WomenCAN Australia (WCA) is a membership-based charity formed to empower women at risk of financial insecurity, including homelessness, to build financial autonomy. The organisation is working to achieve this through a suite of programs including The Placement Circle which is the focus of this evaluation.
The Placement Circle (TPC) program, currently being piloted, links communities of peer supported women to place-based vocational education and employment. TPC is based on evidence that the most effective path to achieving financial autonomy for vulnerable women is to help them reengage in the workforce. WomenCAN is trialling a tripartite approach between participating women, accredited vocational training institutions and employers underpinned, by a membership-based support network to keep women engaged in the program.
The pilot is being trialed with the women completing a Cert III in Individual support and an Aged Care placement. It is intended for the model to be scaled nationally and into other sectors with high labour demand, including disability care.
The interim evaluation can be downloaded as a PDF from the link below.
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