Employment, Training & Volunteering

We’ve been the premier construction company in North East Arnhem Land since 1991, delivering construction, civil and maintenance projects across twenty regional hubs and remote homelands.

We’re all about the community. We’re a 100% Indigenous-owned business and a part of the for-purpose Gumatj Group. Because of our connections to the local land and Yolngu people, we build homes, schools and businesses that meet the needs of our community and add value to the region.

Through delivering high-quality builds, we create a better place to live and, as part of the Gumatj Group, we promote economic independence for the Yolngu people.

Counselling

Counselling, organisational development, human-resource consultancy services and critical-incident stress-management services are available for individuals and organisations across the Northern Territory.

Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)

Provides professional, customised support and learning programs to minimise risks to employees’ personal health and wellbeing associated with exposure to traumatic events. Training includes stress management, effective communication, basic counselling skills and dealing with aggressive & violent people. A comprehensive peer support training program is also available.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Provides a comprehensive range of confidential counselling and support services in work-related problems for employees and their immediate family members, paid for by employers.

After-hours appointments are also available.

Male and female counsellors are available.

Training & Development

Training and consultancy services available in organisational development and human resources include strategic & business planning, performance management, succession planning, organisational reviews, focus groups & culture surveys, team development, leadership, development programs, human resource consulting, performance review & evaluation, policy review & development, recruitment and retention, recruitment testing, job design, outplacement services, career planning, performance management, diversity & cultural change and organisational change.

Alcohol & Other Drug (AOD) Program

A specialist counselling and therapeutic treatment service for people affected by alcohol and other drugs.

The program helps to support, encourage and reinforceactions taken by individuals to reduce alcohol and othersubstance related harm. The program is flexible and tailored to meet the needs of the individual, children, couples, families, groups, communities or organisations.

Education and counselling for employees and members oftheir immediate families are also available.

EASA psychologists and counsellors offering the program are professionally accredited, trained and experienced. Male and female counsellors are available.

Offering personalised training and education solutions, we work with you to build skills and knowledge that have a real world impact through a range of courses and programs.

We provide training, employment and activities for people with disability, to help them get their dream job.

​We work with a person, exactly where they are. We work with you to determine your individual readiness for work, your employment goals and then come up with a plan, just for you!

We can support you to:

• Explore potential careers
• Study or train to get your dream job
• Support you to gain skills to start a micro-business
• Offer you a paid, volunteer or work placement with our community partners
• Create a placement with you in one of our scalable social enterprises, or work with you to start one
• Connect you with future employees
• Connect you with peers in the same boat as you

Youth Development
At First Step, we partner with various stakeholders, including government entities, community organisations, and businesses, with a mission to enhance employability outcomes and counteract youth disengagement.
We extend our services to young individuals aged between 10 and 18 years, irrespective of their gender or cultural background, and aim to cultivate a diverse and inclusive environment.

We are a recognised alternative sentencing and community work provider and deliver alternative education programs in Darwin.

Workforce Development
We support businesses, government, and non-government agencies with a holistic range of tailored services and programs, designed to improve the quality of future and prospective employees.

Our team work to co-design services to address recruitment, upskilling, retention, and/or development needs within the workforce through coordination and delivery of training programs, mentoring and/or consultancy services.

Community Engagement
We deliver services designed to increase social inclusion and prosocial community engagement through:
• Camps (incl. cultural emersion, adventure, leadership, self-identity, and/or goal setting).
• Social support, sporting, fitness, and wellbeing workshops.
• Mentoring and consultancy services.
• Targeted initiatives incl. community clean up days and lawn maintenance.

The Grassroots Youth Engagement Program is a grassroots Aboriginal-led initiative improving employment opportunities for at-risk young people in the Palmerston community.

Initiated by local Elder Serena Dalton, the program has partnered with local business to employ young people in a supported environment, with the aim of increasing the young people’s confidence and employability.

The program is engaging young people most at risk of falling through the cracks – including young people who have been involved in the youth justice system. These are young people who have felt that a job is out of reach for them, who might have felt that they wouldn’t be able to fit into the workforce – despite their motivation to work.

The program provides young people with cultural security through wrap-around mentoring support and cultural activities.

headspace Darwin provides ‘no wrong door’ advice and support for young people aged 12 to 25 in the Darwin and Palmerston region. By registering for support, you will receive contact to discuss your options whether that be at headspace Darwin or within our community.

Our centre can support with:

mental health/social and emotional wellbeing
work and study
alcohol and other drugs
physical health
early psychosis
We are a free, confidential and inclusive service which does not discriminate regardless of race, cultural background, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or abilities.

HPA Helping People Achieve provides employment & support services to Territorians with physical & intellectual disabilities  in the Darwin & Palmerston areas. Through employment & support, people with disabilities can develop confidence, independence & life skills to lead a fulfilled everyday life in a world where there are no barriers.

DAS Support Services

DAS provides a range of accommodation support options including:

24-hour Supported accommodation in Darwin
Independent living training unit
Independent units in the Darwin and Palmerston area
Outreach services tailored to individual support needs.

Ausdesigns

Is an industrial sewing business specialising in the manufacture of indigenous print conference bags, promotional bags and a wide range of gift and souvenir products. Ausdesigns provides high-quality screen printing, digital printing and embroidery services. They also supply promotional products, hats, school wear, sportswear, work wear (including HiVis) and corporate wear. Assembly, collating work and confidential document shredding is also undertaken at this factory. Ausdesigns also sell Industrial Rags.

Kokoda Industries

A medium sized workshop manufacturing a range of timber, steel and aluminium products including Parkland furniture, grandstand seating, pallets, lattice, survey pegs, sprinkler stands, army targets and other products as commissioned.

Funded by the Department of Education, Skills and Employment. The aim of Innovative Finishing School is to prepare participants for employment readiness and create effective entry level pathways using its established partnerships with community organizations and employers in Darwin. Modules covered under the 6-week training includes:

1. a) Retail Customer Engagement   b) Retail Customer Relationship
2. Engage the Customer
3. Work Effectively in a Service Environment
4. Organizing Personal Work Requirements
5. Follow Point of Sale Procedures
6. Advice on Product and Services
7. Assist with Customer Difficulties
8. Sell to a Retail Customer
9. Build Customer Relationship and Loyalty
10. Analyzing and Achieving Sales Targets
11. Job Seeking and Interview Skill
12. Problem Solving and Interpersonal Skills
13. Basic IT Skills

Funded by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, this program aims to make migrant integration faster leading to positive employment outcomes.

The classroom sessions involved activity-based learning where the participants were coached to build their personal brand and made to independently talk about their personal branding. The participants learnt how to create their resumes and cover letters for specific job applications and picked up skills in answering interview questions. Role plays were conducted among participants to understand face-to-face interviews and to practice speaking at interviews. Common errors were corrected, and suggestions were made to improve quality of responses and on how to win an interview.

A holistic understanding of Australian qualifications and Australian workplace culture was given to the participants and suggestions were made on courses to study or jobs that are in demand. Questions regarding these topics were answered keeping in mind the multicultural workforce of Australia and how the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people can fit into the ever changing and demanding job roles. The participants understood how Northern Territory and the city of Darwin is different from other cities in Australia and the importance effective networking, developing self-confidence, interview preparations, entrepreneurship, volunteering, etc.

The participants were given to understand Fair Work and the basic work rights for migrants. Practical insights were given, and myth busters videos were played to them to give a holistic understanding of work rights.

On the completion of the classroom session, participants were put on to a virtual “Cultural Competence” training conducted by SBS. This training provides valuable insights into the Australian work culture and practices, cultural diversity, unconscious bias and how to avoid them, embracing culture change and settling in a workplace that is linguistically and culturally diverse.