Jennifer Pittorino
Workforce Australia Services provider MEGT is celebrating one year of service to the west.
Earlier this week, not-for-profit organisation MEGT hit their 12 month milestone of operating in the western suburbs, revealing it’s helped over 5,000 job seekers towards training or work in its’ first year.
More than 60 local employers joined training providers and MEGT staff to celebrate the milestone in Footscray.
Which is one of five office locations from which MEGT operates across the western suburbs along with Altona, Melton, Sunshine and Werribee.
MEGT chief executive Matthew Hick said providing employment services to disadvantaged clients was at the core of the business’ culture.
“MEGT first opened its doors in 1982 with a commitment to ensuring nobody is left behind in terms of accessing the workforce”, he said.
“The work which our dedicated staff here in the western suburbs have undertaken over the past 12 months is a huge source of pride to our business, and a credit to the entire team”.
During the first year of providing employment services in the west, MEGT has helped place almost 2,000 job seekers into employment, including more than 400 who’ve remained in work for at least six months.
MEGT’s general manager of employment services, Paul Bennett, paid tribute to WFA team members for meeting the challenge of helping disadvantaged Australians into work.
“More than a third of our clients have a disability, and we’ve seen an increase in people experiencing homelessness which poses huge challenges while trying to find work”, he said.
“Our staff have a genuine care for, and commitment to, the people they are helping. It’s extremely satisfying to see the outcomes they continue to achieve every day”.
MEGT provides Workforce Australia services on behalf of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR).
