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  1. How we help
  2. Returning to work

How we help - returning to work

Jobs play a vital role in helping people connect with their communities.

Life outside prison presents new and different challenges compared to life inside. For people released from prison, finding a job can be a key source of stability and security. Jobs play a vital role in helping people feel connected to their communities. But often, spending time in prison can end a person’s employment, or make it more difficult to find work after being released.

Through our programs, we offer practical training, new skills and meaningful employment pathways to help people get back on their feet.

Second Chance Jobs

A new, ground-breaking employment support linking people leaving prisons with jobs 'at the gate'. Read more

Published: 1st June, 2020

Updated: 8th January, 2021

Author: Sophie Raynor

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  • How we help - returning to work

Second Chance Coffee

A social enterprise coffee kiosk. Read more

Published: 30th April, 2020

Updated: 8th January, 2021

Author: Sophie Raynor

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  • How we help - returning to work
  • Request support

Second Chance Cycles

A community bike workshop refurbishing and donating bicycles. Read more

Published: 30th April, 2020

Updated: 8th January, 2021

Author: Sophie Raynor

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  • How we help - returning to work
  • Request support

Time to Work Employment Service

A national in-prison employment service for adult, sentenced Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in prison. Read more

Published: 30th April, 2020

Author: Sophie Raynor

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  • How we help - Indigenous support
  • How we help - returning to work
  • Request support
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  • Policy and Advocacy Advisor

    This position implements VACRO’s key policy priorities and works to achieve change in those priority areas through creative and engaging policy content.

  • Reintegration Coordinator - ReLink

    This position helps people leaving prison prepare themselves for a successful return to the community.

  • Delivering employment support during COVID-19

    Delivering employment support during COVID-19

    How we're continuing to connect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prison leavers with employment pathways during the pandemic.

  • Ahmed's story

    Ahmed's story

    How our social enterprise coffee kiosk gave Ahmed the skills and confidence to get his life on track.

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    77 families linked through prison visit hotline

    Our new phone support service connects families in prison despite COVID-19 visiting restrictions.

  • Alan Coe seeks justice for all Indigenous people

    Alan Coe seeks justice for all Indigenous people

    VACRO’s Time to Work Indigenous Engagement Officer in Gippsland, Alan Coe, supports new beginnings for Indigenous prison leavers.

  • Reintegration Coordinator - ReLink

    This position helps people leaving prison prepare themselves for a successful return to the community.

  • VACRO gives evidence to Parliament of Victoria’s Homelessness Inquiry

    VACRO gives evidence to Parliament of Victoria’s Homelessness Inquiry

    How our ideas are shaping homelessness policy for better post-prison outcomes.

  • Accessibility

  • Specialist disability training for VACRO frontline staff

    Specialist disability training for VACRO frontline staff

    Our Specialist Disability Practitioner and Educator delivered training to enable staff to better support participants with cognitive impairments.

  • Delivering employment support during COVID-19

    Delivering employment support during COVID-19

    How we're continuing to connect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prison leavers with employment pathways during the pandemic.

  • Policy and Advocacy Advisor

    This position implements VACRO’s key policy priorities and works to achieve change in those priority areas through creative and engaging policy content.

  • Second Chance Jobs

    A new, ground-breaking employment support linking people leaving prisons with jobs 'at the gate'.

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    Work for us

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    At VACRO we acknowledge the traditional custodians throughout Victoria and pay our respects to Aboriginal Elders past, present and emerging. We also acknowledge the unique spiritual connections that Aboriginal people have to the land and respect their history, traditions and protocols.