What is Reconnect?
Pines Learning is a provider of the Reconnect program, a Victorian state government funded program, which assists eligible participants to overcome barriers to education, training, and employment.
How Reconnect can help
Reconnect participants are supported by a case worker who can provide support and interventions to assist you to identify your educational goals and develop a pathway plan to get you there.
Reconnect case workers provide a holistic approach to individual participants circumstances. The case worker provides career advice and guidance, as well as assistance with all aspects of enrolment into pre-accredited and accredited training.
Support for Reconnect participants:
- Mentoring support – including referrals to other support services based on participant’s individual needs, for example, mental health and housing support.
- Community connection – assistance to expand social networks and connections to the community.
- Personalised goal planning – support participants to identify pathways and remove barriers to achieve long term goals.
- Gain access to training – assistance with access to a broad range of introductory programs so participants can find what interests them and develop new skills to support reconnection to employment and study.
Funding
Funding provided may incorporate brokerage to improve access to education, training, and employment for the program participants. This could include costs associated with:
- Course fees, materials, equipment
- Travel costs
- Non-government funded training
- Other related expenses
Who is eligible?
- Young people aged between 17- 19 years not engaged in education or training for six months or more (less than 8 hours per week).
- Mature participants aged between 20-64 years; Unemployed for six months or more (less than 8 hours per week) and not engaged in education or training for six months or more (less than 8 hours per week).
- Young people (17 to 24 years of age) who have been, or are currently on, Youth Justice Orders.
- Out of Home Care: Aged 17-64: A person that has a current or previous experience with Child Protection.
- Asylum Seekers aged 17 – 64:
- individuals or dependants of individuals who meet the following criteria:
- hold any humanitarian, protection of refugee visa in Australia; or
- have applied for a humanitarian, protection or refugee visa and hold a bridging visa for this purpose; or
- have made an application under s. 417 or s.48b of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) which is yet to be determined and hold a bridging visa.
- (Individuals must have a visa with study rights, and work rights are required for programs that include work placement).
Exemptions may be available for those who do not fit the criteria above.
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