❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on the establishment, funding, and operation of the new Training WA Career Centres, including specialist services for ex-offenders and culturally diverse clients. The answer provides details on funding, locations, and the new funding model.
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I refer to an article in the Department’s newsletter ‘Training Matters’, volume seven of November/December 2009, where it is mentioned that there will be a network of 12 new Training WA Career Centres based throughout the State, and I ask -
(1) What is the cost of setting up these new centres?
(2) How are these new centres being funded?
(3) Where will the two or three specialist centres that provide career services to ex-offenders and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds be set up?
(4) Which organisations applied for funding to deliver career advice and training?
(5) What is the new funding model that will make sure regional career centres are sufficiently funded to provide quality services to clients?
(6) How many centres are operational at the current time?
(1) What is the cost of setting up these new centres?
(2) How are these new centres being funded?
(3) Where will the two or three specialist centres that provide career services to ex-offenders and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds be set up?
(4) Which organisations applied for funding to deliver career advice and training?
(5) What is the new funding model that will make sure regional career centres are sufficiently funded to provide quality services to clients?
(6) How many centres are operational at the current time?
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Answered
20 April 2010
Responded by
Minister for Training and Workforce Development
Response time
48 days
(1) The network of 14 Workforce Development Centres which replaced the current Employment Directions Network is funded $5,851,504 per year. There was no additional cost involved in establishing this Network.
(2) Workforce Development Centres are funded through a service agreement under the General Provisions for the Purchase of Community Services by Government Agencies - 2008 Edition.
(3) East Perth for ex-offenders and Wembley for culturally and linguistically diverse clients. Whilst these Centres are based in the metropolitan region they will use the network of Workforce Development Centres, outreach services and Information Technology programs to deliver career services to clients.
(4) Twenty six organisations applied to deliver career services and 12 were successful in their application. The names of these organisations are considered confidential information.
(5) The network of Workforce Development Centres is supported by a new funding model. Under this model, funding will be allocated to each of the school districts in Western Australia on a per capita basis. Workforce Development Centres in those districts will receive funding that is linked to the number of clients to whom they provide a service. The new funding formula is regionally weighted on a sliding scale, with Workforce Development Centres in rural and remote areas receiving a higher level of funding than those in the Perth metropolitan area.
(6) The current Employment Directions Network is funded until 31 March 2010. The new network of 14 Workforce Development Centres will commence operations on 1 April 2010.
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(2) Workforce Development Centres are funded through a service agreement under the General Provisions for the Purchase of Community Services by Government Agencies - 2008 Edition.
(3) East Perth for ex-offenders and Wembley for culturally and linguistically diverse clients. Whilst these Centres are based in the metropolitan region they will use the network of Workforce Development Centres, outreach services and Information Technology programs to deliver career services to clients.
(4) Twenty six organisations applied to deliver career services and 12 were successful in their application. The names of these organisations are considered confidential information.
(5) The network of Workforce Development Centres is supported by a new funding model. Under this model, funding will be allocated to each of the school districts in Western Australia on a per capita basis. Workforce Development Centres in those districts will receive funding that is linked to the number of clients to whom they provide a service. The new funding formula is regionally weighted on a sliding scale, with Workforce Development Centres in rural and remote areas receiving a higher level of funding than those in the Perth metropolitan area.
(6) The current Employment Directions Network is funded until 31 March 2010. The new network of 14 Workforce Development Centres will commence operations on 1 April 2010.
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