Community Development Programs & Courses
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Please contact our office for referrals into any of the following programs on (03) 94212392 or [email protected]

Just Bites Hospitality and Barista Training Program

An on-the-job training program for CALD adults that provides accredited Safe Food Handling and Barista training, and 12 months paid employment at the Just Bites kiosk with industry mentoring, and language, literacy and numeracy support. This program is run at the Just Bites kiosk located in the Neighbourhood Justice Centre, in partnership with Belgium Avenue Neighbourhood House.

Pre-Accredited (Learn Local) Courses with a Community Development Focus

Financial Literacy and Wellbeing for Women
  • This course aims to build women’s financial literacy and wellbeing, awareness of their rights, access to support services to assist them, and skills and confidence to make informed decisions regarding their spending, budgeting and savings. The program includes guest speakers from a range of partner services. The course is for appropriate for CALD women who want to improve their financial wellbeing or those who may be vulnerable to financial abuse, victim/survivors of family violence or targeted by inappropriate financial services.
  Skills for Work and Study – Community Services and Health Services
  • Employability skills, content-based language, literacy, numeracy and digital skills, and employment pathways support specific to the Community Services and Health Services Industries.
  Project-based Learning
  • Guided individual and small group learnings to support CALD adults to plan and deliver real-life projects in their local community, while also developing employability, language, literacy, numeracy and digital skills.
  Women’s Entrepreneurship (in partnership with Two Square Pegs and SisterWorks)
  • A highly practical hands-on program for CALD women, delivering craft skills, employability skills and entrepreneurship skills with integrated language, literacy and numeracy support.
  Skills for Community Leadership (in partnership with Belgium Avenue Neighbourhood House)
  • Engaging residents of the Richmond Housing estates in collaborative community development projects in which they learn skills for community leadership, events management, community development and a broad range of employability skills to build their individual skills and the capacity of their communities.

For more information about these programs please call 03 9421 2392.