Casula customer Joseph loves his work. The 23-year-old is employed as a manufacturing assistant at an office furniture supplier and is currently undertaking an apprenticeship in cabinetmaking.

“I’ve always liked building things. It’s pretty satisfying to start with a raw material and end up with a finished product,” he says.  

At the start of 2023, Joseph was between jobs when his tenancy manager, Jason, suggested he pop into SGCH’s Bonnyrigg office and have a chat to SGCH Employment Opportunities Coordinator, Joanne.   

She worked with Joseph to help him with his resume, interview skills and getting his forklift license—a requirement for the kind of warehousing role he hoped to secure. “Joanne’s assistance really made a big difference to me,” says Joseph. Brokering a position with the employer’s agent, Jewish House Jobs – and accessing funding from the Opportunity Pathway Program (which Evolve Housing administers on behalf of the Department of Communities and Justice) – Joanne was able to help Joseph secure his current job in March 2023. And he hasn’t looked back, with his manager very pleased to have him onboard, saying: “Joseph fits in perfectly and his work is excellent.  

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