All fees and charges for government funded training are calculated in accordance with the Ministerial Directions on Fees and Charges 2004.

Computers

Classes are held on a term basis with dates coinciding with school terms and run throughout the year. You can download our current program of classes in PDF format.

New brochure - 2008

To enroll in a computer class, telephone the Education Program of Community West on 9363 9930 or download an enrolment form (Which is part of our brochure), fill it out, and return to us. You can email us or Fax the enrolment form to us on 93604851.

Note: Dates and times are subject to change. Confirmation letters with final details are issued one week before commencement of class.

English

Enrolment into English classes is by interview only. The interview is approximately half an hour in duration and is used to assess the Language/ Numeracy/ Literacy skills of the student, in order to place the student in the most beneficial class. For an appointment, telephone the Education Program on 9363 9930 or email us.

The cost to case managers of our language classes is $1.36 per student contact hour.

Most classes meet twice a week for 2-3 hours per session.

We teach at a number of venues throughout the Brimbank Municipality. We have classes at Community West in Deer Park, Copperfields Neighbourhood house in Delahey, Sydenham Community Centre, Deer Park Library, and Westvale Community Centre.

Classes are held on a term basis with dates coinciding with school terms and run throughout the year.

You will need to have Adobe acrobat installed on your computer to view Community West’s current Adult Community Education brochure.

If you do not already have a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.

Learning for Employment (LfE) consortium

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 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 Work 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.

Programme Objective

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.

Key Features of the Language, Literacy and Numeracy Programme

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 and numeracy training and vocationally-oriented training.  Training is normally delivered face-to-face although a small proportion of training is delivered by distance-mode.  Clients are placed in the appropriate stream of training with the appropriate training focus following a face-to-face or distance-mode pre-training assessment of language, literacy and numeracy competencies.
Community West conducts classes for 6 hrs per day for between 2 and 3 days per week. Students are expected to attend each class. Attendance is monitored and students are continually assessed to record learning outcomes and skill increases.

If you wish to refer a Client to the LLNP program please call
9364 3650 for an appointment. This is called a Pre training Assessment and can take up to 2 hours. All Pre training assessments are conducted at our St Albans Site. You need to have the client with you when you make this phone call.

Participating in the Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program

Referring Agencies, currently Centrelink and Job Network Members, refer clients to an LLNP provider.  Clients attend training on a part-time (minimum of 10 hours and maximum of 19 hours a week) or a full-time basis (minimum 20 hours per week).  Training is delivered in blocks of 160 hours and students can access up to 800 hours of training. (5x 160 hour blocks).