Helen Murphy Director TAFE Queensland English Language and Literacy Services (TELLS)

Helen MurphyDirector

TAFE Queensland English Language and Literacy Services (TELLS)

TELLSTELLS provides TAFE Queensland with contract management, strategic leadership and operational management for the following programs:

• Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) • Skills for Education and Employment (SEE)

programme• Community Detention (CD) classes• Bridging Visa Employment (BVE) classes

TAFE Queensland English Language and Literacy Services

OUR CLIENTS• Migrants

• Humanitarian Entrants

• Job Seekers

• Youth

• Mature Aged

• Indigenous

• CD & BVE Visa Holders

Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP)

Delivery Modes:

• Full-time / Part-time Face to Face Language Tuition• Self-Paced Online Units • Distance Learning• Home Tutor Scheme• Tuition in Community Settings• Blended Modes

Clients’ Eligibility for under 18s

• Have a Permanent Residency Visa/under parents’ Spouse Visa

• Be 15-18 years of age• Less than ‘functional’ level of English

• Be living in Australia as a permanent resident for less than 1 year

• Not attending school

• Have an override application to the Department of Industry approved

Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP)

Free for Registered Job Seekers who:

• Are not attending school/must be full-time job seekers

• Are referred to TAFE by Centrelink/Employment Service Providers

• Up to 800 hours of free accredited language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) training for eligible job seekers with low LLN skills and want to progress to further education and employment

Skills for Education and Employment (SEE)

TELLS Special Services

• Settlement Course

• SLPET Course

• (The Settlement Language Pathways to Employment/Training Course)

• Work Observation & Work Experience

• Youth Services

TELLS Youth Services

• Youth Program

• Digital-based Learning Programs

• Youth Teacher Network

• Extra-curricular activities

• Youth Support Officer

• Community Liaison Officers