LINK FOR WEBINAR: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88623035628

The Department of Education, Skills and Employment (the department) is holding a webinar to share information about proposed changes to the Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) program.

The webinar is an opportunity for SEE providers and stakeholders to learn about SEE program procurement, contracting, funding and delivery arrangements starting from 1 July 2023, and to have input into the changes.

Date and time

Thursday 16 December 2021 11am-12.30pm AEDT

What will the webinar cover?

This webinar will provide information about proposed changes to the SEE program to improve outcomes for participants.

At the webinar, Departmental representatives will give an overview of the 6 key topic areas in the SEE Discussion Paper 2023. It is also an opportunity for attendees to answer some questions to help inform the future program.

The Discussion Paper topics are:

job seeker access and engagement
training delivery
payment model
performance
quality assurance
procurement.

How will the webinar be run?

The webinar will run for 1.5 hours. The link to join the webinar will be available here and sent in reminder emails the day before the event.

Please register to receive the link to, and further information, about this webinar.

The webinar is open to anyone. It will be particularly relevant to current and potential SEE providers, teachers and assessors, foundation skills training and employer peak bodies, employers, employment service providers (ESPs), and other stakeholders.

During the webinar you will be able to provide your views about the proposed changes using an online engagement tool at menti.com. The code to participate will be provided during the webinar.

Background

The Skills for Education and Employment SEE program is the Government’s primary program for helping eligible job seekers improve their language, literacy, numeracy and digital (LLND) skills.

Such improvements can enable eligible job seekers to participate more effectively in training or in the labour force and lead to greater long-term gains for themselves, the economy and the community.

The Government is increasing its investment in foundations skills programs, like the SEE program, so more job seekers can access the program.

The department has developed a paper that discusses possible changes to the program and is conducting consultation from November 2021.

Consultation will provide the Government with feedback about how the SEE program can:

improve access and participation
increase program outcomes with a greater focus on quality language, literacy, numeracy and digital literacy (LLND) training
improve performance reporting while also looking for opportunities to reduce the administrative and compliance burden on providers where practicable
ensure flexibility to respond to change.

Contacts and help

The webinar will be accessible and include Auslan translation and live captioning if attendees require it. Please provide any additional accessibility requirements when registering.

If you want to find out more about how the webinar will run or need help to register, please contact The Social Deck at engage@thesocialdeck.com or phone 0491 617 118.