CDP Trials March 2024 Quarterly Progress Update
Quarterly progress update of CDP Trials covering the first 9 months of project implementation (up to 31 March 2024).
CDP Trial Phase 2 Update: Progress as at 31 March 2024
Phase 2 of the CDP Trial comprises 139 Community Projects being delivered by 42 providers across 57 regions with a combined value of $140m. In combination, these projects are seeking to deliver benefits to up to 10,000 CDP participants, including:
- Around 2000 CDP participants in receipt of paid work
- Around 2500 participants receiving formal ‘Skills Development’ benefits / accredited training
- Around 500 participants receiving income from around 50 new enterprises/self-employment opportunities to be established under the Trial.
Provider reporting on the first 9 months of project implementation (up to 31 March 2024) suggests good progress continues to be made nationally:
- Around 8,600 CDP participants have benefitted in some way from Phase 2 of the Trials so far
- Over 1,700 CDP participants have been in receipt of paid work, 86% of the total projected for 31 October 2024
- Around 2,100 CDP participants are receiving accredited training, 83% of the total projected for October 2024
- Initial steps taken to establish a reported 37 new enterprises, with 392 Job Seekers receiving income from new enterprises/self-employment
- Around 1,400 new jobs created; 79% of the total projected for October 2024
This represents strong progress against seven of the eight core measures being monitored, as follows:
| Measure | Target: 31 Oct 2024 | Progress to date: 31 Mar 2024 | % Progress towards target |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDP participants to benefit in some way from projects | Up to 10,000 | More than 8,600 | 92% |
| CDP participants in receipt of paid work | Around 2,000 | More than 1,700 | 86% |
| CDP participants receiving formal ‘Skills Development’ benefits/accredited training | Around 2,500 | Around 2,100 | 83% |
| CDP participants receiving informal ‘Skills Development’ benefits and training | Around 2,800 | Around 1,900 | 68% |
| CDP participants supported to address other barriers | Around 2,700 | Around 2,900 | 109% |
| CDP participants attaining essential administrative qualifications, licences, clearances | Approx. 3,600 | Around 3,700 | 102% |
| Employers receiving incentive payments/wage subsidies | Around 400 | Nearly 250 | 60% |
| New enterprises established, and CDP participants receiving income from new enterprises/self-employment | Around 50; Around 500 | Around 37; Around 350 | 74%; 78% |
This progress is further represented below, along with a number of project case studies, and stories of impacts for individual participants.
8614 participants have so far benefited, including 1762 people in receipt of paid work, and 392 people receiving income from 37 enterprises established.
Paid Work and Income
Employers and Enterprises
Completed Training
Other Benefits
Project showcases
Karratha WA – Ashburton Aboriginal Corporation
The YCREW Workready Program collaborates with a local grounds, maintenance and cleaning company to upskill participants, providing a holistic 12-week program teaching practical skills, workplace expectations, and goal setting. The project’s approach is to use community projects, targeted pre-employment training, and paid work experience placements supported by industry/employer partnerships to build up work history for individuals and to ultimately increase the number/percentages of locals being placed in employment in local communities.
The Karratha program overall has already exceeded many of it’s October goals:
- 57 jobs have been created (23 more than the projected total)
- 131 participants have been employed in some capacity – against an expected 84
- 101 accredited training courses have been completed – 34% more than expected.
Western Tablelands QLD TRACQS
The “Self Employment” project, an innovative approach to job creation, prioritises self-driven enterprises, helping to establish businesses by assisting CDP participants to obtain business names, ABNs, the purchase of relevant insurance and accredited training. This approach creates sustainable employment opportunities and broader growth within the regions’ communities. Communities within region 52 have responded with enthusiasm when provided with the support to operate their own business, with more than double the expected number of participants already in receipt of paid work under TRACQS’ ‘self employment’ stream (21 of an expected end-October total of 10 participants).
Participant profiles:
North West Alice, NT – Central Desert Land Council
Changes introduced through the CDP Trial, have enabled Jadewyn Nelson – a young Anmatjere man – to pursue his passion for sport and be paid a wage for it. Initially employed to help run sporting activities for children in his community through a Youth Sport and Recreation Program, Jadewyn has gone from strength to strength: he was nominated to join the ‘Youth Round Table’, helping to advise how Government could better engage with youth in Central Australia; he undertook a Certificate II in Sports and Recreation with Charles Darwin University, during which he was approached to join Basketball NT to further develop his skills in coaching and mentoring; and he is now employed directly by Yirara College as a House Parent, guiding and supporting the young boys boarding there. Jadewyn’s story demonstrates the impact that timely, well-targeted and most importantly – community-led support – can have on the lives of young people.
Katherine WA - RISE Ventures
Bernard Walit, a 61-year-old Torres Strait Islander man, faces many barriers including health, family and living issues. He has been on and off CDP since 2011, and despite his demonstrated eagerness to work, and his leadership and commitment to community, the region had few opportunities in jobs matching Bernard’s skills. The CDP Trial has enabled Bernard to be employed as a Trial project supervisor – supporting and mentoring community members and helping them acquire new skills. He had already informally fulfilled this role however the CDP Trial enabled him to be paid for his contribution and acquire critical, recognised ‘work experience’. This put Bernard on a pathway to casual, then part-time secure work with Corroboree Hostel team – meaning he has been able move into his own apartment and can ride his bike to and from work each day.
"I love the fact I can build my hours to work around my family and culture requirements."
- CDP Trial participant