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Adult Community & Further Education (ACFE) classes |
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Enrolment into ACFE funded classes is by interview only. The interview will take about 30 minutes and is used to place the individual into a class that is right for them.  For an appointment, telephone the Education Program on 9363 9930 or email us. For case managers, the cost of placing a client into ACFE funded classes is $1.37 per student contact hour. Most classes meet once or twice a week for 4.5 hours per day with some evening classes meeting once a week for 3 hours. Classes are held on a term basis; dates coincide with school terms and run throughout the year. Classes are held at various locations throughout the Brimbank Municipality. There are classes at Community West in Deer Park, Copperfields Neighbourhood house in Delahey, Sydenham Community Centre, Deer Park Library and Westvale Community Centre. Classes include: English at Work Living & Employment Skills Computer Classes for Beginners Working in Australia Beginners English All courses are designed to improve the literacy, numeracy and employability skills of the student and develop a better understanding of the workplace. Further, the courses develop the general workplace skills needed to gain employment.  These classes are held on a term basis; dates coincide with school terms and run throughout the year. To enquire about enrolling in a class, telephone the Education Program of Community West on 9363 9930 or email to
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Learning for Employment (LfE) consortium |
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Community West, Djerriwarrh Employment and Education Services, Broadmeadows Employment Project (WorkForce Plus), Essendon Network for Employment and Training (ENET), Laverton Community Centre, Werribee Community Centre, Williamstown Community Education Centre, and Yarraville Community Centre have each separately been delivering Language, Literacy and Numeracy services in the Northern Central and Western Centrelink areas of Melbourne for a number of years. In 2006 this group successfully re-tendered as a consortium for funding to continue to deliver Language, Literacy and Numeracy services in the West, South West and North West areas of Melbourne under the new conditions of delivery proposed by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations(DEEWR). The consortium is named Learning for Employment and the lead agent is Djerriwarrh Employment and Education Services. Community West conducts Language, Literacy and Numeracy classes in Deer Park and St Albans. |
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The Program seeks to improve clients’ language, literacy and/or numeracy with the expectation that such improvements will enable them to participate more effectively in training or in the labour force and lead to greater gains for society in the longer term. Target Groups/Clients
The Program provides language, literacy and numeracy assistance to those jobseekers who are experiencing significant disadvantage in the labour market due to low levels of language, literacy and/or numeracy. The Program targets clients from Culturally and Lingusiatically Diverse Communities (CALD) needing language-only training at three different levels (Initial, Basic and Advanced) including those seeking International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and Occupational English Test (OET) training. The Program also targets clients with literacy and/or numeracy training needs at two levels (Basic and Advanced). Training is also available to those clients needing specific Advanced vocationally-oriented training. The Program caters for disadvantaged client groups including Indigenous people, young males, people with disabilities, isolated female clients and/or cases of aged based workforce exclusion. All clients must be of working age (generally 15 to 64 years) and be registered with Centrelink and not a full time student. Clients must also satisfy eligibility criteria relating to benefit and visa status. |
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Key Features of the Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program (LLNP) |
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The Program provides high-quality, flexible training to eligible clients and caters for the increasing demand for English language training as well as the continuing need for literacy, numeracy and vocationally-oriented training. Training is delivered face-to-face and clients are placed in a class appropriate to the competencies demonstrated at the pre-training assessment. Community West conducts classes for 6 hrs per day, for 2 or 3 days per week. Students are expected to attend every class. Attendance is monitored and students are continually assessed to record learning outcomes and skill development. If you wish to refer a Client to the LLNP program please call 9364 3650 for an appointment for a Pre-training Assessment. You must have the client with you when you make this phone call. The Pre-training Assessment can take up to 2 hours. All Pre-training Assessments are conducted at our St Albans site. |
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Participating in the Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program |
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Referring Agencies, currently Centrelink and Job Services Australia, refer clients to an LLNP provider. Clients attend training on a part-time basis of either 12 or 18 hours per week. From July 1, 2009 training is delivered in blocks of 200 hours and students can access up to 4 X 200 hour blocks to complete a total of 800 training hours. |
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