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This project, and the Muslim Youth Workers Project, (administered by the Queensland Department of Communities) are also important components of the Queensland Government’s Muslim Community Engagement Strategy to promote positive community relations with Muslim communities.
Current employment and workplace issues experienced by Muslim workers and job-seekers include:
• The unemployment rate for Australian Muslims is significantly higher than the national average, although Muslims have a higher level of education.
• Muslims, both female and male, have reported discrimination both in obtaining and retaining a job.
• There is a need to identify barriers facing these job seekers, and to investigate options to overcome those barriers.
• Job Network providers need information, incentives and training to understand Muslim culture and employment and workplace relations issues with a view to improving the capacity of Job Network to better service this client group.
• More Australian Muslim job seekers need to be linked to Job Network and other related services such as, Green Corps, New Apprenticeships and Disability Employment Services.
• Australian Muslim job seekers need information about employment discrimination laws.
Muslim Employment Workers
Mr Abdullah Ibrahim and Ms Sushil Sami, Muslim Employment Workers, both identify with the Islamic faith and are now employed by ACCES Services Inc. to engage in activities to support unemployed Muslim people and young Muslims.
Mr Ibrahim and Ms Sami will provide a high level of case management services. They will have a particular focus on examining the barriers to employment for Muslim people and engaging in strategies to overcome these barriers in order to increase the involvement of Muslim people in the workforce. Additionally, Mr Ibrahim and Ms Sami will provide education and training to service providers in the employment sector, and raise awareness of the employment needs of Muslim people and the barriers they face.
Mr Ibrahim and Ms Sami are based at 2/4 Carmody Street, Logan Central.
Target clients
The target group for the services of the Muslim Employment Workers will be Muslims who are either unemployed or underemployed, with a focus on young people aged between 17 and 24 years.
It is acknowledged that Muslim people are not a homogenous group. For the purposes of this project, Muslim people are regarded as a diverse group who may identify with the Islamic faith. This group may or may not speak fluent English and may include:
• New immigrants from many areas including: the Middle East, Indian sub-continent, Africa, Fiji, Indonesia and Malaysia.
• Second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth generation Australians who are followers of Islam.
While the Muslim Employment Workers will be primarily engaged in the region surrounding South Brisbane, Woodridge, Kingston, Beenleigh, Eagleby, Kurabey, Darra and Mount Gravatt, it is also expected that they will provide a level of outreach in areas such as Ipswich, Gold Coast and Beaudesert to ensure broader access to the service.
Duration of project
The Muslim Employment Workers will be employed in the target regions for an initial period of one year, and upon review, may be extended a further year (total two years).
About ACCES Services Inc
ACCES Services Inc. has been funded under the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative to coordinate the Muslim Employment Workers Project as one of the strategies to provide employment assistance to unemployed Muslim people seeking entry into the labour market.
ACCES Services Inc. is a community based, not-for-profit organisation with office bases in the Logan and north Gold Coast regions, as well as outreach posts within the southern Gold Coast area. The organisation has operated since 1987 delivering a diverse range of settlement services, employment and training programs and welfare support assistance to some of the region’s most seriously disadvantaged and marginalised people.
More information
For further information on the Muslim Employment Project please contact:
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