Indigenous Youth Employment Consultant Programme
The Indigenous Youth Employment Consultant (IYEC) programme seeks to enhance the employment, education and/or training outcomes for Indigenous Australian young people.
Program Information
The programme is aimed at Indigenous youth aged 15 to 19 years who:

• are disengaged from school;
• want to leave school and are considering entering the workforce; or
• intend on continuing with their education and/or training before entering the workforce but would benefit from additional support to maintain participation.

A consultant is located at Centacare Mildura to work closely with Participants, as well as their families, communities, local schools, vocational education and training providers, local businesses and other Job Network providers to provide better connections to work and education/training opportunities.
The objectives of the programme are to:

• increase the proportion of Participants achieving positive, sustained employment outcomes and, where applicable, education, and/or training outcomes including retention in secondary school, enrolment in further education and/or training, and participation in employment services; and
• provide a one-to-one personalised service that will best meet the Participant's needs.