Passport to Employment

Passport to Employment

Entering Employment

The Passport to Employment Program is designed to build a positive approach and confidence in those moving toward employment, while giving participants  hands-on work.  Entering the workplace can be a very daunting prospect, as it requires resilience, adaptability and a willingness to learn and grow both personally and professionally. Self-confidence may be at an all-time low, mixed with feelings of anticipation and anxiety.

The 24-week program is designed around individual aspiration, taking the participant through the step-by-step process  required to equip them for a positive work experience, engagement with the wider community and connecting to further educational training opportunities.  Skills training, personal growth, mentoring and individual and group training sessions are all vital components towards a productive outcome.


The Passport to Employment Program covers:
  •  Respectful communication skills: This can be difficult to balance when blending with a  team, effectively providing input, speaking to supervisors while needing to feel heard.
  • Learning new skills: Every job comes with its own set of tasks and responsibilities. Learning how to perform these tasks efficiently can take time and effort.
  • Dealing with expectations: There may be pressure to meet expectations from supervisors, colleagues and oneself, which can be stressful.
  • Time management: Balancing work responsibilities with personal life and other commitments can be challenging, especially when establishing a new routine.
  • Handling feedback: Receiving constructive feedback and suggestions is part of professional growth. This can be difficult to accept and implement, especially for someone new to the workforce.
  • Engaging in interviews: Role playing various scenarios enabling the participant to ask and answer relevant and meaningful questions in an interview.
  • Navigating office politics: Understanding office dynamics and hierarchies can be tricky, and navigating relationships with colleagues and supervisors requires diplomacy and tact.
  • Managing stress: Work-related stress is common, especially when starting a new job. Learning how to cope with stress effectively is crucial for maintaining well-being.
  • Setting expectations: It's important to manage one's own expectations about the job, career trajectory, and work-life balance realistically.
  • Financial management: Managing finances, including budgeting, saving and understanding employee benefits, is an essential aspect of a work environment.
  • Maintaining motivation: Staying motivated and engaged in the job, especially during challenging periods or when tasks become repetitive, can be a struggle for some individuals.
  • Adjusting to a new environment: Adapting to a new workplace culture, colleagues, and routines.
 The Program includes:
    • Explore the unique and often destructive inner narrative that has resulted from life experiences.
    • Discover the source of their views, judgements and perceptions.
    • Look in depth at how this impacts life and personal relationships.
    • Determine techniques to recalibrate their view of life experiences.
    • View experiences as the creative force for a powerful and productive life.
    • Learn techniques to release anxiety and anger.
    • Explore coping mechanisms for the impact of personal change and the effect on others.
    • Find the unique and personal balance to live every moment fully in both work and home-life.Mentoring and coaching, including individual emotional support and skills identification process.
    • Work-based training with Supernal Magazine Australia, gaining skills from basic time management and meeting deadlines through to every aspect of administration and skill training required to produce the magazine.
    • Transforming Frameworks Program:  a unique personal growth training program approved, endorsed and certificated by the International Institute of Complementary Therapists.
    • Opportunities to expand social media, sound and video recording, editing and photography skills, with guided instruction for all skills covered.
    • Group activities in problem solving and respecting differences.
    • Comprehensive manual with worksheets.
    • Regular assessment sessions leading to a supportive report designed for future employment opportunities.

Participants also gain a certificate in the Transforming Frameworks Program, in which they -:

    • Explore the unique and often destructive narrative that results from life experiences
    • Discover the source of their views, judgements and perceptions.
    • Look in depth at how this impacts life and personal relationships.
    • Determine techniques to recalibrate their view of life experiences.
    • View experiences as the creative force for a powerful and productive life.
    • Learn techniques to release anxiety and anger.
    • Explore coping mechanisms for the impact of personal change and the effect on others.
    • Find the unique and personal balance to live every moment fully in both work and home-life.

Each participant receives individual sessions with a counsellor as necessary, to explore at a deeper level, any issues raised by the Transforming Frameworks Program.

  • Ongoing support from the facilitator between sessions, either by email or phone
  • Comprehensive Manual and worksheets for reference
  • Certificate of Completion

Duration: 24 weeks