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Community Employment Development Officer's Papers

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Unique IDAS-0773Start dateBetween 1st January 1984 and 1st January 1985Start date qualifiercircaFormatManila FolderDescriptionIn 1984 Council appointed a temporary Employment Development Officer as part of its response to unemployment in the City of Sydney. Elizabeth Rust was appointed to the position on 28 May 1984. She was employed under the Community Employment Program and was located in the Health and Community Services Department. She reported to the Director of that Department. Her job description stated that she was to "liaise with local residents, community groups, agencies and organisations in the development of initiatives that will lead to employment opportunities for the unemployed people in the City of Sydney".

Her duties included gathering information on employment development, compiling a database on the local economy, labour market, and unemployment, and formulating various projects for the Community Employment Program and the Youth Employment Scheme. These employment programs were aimed at the young unemployed, migrants, aboriginals, the disabled, and others who had been unemployed for a certain period of time.

In order to assist Ms Rust, an Employment Development Advisory Committee was set up. Its other functions were to draw in skills and expertise in the fields of economic planning and employment development, to ensure representation of the various sectors, and advise Council on its role in employment development. The Chairman of the Committee was Alderman Margaret Barry. The other members included the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor, the Chief Planner, and representatives from the Ministry of Employment, Workers' Cooperation Programme, the Department of Environment and Planning, the Ethnic Communities Council, the NSW Labour Council, and the Aboriginal Employment and Training Board. Ms Rust's main activities, apart from information gathering and exchange, were the holding of a seminar on "The Community Sector as an Industry" and the development of an employment development policy. This policy was finished in May 1985.

On 8 July 1985, the position was transferred to the Policy and Research Branch of CA 4, Information Systems Department, where she was to "work under the Director of Information Systems on the development of appropriate employment policies". The Director at that time was K R Nash.

Ms Rust resigned on the 11 October 1985.

This series contains her working files, which were arranged alphabetically by subject. The files contain some correspondence, the minutes of meetings of the Advisory Committee, and the employment development policy that Ms Rust completed.
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End Date: 01/01/1985Relationship summaryCREATED BY: Information Services AG-0004 (01/01/1984 to 01/01/1996) CREATED BY: Health and Community Services AG-0006 (01/01/1979 to 01/01/1992) RELATED TO: Assisted employment AY-79 (01/01/1984 to 01/01/1985) LanguageEnglish (eng)

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