Social Work, Op-Shops, and Job Training: Becoming Work-Ready in a Different Way

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Author(s): Grant Holland (Holland Foundation, Melbourne, Australia)and Lesley Shuttleworth (Borderlands Cooperative, Australia)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 19
Source title: Practical and Political Approaches to Recontextualizing Social Work
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jacques Boulet (Borderlands Cooperative, Australia)and Linette Hawkins (Action Research Issues Association, Melbourne, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6784-5.ch007

Keywords: Government & Law / Medical Information Science Reference / Policy & Reform / Public Health and Welfare

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Many disadvantaged young people and adults, long and short-term unemployed, overseas arrivals/refugees, people with mental health issues, mothers returning to the workforce, and those disconnected from their communities have lost hope of ever getting employment. Numerous employment-training programs are narrowly-focused classroom-based simulations provided on a sessional basis, while real-world job training opportunities with flexible entry/exit points and on-site professional social work support for those disconnected from employment opportunities are uncommon. The STEP program, an innovative and engaging real-world training program in an opportunity shop (op-shop), gives hope and job success to disaffected people, offering life-changing training in every aspect of running a business in the retail and office administration sector as well as teaching valuable life skills, including job interviews, accounts and administration, and customer service.

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