and the magic of maths to an The AV shown at the innovative and practical large regions, the whole of which must and are associated with. You’ll find a little enraptured TED audience in beginning of each day program that assists young THIS YEAR’S PROGRAM Having been swept along over the past be serviced by all providers, and the memento in your conference satchel. We early 2013. Since being posted celebrates your places in 16 and more years of constant pressure haven’t entirely changed the world and people to develop self- See the overview on pages proposed effective demise of specialist online, his talk has had over a your communities, thank and change in the somewhat brutal providers, will result in a flurry of completely solved unemployment but we esteem, to gain accredited 5-7 for the program at a environment in which they have operated, have given it a really good shot. million views. you to everyone who partnering - which might be fair dinkum training qualifications in the glance and to check the our member organisations have some submitted photos. Our or might not – which will be difficult to Enjoy the Conference – you’re an Adam is the ambassador hospitality industry, to get room for each session. See important philosophical, financial and photographer has done his sort out in the short time available. important part of it! for many charities including work experience in local page 8 for session outlines other choices to make about their future best to include as many as Redkite and in 2014 was businesses and prepares and page 13 for speaker trajectories, the sustainability of their We expect to see further “market” David Thompson AM possible. organisations and about how best they use consolidation and the ongoing exit of appointed University of Sydney’s them for the world of work. information sorted by and the Jobs Australia Team Ambassador for Maths and their people and their balance sheets to more small providers as a result – a August 2014 HEAT operates in an surname. deliver positive impact for the people and trend we are seeing across Australia’s Science. informal learning communities they serve. not-for-profit community services and SESSION 6 WORKSHOPS SESSION 7 WORKSHOPS FLOOR PLAN DAYONE 1330-1430 1445-1545 SESSION 6.1 SAVOY 1 SESSION 7.1 SAVOY 1 THE FUTURE OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES MOTIVATING OUTCOMES: 0830-930 REGISTRATION LEVEL 8 FOYER Stephen Moore, Department of Employment; NEW CONCEPTS IN SERVICE DESIGN David Thompson AM, CEO Jobs Australia Katherine Curchin, ANU; Moya Drayton, SESSION 1 SAVOY BALLROOM Department of Employment BOOTH ALLOCATION 930-945 SESSION 6.2 MAYFAIR 2 1.