Paid Employment Pathways Package - WorkFoundations

Overview

The Australian Government is inviting applications via an open competitive process, from 14 January 2025 to 11 February 2025, to apply to deliver services under the Program 1.1 Employment Services – Paid Employment Pathways Package – WorkFoundations. The WorkFoundations grant opportunity aims to fund social enterprises and businesses who can provide tailored, paid employment placements with integrated wrap around services for job seekers facing challenging barriers to employment. This 2 year grant opportunity will fund paid employment pathways specifically designed to assist eligible job seekers who are not yet competitive in the open labour market and need additional services to enter (or re-enter) the workforce. The objective of the WorkFoundations grant opportunity is to fund activities that: assist job seekers with complex vocational and/or non-vocational barriers to build their work readiness in a nurturing work environment with tailored wrap around services to address their barriers to employment, while gaining real life experience in jobs that suit their skills, interests and needs and earning real wages.