Career Connections- RMIT works as a Local Community Partnership which is part of the federal government’s new Career Advice Australia initiative, committed to: ‘improving the quality of career education and helping all young people make a smooth transition from school to further education, training or work’.
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Local Community Partnerships

The Northern Workplace Education Network Inc (NWEN), trading as Career Connections, is the Local Community Partnership for much of Melbourne’s Northern region. NWEN has entered into a sub-contracting arrangement with project partner RMIT University for the delivery of the service in Darebin (Region 70) and Whittlesea and Nillumbik (region 67). Kangan Batman is the sub-contracted service provider in the Moreland and Hume regions

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Our Aim

Career Connections - RMIT will partner with industry and employer groups, schools, community organisations, parents, young people, and career advisers to assist all young people aged 13-19 years in Darebin, Whittlesea and Nillumbik to gain the skills, experience and professional guidance to help them achieve a successful transition from school education.

As an LCP provider, Career Connections - RMIT will work with industry and schools to develop strategies and activities that provide opportunities for young people to increase their awareness of the changing skills needs of industry, especially in emerging industries.

LCP Programs

Career Connections – RMIT facilitates the delivery of the three LCP career and transition programmes to all schools (across all Government, Catholic and other non-Government schooling sectors) for the benefit of all young people (aged 13-19) within their contracted LCP Service Region(s).

• Structured Workplace Learning (SWL) Programme facilitates the provision of structured workplace learning opportunities to students in a real or simulated workplace.
  
  
• Career and Transition Support (CTS) Programme; facilitates access for young people to a range of career and transition support programs.
  
  
• Adopt a School Programme (ASP); encourages businesses to work with school 9s) to engage young people in hands-on learning experiences and develop their understanding of their work and employability skills

Working together – to improve outcomes for young people