Opportunities for All:

why a quasi market needs

Access and Equity

programs to be most

effective

Introduction

Victoria’s demand driven training system

Victoria’s Access and Equity grant program• 2011 recipients• Two case studies

Moving ahead in next 12 months

The Victorian demand-driven training system is more responsive to individuals and industry and regions

Industry & Businessinfluence student

choice

Industry & Businessengage with providers directly

Eligible Students

have a personal entitlement to

subsidised training to use at provider of

choice

Government Funds student entitlement

Facilitates industry involvement

Regulates training providers

Government funded VET students by equity group

ACE accredited and pre-accredited enrolments and delivery

Finding pathways for hard to reach learners

Skills Victoria (Government)

ACE VET HEI

Individuals

Business

Industry

Community Providers

Strong connections Partnership approach -Wrap around support service delivery increasing engagement

Collaborate- building on and up the value chain

Through VTG providing opportunities - “ready” workforce through training and development

Opportunities for innovations to meet needs of the knowledge economy

Strengthening partnerships

amongst ourselves.

Supporting capacity of the training market to address barriers

• Market Knowledge: Understanding the market• Market Facilitating: Building capacity and capability• 3 Key Factors: “Partnership”, “Sustainability” and

“Innovation”

Access and Equity ProgramsProgram Name Lead Applicant Type Cohort Location

Learning Communities: An Indigenous Partnership Model

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)

TAFE Indigenous Metro – northern

Pathways to Participation (PTP)

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Inc. (Asylum Seeker Resource Centre)

Community Service Organisation (CSO)

Refugee Metro – northern

6 Steps to Employment Continuing Education Bendigo

Registered Training Organisation (RTO)

Disability Bendigo

E3 = Engagement2 Education2 Employment

Anchor Inc. (Anchor) Community Service Organisation (CSO)

Young people at risk of homelessness

Metro – outer east

My Life; My VET Pathway University of Ballarat (Technical Education Centre) (UBTEC)

TAFE Young people living in and out of homecare

Ballarat

Transitions: Partnerships in Supported Learning

Hanover Welfare Services

Community Service Organisation (CSO)

Homeless Metro – Inner

Hanover Welfare Services• ‘Transitions: Partnerships in

Supported Learning Model’ • Partnership between

Hanover Welfare Services and the Centre for Adult Education (CAE)

• 20 Hanover clients to participate in pre-accredited and accredited training.

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Inc

• ‘Pathways to Participation’ model

Through Pathways to Participation ASRC is working with training providers and employers to develop effective systems to overcome these barriers and increase

engagement in education through to employment for this vulnerable group

Education Training Employment

ESL

Material Aid

Counsell-ing

Case-work

Mentor-ing

Legal

Health

Housing

Elements of an effective service delivery model for disadvantaged learners

• Working together: Developing deliverables (clear, measurable)

• Evaluation - Identify common features and models that underpin effective delivery to disadvantaged learners and assistance to support outcomes.

Moving ahead in next 12 months

• Evaluation analysis will contribute to making Victoria’s demand driven system one that delivers exceptional results for disadvantage learners and business which in turn means stronger employment options for learners.

• By embedding ‘responsiveness’ more firmly in the market’s DNA we will demonstrate adaptability and effective models that thrive as the system evolves.