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Youth outcomes
• A partnership between Kwinana Industries Education Partnership, Uniting Care West and South Coastal Women’s Health
Services designed developed and delivered the Rockingham Educating Young Parents Program. The program extends for three
years and its objectives are to assist young parents, primarily mothers and pregnant teenagers in the Rockingham area who
have left school. The program also provides stimulating childcare for the children of the young parents as they participate in
the project.
• A survey of all students enrolled in Youth at Risk Gaining Access to Training and Employment courses conducted by Challenger
TAFE in Semester One 2006. The following data helped the College to design a more tailored program for Semester 2.
Features of the survey included: 75% of the 35 young people surveyed were aged sixteen years or younger. Of this cohort 43%
were in a high-risk category, experiencing drug dependency, homelessness, psychiatric and/or learning disorders. Despite
these challenges, 70% of the young people successfully completed the program in Semester One, thereby gaining their Year
10 equivalency. Of the remaining students who did not complete, 36% returned to school, one student entered full time
employment and 20% re-enrolled in GATE for Semester Two. Three quarters of the participants were contactable within 10
weeks of the course completion, and of these, all had achieved a successful outcome and had moved into education, training
or employment.
• Challenger TAFE formed partnerships with local schools and District Education offi ces to offer programs designed to cater for
the needs of disengaged youth of the region. The courses were well subscribed to at Rockingham, Peel and Kwinana
TAFE campuses.
• In Semester Two at the Peel Education and TAFE Campus, a new Certifi cate in General Education for Adults was trialled with
young people as the target group. The program included training delivered off campus and partnerships were formed with local
youth organisations eg PCYC and Castlerock Institute for Music, to provide exciting material for the young students.
12.3 Advertising and Sponsorship (Electoral Act 1907 S175ZE)
Challenger TAFE paid $393,305.67 to Media Decisions, a division of Marketforce Advertising and paid Marketforce $50,467.82 for
advertising purposes during 2006. This amount included $27,902.02 for advertising for recruitment purposes.
12.4 Equal Employment Opportunities
Under the Equal Opportunity Act 1984, Challenger TAFE has complied with the requirement to develop and implement an
Equal Employment Opportunity Management Plan. The development and endorsement of a new Staff Equity and Diversity Plan
occurred in 2006, for the period 2007-2009. The College has an active and ongoing commitment to greater representation
of Indigenous Australians, people with disabilities, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, women in
management and youth within the College.
Table 12.2 2006 Workforce Diversity Statistics
Representation 2006
Women in Management, Tiers 2 & 3 combined 40%
People from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds 6.3%
Indigenous Australians 1.8%
People with Disabilities 3.4%
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