COTA Victoria

Carer Employment Support Program Online Induction Session (online)

10:00am, 30 November 2023, Online

If you are currently unemployed and caring for someone (or have cared for someone) with a disability, mental health condition or frail and aged, we are keen to support you to either re-train or find sustainable work.

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Mentee Induction Training (11 August 2023)

11:00am, 11 August 2023, Suite 2.5, Level 2, 424 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004

Our Mentee Induction Training is for Carers over the age of 50 who are wanting to re-enter the workforce. The training runs for 2 hours and is based at the COTA Victoria office on St Kilda Road.

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Carer Employment Support Program: Mentor training

6:00pm, 25 May 2023, Online, via Zoom (expressions of interest first required)

Do you like to share your knowledge and skills and help individuals build their confidence and boost their self-esteem? Become a mentor today with COTA Victoria’s Carer Employment Support Program, assisting family and friend carers to re-enter employment or vocational study.

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Carer Employment Support Program: Mentee training

6:00pm, 23 May 2023, Online, via Zoom (expressions of interest first required)

Are you 50+ and thinking about re-entering the workforce but could use a little assistance navigating the next steps? Are you, or have you been, caring for someone who has a disability, mental health condition or is needing additional support due to age?

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COTA Victoria Strategic Plan 2023-2025

15 February 2023, COTA Publication

Our COTA Victoria Strategic Plan 2023-2025 will ensure we can continue to support older Victorians over the next three years and beyond. The Strategic Plan clearly defines our pathway for the future, and is based on our positive and pragmatic perspective of ageing in Victoria. It is based around fo

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Priorities for older Victorians: Submission for the Victorian State Budget 2023-2024

10 February 2023, COTA Submissions

In this document, COTA Victoria is providing a key list of funding initiatives that warrant serious consideration across Victorian Government portfolios. We have focussed on four priorities that require timely attention over the next year – in the 2023-24 Victorian State Budget and beyond.

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Women Working Together

19 July 2022

This month, our second group of Working Together mentees met with their mentors for the first time.

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Mentors needed to help jobseekers aged 50+

14 June 2022

Want to help someone make a change? We’re still seeking skilled mentors to support people aged 50+ on the journey back into the workforce. Our next professional speed networking event, on 18 June, will match supportive mentors with mentees in Melbourne’s north.

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Mentors needed to help people aged 50+

19 April 2022

Do you have professional and life skills you’re keen to share? We’re looking for mentors in to support people 50+ on their employment journeys.

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Will the State Budget deliver what older Victorians want?

13 April 2022

COTA Victoria is calling on Victorian State Government to prioritise significant spending on mobility, transport and digital inclusion for older people in the upcoming May budget.

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