b'Helping regional jobseekers Vaccinating the vulnerableA new collaboration between GOTAFE and UnitingWe teamed up with Ballarat Community Health Vic.Tas is helping deliver important employmentin August 2021 to provide COVID-19 vaccinations and education services in regional communities.to some of the regions most vulnerable people. GOTAFE launched its mobile campus in NovemberPeople supported through our Street 2 Home 2021. The refurbished semi-trailer is fitted outProgram, and those who are regulars at our with a reception, private counselling space,BreezeWay community meals program and our seminar area and a computer lab. It provides emergency relief services were able to access a space for local people wanting to learn morevaccinations. One consumer who we helped into about employment and training pathways.permanent housing said many disadvantaged The GOTAFE mobile campus has visited manypeople didnt have the means to book or access Victorian communities to help match regionalinformation during the vaccination rollout. I wasjobseekers with new career opportunities. a bit anxious. I was unsure how to go about getting it until a worker from Uniting contacted Partnership helps fosterme and booked me in. It doesnt matter who you are or where youre from, everyone is susceptible employment opportunities to COVID-19 and everyone needs to get the jab In May 2022 we partnered with the Victorianso we can all get on with our lives, she said.Government to deliver its $3 million SocialThe team from Fire & Clay also played their part Housing Employment Program in the northernin the fight against COVID-19, holding a series metropolitan region. The program aims toof vaccination hubs in Melbournes southeast. provide work for 200 jobseekers in the publicDuring July 2021, the team set up vaccine hubs housing sector in roles such as tenancy, propertyat the Lilydale Uniting Church. When demand for administration, security, facilities, gardening andappointments continued to grow, the team also grounds maintenance. It is targeted at supportingset up a hub at the Fire & Clay site in Lilydale. older women, young people, those livingThe hubs were run by Aspen Medical. with a disability, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people, those living in social housing and people who have experienced long-term unemployment. Uniting Vic.Tas Annual Report 2021-2022 25'