Wugu Nyambil is the Workforce Australia provider for people living in Yarrabah, Bessie Point, and East Trinity.
We will work with you one-on-one, providing personalised and practical support to help you build skills, search for work, and become job ready.
Our personalised, culturally safe, and community-led employment services are designed to help you find meaningful work. We also partner with local businesses, using our strong community connections and local knowledge to connect employers with job-ready candidates.
Our Participant Support Officers are from Yarrabah and have a wealth of community knowledge, connections and lived experience.
Our Participant Support Officers are here to support you every step of the way:
- Friendly, culturally respectful career guidance, mentoring, and planning for your future.
- Help to understand and meet your mutual obligation requirements.
- A personalised action plan built around your goals to help you find and keep a job.
- Connections to local training, education, and employment opportunities
- Referrals to support services and community activities in Yarrabah.
- Assistance with financial support for work-related expenses.
- Help with job applications, resumes, and interview preparation.
- Introductions to employers, Traditional Owner groups, community organisations, and local services.
- Ongoing support for up to six months after you start work
Looking for staff?
Wugu Nyambil provides free recruitment services as provider of Workforce Australia service provider.
Our goal is to support our participants in building their confidence and skills as they prepare for work and ensure they are a good fit for your organisation.
We provide six months of post-placement support and can help access financial incentives to cover the costs of recruitment and keeping an eligible new employee in a job.
Work for Dole
Wugu Nyambil offer a number of Work for Dole activities for eligible participants in Yarrabah and East Trinity.
Work for the Dole activities provide work-like experiences and are run by host organisations. While participating in Work for the Dole activities, participants may have the opportunity to develop core competencies, attain a licence, qualification or other recognised skill.
These activities make a significant positive contribution to the Yarrabah community:
- Maintaining the church and cemetery grounds
- Maintaining the Yarrabah RSL grounds and building
- Working with the Gunggandji Rangers to maintain the old cemetery
- Working with Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council to keep the Yarrabah community parks and grounds maintained
- Gindaja hosts activities that support participants to gain work experience in yard maintenance, housekeeping, kitchen hand and administration
- Our Women’s group has made and provided quilts, curtains, jewellery, tote bags, art & craft to the Daycare, Women’s Shelter, Age Care and school children in Yarrabah
