Last Friday, our Workforce Australia – Transition to Work Participants attended an end-of-year Christmas party at Status Morley! Our team worked hard to decorate the Youth Lounge with a Christmas tree, blow-up Santa, Christmas frame and a balloon garland, ready for a festive celebration!

All our Participants and staff had a blast! Attendees enjoyed plenty of delicious snacks and pizza, soon after playing a game of Snowman Toss. There was also a door raffle and lots of music provided by one of our Participants.

A big thank you to our community partners Greenhouse Education, Strategix Training, Department of Education Western Australia and Tracmin for attending the party during this busy time of year!

From all the team at Status, have a happy holidays and safe new year!

On the 10th and 11th of December, our Workforce Australia – Transition to Work Participants attended the final Aboriginal Justice Open Days of the year at Nollamara with the Department of Justice. The two days were a huge success, with 16 Participants attending and taking a step forward on their employment journey.

The Participants overcame a variety of employment barriers including:
⮞ Obtaining Learners Permits
⮞ Obtaining Photo ID’s
⮞ Obtaining Birth Certificates
⮞ Setting-up time to pay for outstanding fines
⮞ Organising funds for their Hazard Perception Tests
⮞ Organising funds for their Practical Driving Assessments

Great job to the Participants for attending in the extreme heat and achieving these employment milestones! We are so excited to see how these successes contribute to the next stages of your professional development!

A special thank you to Link Worker Navneet who helped five Osborne Park Participants achieve their Learners Permit and the entire Morley team who organised transport by taxi so the Participants could stay out of the heat! Here at Status, we are always delighted to work closely with the Department of Justice, Centrelink and the Department of Births Deaths and Marriage to assist our Participants in addressing their barriers.

Back in September our Workforce Australia – Transition to Work program were lucky to receive hundreds of period and hygiene products from Share the Dignity that we could distribute to women, girls and anyone who menstruates who needs support.

We are grateful to have just received another donation! On December 5th, Share the Dignity visited Status Mirrabooka and donated 30 bags of hygiene products to be distributed to those experiencing homelessness, fleeing domestic violence or doing it tough this Christmas season.

These bags are filled with products like:
⮞ Period products
⮞ Shampoo and conditioner
⮞ Toothbrushes and toothpaste
⮞ Deodorant
⮞ Soap and body wash

We are grateful to have received these bags and are looking forward to assisting our vulnerable Participants with these very thoughtful, essential products. We would like to say a very big THANK YOU to Share the Dignity for the ongoing support they provide!

On December 4th, our Workforce Australia – Transition to Work Participants received a visit from the Department of Transport, Mobile Services Team at Status Morley for one of our DOT Days. The team visited to assist our Participants in gaining their Learners permit and Photo ID. We are so pleased to advise that 5 participants received their Learners license and 3 Participants obtained their Photo ID.

Congratulations to our Participants, the whole team are so proud of your accomplishment and are excited to see what you do in 2025!

Learn more about Transition to Work at status.net.au/ttw/about-ttw.

Congratulations to the 6 Participants who received their Learners license!

On November 15th, Our Workforce Australia – Transition to Work Participants visited the Transport WA Mobile Team at the Joondalup Licensing Centre for one of our regular DOT Day’s. Our Participants received the chance to earn their learner’s permit by passing the learner’s test. We are so glad to report that 6 of our Participants passed the test, receiving their license and beaming with joy and a sense of accomplishment after the session.

A big thank you to the Link Workers who help our Participants prepare for the test and made the outcome possible! We are excited to see how you further support the Participants to achieve their full license!

Learn more about how we support our Transition to Work Participants at status.net.au/ttw/about-ttw.