The Workers’ rights education and support services program is a Queensland Government funded program focused on the delivery of education and support services to empower workers to understand their work rights and develop confidence in seeking rectification of issues they may encounter in the workplace.
Many migrant community members experience workplace exploitation. This includes things like unsafe work, underpayment, sexual harassment, and being discriminated against. In these circumstances, many people from multicultural communities normally talk to “trusted people/sources” in their community to get advice, rather than approaching available services and supports.
We are now seeking Expressions of Interest for Community Champion roles in the Cairns and Far North Queensland regions.
Interested in finding out more about the Workers’ rights education and support services program – click here.
To find out more about the Community Champions, we invite you to read the Position Description, and scroll down to learn how to apply.
We want to identify people who are currently or have the potential to become trusted people in their own communities.
We will train them to be Community Champions around workplace rights so that they can support personal and collective actions within their own communities.
Community Champions will be able to plan and support actions with their community members to help them overcome uncertainty and fear, connect with existing support services, and address workplace exploitation in their own communities.
The Community Champions will have a total of 50 hours of paid work over a 6-month period. In this period, Champions will:
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