This funding support could be utilised to procure items such as White Card, Working with Vulnerable People or other industry tickets, clothing required for a work-based setting, Personal Protective Equipment for work in a manual environment, training and up-skilling courses such as First Aid or tooling for job-based apprentices or trainees.

The Job Ready Fund will provide financial assistance of up to $750 per applicant to assist and remove the financial barriers the new employee may encounter when entering the workforce or for the established worker looking to further develop their career.

Who this service is for

Job Ready Fund – you are eligible if you are facing financial hardship and:

• are an Australian Citizen and/or Permanent Resident with a Tasmanian residential address, or if not a Permanent Resident, a migrant who have been residing in Tasmania for more than six months, has working rights and are unemployed or underemployed, or
• are a young person (18-25 years), or
• are a woman, parent or carer returning to work, or
• are in receipt of a Centrelink allowance such as JobSeeker, Youth Allowance, Disability Support Pension, ABSTUDY, Austudy and/or a current Health Care Card, or listed on a current Health Care Card (not a medicare card) as a dependent.

And meet any one of the following:

• have started a new job in the last six months, or
• have an offer of employment (that can be verified with an employer if necessary), or
• are currently enrolled in a nationally recognised training program, or have completed a qualification or training (evidenced by a statement of attainment or qualification achieved in the last six months), or
• provided Searson Buck with the evidence or argument that the proposed training or equipment will lead to improved employability skills or work readiness and cannot be sourced from an alternative provider or source (i.e., Workforce Australia provider, TasTAFE etc).

Tasmanian School-aged Students Eligibility:

• if you are a school student currently enrolled in a Tasmanian Government, Catholic or Independent school you are ineligible.
• If you are a year 10 school-leaver and able to provide evidence of exemption to leave school granted by the Department of Education for a traineeship, apprenticeship or an offer of employment of at least 35 hours a week in the last six months then you are eligible for the Job Ready Fund.

For more information visit the program guide or email jobreadyfund@searsonbuck.com.au

Cost

Free

Opening Hours

8:30am – 5:00pm

Accessibility Support

*Ramp Access

*Lift

How this service is delivered

• Face-to-face

  Call or visit us online
  1800688180

• Call or visit us online

  To learn more about the Job Ready Fund, find out if you're eligible and apply, head to
  https://www.searsonbuck.com.au/page/contact-us/jobreadyfund/