Youth Jobs PaTH
Youth Jobs PaTH provides funding for businesses to trial and/or hire a young person aged between 17 and 24.
Applications may be made at any time.
What do you get?
Funding of up to $10,000.
Who is this for?
Australian businesses.
Overview
Youth Jobs PaTH (Prepare – Trial – Hire) provides assistance and funding to trial a young person aged between 17 - 24 to find out if they’re the right fit for your business. If the trial is a success and you hire the young person, you may be eligible for further funding.
Support or funding available
- Prepare: Young people will undertake Employability Skills Training to prepare them for work.
- Trial: You can trial a young person in an internship for between 4 and 12 weeks and receive a payment of $1000 (GST inclusive) to help cover the hosting costs. Interns will receive a $200 fortnightly incentive payment on top of their income support and are covered by insurance, both paid by the Australian Government.
- Hire: If you hire the eligible young person, you can receive a wage subsidy of up to $10,000 (GST inclusive).
What are the eligibility criteria?
All businesses in Australia can apply.
To be eligible to host a trial, your business must have a reasonable prospect of employment for the young person following the trial period.
This means you either have:
- a vacancy that needs filling
- you will likely have a vacancy following the trial or
- you have a regular pattern of recruitment
Your business cannot displace existing workers or reduce an existing employee's hours of work to make way for a trial candidate.
How do you apply?
To apply, register on the jobactive website to advertise your job trial or get support from an employment services provider to help you arrange a trial or access a wage subsidy.