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 Current Training Programs
South West RegionCourses coming up in South West Region: Statement of Attainment Courses - free or low cost to eligible participants. Click here for more details.
Short Courses - Click here for more details
Traineeships The high calibre of our traineeship program is evidenced by our success in the annual “South West Sydney Apprentice and Trainee of the Year Awards”. To date we have received 4 awards for training category winners in aged care and business services, including the honour of training the “Regional Trainee of the Year”. Contact Person: Paul Thomas - 02 4628 3300 Corporate Partners for ChangeSince 2000 the YWCA, NSW state government and local aged care facilities and childcare centres have delivered the “Corporate Partners for Change” Program. This program combines government, training providers and industry leaders in developing and delivering vocational programs targeting skills shortage industries. Each year, this program has achieved employment outcomes in excess of 80%. This program is now delivered by the YWCA in partnership with other training organisations throughout the greater Western Sydney region. By way of example the very successful partnership between the YWCA South West Region, the Hammond Care Group and the NSW Department of Education & Training (formerly coordinated through the Office of the Minister for Western Sydney) has seen over 100 new Nursing Assistants working in aged care in the Macarthur region. These are unemployed people, the majority being mature-aged women returning to the workforce, that come through the YWCA’s pre-vocational Assistant in Nursing Program which is funded by the NSW Department of Education and Training. Contact Person: Paul Thomas - 02 4628 3300 Australian Apprenticeship Access Program Contact Person: Paul Thomas - 02 4628 3300 SkillsLink Contact Person: Paul Thomas - 02 4628 3300 W.E.L.L Program Contact Person: Paul Thomas - 02 4628 3300 Community Transport Training Program Contact Person: Paul Thomas - 02 4629 3430 South East Region In Nowra and the Shoahaven region, YWCA NSW runs courses targeted at job seekers within our community. Participants have an opportunity to practise their skills through work experience placements during their training program. Course are funded by DET, DEEWR and some other organisations and government departments. We offer classroom based training and traineeships in Hospitality, IT, Community Services, Aged Care, Home and Community Care, Retail and Conservation and Land Management.
Contact Person: Nicky Sloan- 02 4423 8515 Courses Coming up in South West Region:
Green Corp Training YWCA’s Green Corp projects have included environmental project work at coastal, river, rainforest and bushland sites around the Shoalhaven, and incorporates construction and regeneration work. “What really sets this project apart is the partnership the YWCA has developed with the Bay and Basin Resource Community Centre which has led to the development of a youth forum to identify the environmental, social and economic issues of concern to young people in the area”, says Graeme Gibson, Green Corps National Education and Training Manager. This component is planned to provide a sustainable benefit for the young people involved, and the community, well beyond the life of the project. Contact Person: Fiona Proust - 02 4423 8505 SCRAP (Shoalhaven Creative Reuse Action Project)
Contact Person: Sandra Lothian - 02 4422 9640 Community Learning ConnectionsThis project will deliver 3 enterprise projects, 2 in Nowra/Bomaderry and 1 in Ulladulla. Each project is 20 weeks, 2 days a week, involving unemployed people in a process of developing and delivering an enterprise. Participants will undertake accredited training in the Certificate 1 in Business as well as developing literacy, numeracy and employability skills as part of being involved in the enterprise development and delivery process. The Nowra/Bomaderry groups will focus on setting up a community Café in the Bomaderry Plaza in partnership with Essential Personnel. The Ulladulla group has a hands-on arts focus, making creative items and designing an enterprise to sell these within the community. Funded by Language, Literacy and Numeracy Innovative Projects, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Contact Person: Nicky Sloan- 02 4423 8515 
Western Sydney RegionParramatta Training ServicesSince 2004, the YWCA at
Links to LearningThe Links to Learning program is designed for 15-24 year old early school leavers who want to participate in an adult learning environment as a pathway to employment or further training. We offer accredited Retail and Hospitality training and include a work experience component for participants to develop their skills in the workplace. Courses coming up in Parramatta: Certificate II in Retail Certificate II in Hospitality or Retail (TBC) Certificate II in Hospitality or Retail (TBC) Entry criteria: Contact Person: Siang Wee Quek- 02 9633 3919 Northern Rivers Training Services YWCA Northern Rivers Training Services are being offered in Goonellabah and Lismore to create learning opportunities to empower women, families and young people with quality training. Our aim is to offer exceptional quality training that will enhance participant’s learning, life and employment options. We aim to build trusting relationships with other service providers, government departments, employers and the community as a reputable quality training provider.
Community in the Kitchen The hands-on experience provided in each component of the project will assist participants to build the necessary skills and confidence to seek out employment opportunities through:
Hospitality participants will be offered an opportunity to participate in our Catering Enterprise – Yummy Catering. We have secured some funding to support Yummy Catering it will be a catering service run from the YWCA which is in development stages, watch this space for updates. Contact Person: Frances Trimboli - 02 6625 5801
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