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Inner Northern LLEN

Environmental Scan

(Darebin, Moreland, Yarra)

2010

Prepared in collaboration with INLLEN by

Dr George Myconos

Research and Policy Centre

Brotherhood of St Laurence

67 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, Victoria

Disclaimer

This Environmental Scan is an active and living document, every effort has been made to ensure this information is accurate at time of publication

INLLEN be updating the Environmental Scan on a six monthly basis

CONTENTS

1 Executive Summary 1

2 Service region overview 2

2.1 Locations of the INLLEN municipalities 2

2.2 The INLLEN service region: at a glance 3

2.3 About the INLLEN 4

2.4 The region and its historical context 4

2.5 Population 4

2.6 Indigenous communities 6

2.7 Humanitarian arrivals 7

2.8 Index of socio-economic disadvantage 8

2.9 Employment 10

2.10 Disengagement 13

2.11 About Darebin 15

2.12 About Moreland 19

2.13 About Yarra 23

3 Education and training 26

3.1 Education and training: at a glance 26

3.2 Policy context 27

3.3 Victorian Government training reforms 28

3.4 Current trends in transition pathways 28

3.5 Educational indicators 30

3.6 Enrolments in VET at TAFE/RTOs, and in ACE 37

3.7 Primary and secondary schools 38

3.8 Special schools (disability) 39

3.9 Summary of education providers by LGA - 2010 40

3.10 VET clusters 40

3.11 Indigenous education 42

3.11.1 Education, training strategies and resources 44

3.11.2 Schools with Koorie students (20+) 46

3.11.3 Koorie Support – TAFE & University 47

3.12 Universities and TAFEs 50

3.13 Disability assistance: Universities and TAFEs 54

3.14 Registered Training Organizations and VCAL 55

3.15 INLLEN pathways programs 59

3.15.1 VCAL 59

3.15.2 Community VCAL 59

3.15.3 TAFE VCAL 61

3.15.4 Pre employment and development training 66

3.15.5 Vocational programs 74

3.16 Apprenticeships and Traineeships 76

3.16.1 Australian Apprenticeship Centres 76

3.16.2 Group Training Organisations 77

3.16.3 Youth Employment Scheme 78

3.17 Career development and pathway assistance 79

3.17.1 Youth Connections 79

3.17.2 Contacts for engagement and transitions 81

4 Employment services 83

4.1 Job Services Australia providers 83

4.2 Youth Guarantee ACE providers 84

4.3 Disability Employment Services and assistance 85

4.4 Employment, Education and Training Directories 89

4.4.1 Darebin 89

4.4.2 Moreland 92

4.4.3 Yarra 93

5 Business and Industry Profile 96

5.1 Business and industry: at a glance 96

5.2 Statistical overview by sector: GNP and employment 97

5.3 Activity Centers 99

5.4 Main industry outlooks 99

5.4.1 Education 99

5.4.2 Wholesale 100

5.4.3 Transport and storage 101

5.4.4 Biotechnology 102

5.4.5 Construction 102

5.4.6 Retail 102

5.4.7 Government services 104

5.4.8 Health 104

5.4.9 Manufacturing and processing industries 105

5.4.10 Green jobs in the advanced manufacturing industry 107

5.5 Business Incubators 107

5.6 The Koorie Business Network 108

5.7 Major Employers by LGA 109

5.8 Outlook by LGA 109

5.8.1 Darebin 109

5.8.2 Moreland 111

5.8.3 Yarra 112

6 Parents and families 114

6.1 Parents and family services: at a glance 114

6.2 Parent engagement 115

6.3 Standout initiatives 115

6.3.1 Parents Victoria 115

6.3.2 Koorie Parent and Community Engagement (KPaCE) 116

6.3.3 Brotherhood of St Laurence 116

6.3.4 Anglicare Parentzone 117

6.3.5 Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre 117

6.4 Parents services and networks 118

6.4.1 Darebin 118

6.4.2 Moreland 120

6.4.3 Yarra 122

6.4.4 Other resources for parents in the INLLEN region 124

7 Community groups 125

7.1 Community groups: at a glance 125

7.2 Darebin 126

7.2.1 Local government 126

7.2.2 Employment and education advice 126

7.2.3 Darebin community services 126

7.2.4 Darebin groups developing community 127

7.2.5 Darebin groups catering for the needs of youth 127

7.2.6 Darebin children and family 128

7.2.7 Darebin multicultural groups 129

7.2.8 Darebin Indigenous 130

7.3 Moreland 131

7.3.1 Local government. 131

7.3.2 Employment and education advice 131

7.3.3 Moreland groups catering for the needs of youth 131

7.3.4 Moreland community services 132

7.3.5 Moreland multicultural groups 134

7.3.6 Moreland indigenous 135

7.4 Yarra 136

7.4.1 Local government. 136

7.4.2 Employment and education advice 136

7.4.3 Yarra groups catering for the needs of youth 136

7.4.4 Yarra community services 138

7.4.5 Yarra children and families 140

7.4.6 Yarra multicultural groups 141

7.4.7 Yarra indigenous 142

8 Existing programs 143

8.1 Existing programs: at a glance 143

8.2 INLLEN youth employment pathways programs 144

8.2.1 TAFE and other VCAL programs 144

8.2.2 Community VCAL programs 144

8.2.3 Pre employment and development training 145

8.2.4 Vocational programs 145

8.3 Youth services by LGA 146

8.3.1 Darebin 146

8.3.2 Moreland 155

8.3.3 Yarra 161

8.4 Disability specific community-based services 166

8.4.1 Darebin 166

8.4.2 Moreland 168

8.4.3 Yarra 169

8.5 Financial Support - disability assistance 169

8.6 Government programs 170

8.6.1 Federal government initiatives and programs 170

8.6.2 Victorian government’s youth focused programs 173

9 Existing partnerships 177

9.1 Partnerships: at a glance 177

9.2 INLLEN specific partnerships 178

9.3 Regional Youth Affairs Networks 179

9.4 Youth Worker Networks in the INLLEN region 180

9.5 Parent and family related partnerships 180

9.5.1 Brotherhood of St Laurence 180

9.5.2 Anglicare Parentzone 181

9.5.3 RMIT: Northern Partnerships 181

9.5.4 Cross referenced 181

10 References 183

11 Useful websites 185

11.1 Employers and industry 185

11.2 Education and training 185

11.3 Youth and careers 186

11.4 Community agencies 187

11.5 Government departments, agencies, and research 188

12 Appendix 1 190

Executive Summary

The Inner Northern Local Learning and Employment Network (INLLEN) is an independent community organisation established to improve education, training and employment outcomes for young people in the municipalities of Darebin, Moreland and Yarra; demographically and culturally diverse regions of Melbourne that experience significant levels of disadvantage. The INLLEN focuses on 15-19 year olds across the Inner North with aim of achieving LLENs role of creating partnerships between government, industry, education and the local community; developing local responses to improve education, training and employment outcomes for young people. LLENs continue to work towards the Victorian Government goals, targets and strategies for education and training with the aim of achieving:

• A successful completion rate for Year 12 students or equivalent of 90% by 2010, and 92.6% by 2015.

• Halving the gap for Indigenous students in Year 12 or equivalent attainment by 2020.

The aim of this environmental scan is to provide an overview of external factors that will influence the direction and goals outlined above, and in doing so provide a comprehensive overview of both present and future factors that influence the achievement of these goals.

The Inner North (Darebin, Moreland and Yarra), is a complex region with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities with significant numbers of generational unemployment and disengagement. This region also has lower levels of uptake in apprenticeships and traineeships than the state average. Housing affordability issues for low income families and younger people are also forcing them further north. Despite the large number of community service providers working with families and young people in this region, there remains a lack of regional planning framework across all levels of government, education and training providers.

This remains a key issue as many young people are not job ready and lack the foundation skills and qualifications required for the contemporary workforce, which often views this demographic as having poor attitudes and a tendency for absenteeism from the workforce. A key factor in addressing this concern is in engaging the relevant industry sectors to develop joint pathways and initiatives with education and training providers to offer more collaborative, holistic and effective services to these young people, with a focus on building sustainable relationships as well as relevant employment and educational attainment.

The diverse range of CALD and Koorie communities within the inner north region seems to reflect the significant difficulties faced by CALD families due to language barriers, low educational attainment and job related skills. This affects not only first generation migrants and Koorie parents, but also on the capabilities and aspirations of their children. Engaging with parents who have a negative experience with the education and training system will not only empower these individuals, but will have a trickledown effect on their families and the broader community.

In order to successfully address the limited employment outcomes, poor transitions from education to employment, the competing agendas of organisations and duplication of programs across service providers and regions, a more coordinated education and training provision framework is required. This framework should create better linkages between existing programs, while creating new services, programs and frameworks to identify and addresses the current gaps in services provision. Effective services also require workers with a thorough knowledge of the region, its services and population, who are able to effectively engage with these diverse communities and disseminate information with an effective and culturally sensitive approach. It is also recommended that a Youth Commitment model is developed across the 3 LGAs which have a ‘whole of community’ approach to improving the outcomes of young people.

Service region overview

1 Locations of the INLLEN municipalities

City of Moreland City of Darebin City of Yarra

Source: Municipal Association of Victoria, Department of Planning and Community Development

2 The INLLEN service region: at a glance

• A highly complex region with diverse communities, CALD, newly arrived refugees, significant indigenous population, and pockets of generational unemployment.

• High numbers of early school leavers, many whom are extremely disadvantaged, who do not re-engage in education or training and are not competitive in the labour market.

• High levels of youth unemployment and disengagement

• Lower than state average uptake in apprenticeships and traineeships

• Significant pockets of disadvantage and low income, and public housing across all 3 LGA areas

• A number of Neighbourhood Renewal projects - East Reservoir, Fitzroy, Collingwood and Glenroy

• A shift in manufacturing businesses and an industry profile that has moved further north

• A lack of regional planning framework across all levels of government, education and training providers

• A large number of community service providers working with families and young people

• Housing affordability issues for low income families and young people forcing them further north

• A significant number of small primary and secondary schools undergoing redevelopment or school improvement planning processes

3 About the INLLEN

The Inner Northern Local Learning and Employment Network (INLLEN) is an independent community organisation established to improve education, training and employment outcomes for young people in the municipalities of Darebin, Moreland and Yarra. INLLEN is governed by a Committee of Management which is made up of a range of people from industry, government, education and training providers and the local community.

The INLLEN’s role is to create partnerships between government, industry, education and the local community and to develop local responses to improve education, training and employment outcomes for young people. We are a strategic networking organization and our approach is to mobilise existing resources and strengthen the planning and provision for 15-19 year olds across the Inner North.

All LLENs continue to work towards the Victorian Government goals, targets and strategies for education and training. They also work towards achieving Victoria’s targets as outlined in the National Partnership on Youth Attainment and Transitions agreed by the Council of Australian Governments on 2 July 2009. Current relevant targets are:

• by 2010, 90% of young people in Victoria will successfully complete Year 12 or its educational equivalent;

• a 92.6% Year 12 or equivalent attainment rate by 2015; and

• halving the gap for Indigenous students in Year 12 or equivalent attainment by 2020.

4 The region and its historical context

INLLEN operates in a demographically and culturally diverse region of Melbourne; one that experiences significant levels of disadvantage. Historically, the LGAs within the INLLEN catchment - Darebin, Moreland and Yarra - were the centre of Melbourne’s manufacturing sector. The concentrated nature of industry within the region contributed to large numbers of post war migrants settling within its suburbs, resulting in a demographically diverse community across the three LGAs.

The inner north experienced waves of migrants in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s who have continued to settle within the three municipalities. More recently, there has been a major influx of refugees from Africa and the Middle East.

The Inner North, and particularly Darebin, has one of the highest concentrations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people in Victoria. The area has a high concentration of public housing with associated issues of poverty and marginalisation. The Victorian Government has funded Neighbourhood Renewal (now complete) and other projects within the INLLEN area to build community capital and improve outcomes for local residents.

5 Population

By 2008 the INLLEN region had a combined population of almost 360,000 people. The following data provides a break-down of population by various categories, by age and municipality, and by age group and sex. It then provides date on important socio economic indicators.

Estimated resident population as at June 2008

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Population by age and municipality, 2006.

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Source: ABS Census 2006.

Estimated resident population (15-19) by LGA, 2005-2007

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Estimated Residential Population by 5 year age group, sex, and principal locales, projected to June 30th 2011

|SLA Name |Males |Males |Females |

| |10-14 |15-19 |10-14 |

|(Ages Not Available) |125 |177 |96 |

Refugee settlement in top 10 metropolitan and rural LGAs, Victoria, 2005-08

Greater Dandenong 2132

Brimbank 1060

Wyndham 1046

Hume 978

Casey 605

Maroondah 527

Maribyrnong 515

Hobsons Bay 378

Whittlesea 274

Yarra 198

Other 1288

Total metropolitan 9001

(Source: the DIAC Settlement Database, July 2008. via DHS Refugee health and wellbeing action plan 2008-2010)

Current settlement locations, Jan-March 2010

Western metro refugees: Moreland 7% of total

Eastern metro refugees: Yarra 2% of total

Western metro SHP: Darebin 3% of total

Eastern metro SHP: Yarra 7% of total

Source: IHSS Settlement information, from AMES bulletin

Youth Transitions Secondary School Aged Refugees by LGA

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(as at August 2009 - Prepared bythe DEECD ESL unit)

6 Index of socio-economic disadvantage

The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines the Index of Socio-Economic Disadvantage as a general indicator that summarises the economic and social resources of people and households within an area. Unlike other indexes, a high score reflects a relative lack of disadvantage rather than a relatively high level of advantage. A low score indicates relatively greater disadvantage in general.

Darebin ranks as the fifth most disadvantaged municipality out of the 31 municipalities in metropolitan Melbourne. While it reported a lower level of relative disadvantage in 2001 compared to 2006 (from 29th to 26th place in metropolitan Melbourne) it declined in 2006 to 27th place.

Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas Disadvantage scores for metropolitan Melbourne

2006 2001 1996 Index

Boroondara 1 1 1 1104.45

Nillumbik 2 4 2 1104.40

Bayside 3 3 3 1095.79

Stonnington 4 2 4 1087.74

Manningham 5 5 5 1081.29

Glen Eira 6 6 6 1071.21

Port Phillip 7 7 13 1064.64

Whitehorse 8 8 7 1055.17

Monash 9 10 11 1052.94

Knox 10 12 10 1049.55

Melbourne 11 13 14 1049.18

Banyule 12 9 9 1047.40

Maroondah 13 11 8 1045.93

Yarra Ranges 14 14 12 1038.76

Kingston 15 16 17 1030.37

Cardinia 16 17 15 1027.16

Mornington Peninsula 17 15 20 1026.24

Wyndham 18 20 16 1021.76

Yarra 19 19 23 1019.49

Moonee Valley 20 18 19 1015.63

Casey 21 22 18 1012.33

Melton 22 21 21 1009.83

Hobsons Bay 23 2 4 25 997.81

Frankston 24 23 22 996.51

Moreland 25 25 27 987.10

Whittlesea 26 27 24 978.39

Darebin 27 26 29 971.57

Hume 28 28 26 965.16

Maribyrnong 29 30 31 948.52

Brimbank 30 29 28 930.47

Greater Dandenong 31 31 30 893.85

(Source: 2033.0.55.001 - Socio-economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), Data only, 2006, and pp 4-5, Darebin City Council, 2006 Socio-Economic Indexes, For Areas (SEIFA), Preliminary Report, May 2008)

7 Employment

Estimates of overall unemployment

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(Source ABS 13672DO007_200912)

Unemployment rate (15-19) by LGA, 2006

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(Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2006)

Job seekers receiving Newstart and Youth Allowances, 2009-10

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|Newstart Population 2010 03 (Mar) (19-03-10) | | |

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