Employment Plus
From Sawiki
The Salvation Army Employment Plus is the largest Job Network provider in Australia, drawing on more than 100 years of employment services experience through The Salvation Army. Built on principles of compassion and support, we have made it to where we are today because of our firm and unwavering belief that every person has the right and capacity to find meaningful employment.
As a not-for-profit employment service, we are here to help people reach their full potential in work that offers a real future. Drawing on an extensive history of assisting people and through our strong relationships with employers, we stand by our motto: ‘we never give up’.
The Salvation Army Employment Plus is more than a job-matching agency. We seek to make a difference in the lives of individuals by helping them to break down the barriers to work and to start them on the path to a sustainable, self-sufficient future. By helping our candidates identify the issues in their lives, and by offering them ways to help solve these issues, we are empowering individuals to make a difference to their life and those around them.
Every successful, sustainable job placement we achieve represents one more person we have helped along the path to fulfilment, one more person who is achieving their aspirations.
To see a person realise their goal and to know that we have been able to bring some hope and light into the darkness that often accompanies unemployment – these are the ongoing rewards.
History
1890-1983 The Salvation Army in Australia was involved in helping unemployed people on an individual needs basis, providing one-on-one assistance in conjunction with other Salvation Army social work (such as drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs, Boys Homes and Youth Training Centres).
1983 General Eva Burrows (then Commissioner) formed Employment 2000 in Western Australia, in response to the rising trend of unemployment in Australia. This program received government funding and grew to operate in ten locations throughout Australia.
1995 The Salvation Army commenced delivering case management services. In its first year of operation, it assisted more than 5,000 candidates. Operating in 19 locations throughout Australia, it became the largest provider of case management services under the government’s Working Nation Program.
1998 The Salvation Army Employment Plus was established, growing out of existing training and case management programs. It quickly became the largest services provider to long term unemployed people under the Job Network umbrella.
2004 The Salvation Army Employment Plus, operates from 93 locations throughout Australia.
