What is Employment & Community Participation?
Part-time paid work: you must be doing at least 130 hours over 13 fortnights. Work for the Dole: Work for the Dole placements cover a wide range of activities, such as heritage and/or history, the environment, community care, tourism, sport, providing community services and restoring and maintaining community services and facilities. Work for the Dole services are managed by Community Work Coordinators and delivered through community or government organisations or agencies such as local government and community groups. Community Work Coordinators refer and support you in your Work for Dole activities. You may be required to take part in Work for the Dole if you are: • aged 18 or 19 years, recently completed Year 12, getting the full rate of Youth Allowance, and have been getting payments for three months or more, or • aged 18 – 39 years, getting the full rate of Youth or Newstart Allowance, and have been getting payments for six months or more, or • aged 40-49 years, in receipt of unem
