Connections for Quality gives you information to help you choose the right provider for your needs. The sections on this page are the Service Quality Indicators. They tell you more about this provider and their services.
Our job seekers
A key feature of Kimberley Personnel's Vision is:-
To be the DES provider of choice for DEEWR, people affected by disability, their families and employers in the region by:-
a) Providing the best support to our clients and their employers
We work with people of all disability types including mental illness and of all cultural backgrounds (especially with our own Aboriginal people). Our service is friendly, non judgemental and tailored to each individuals, interests and needs.
All we ask of clients of our service is to maintain sufficient contact with us so that we can effectively work with them to achieve their employment goals. We are especially keen to assist students affected by disability in their transition from school to work although we work with people right up to 64.9 years of age. Kimberley Personnel recognizes that people may wish to work on specific vocational or non-vocational skills development to help them prepare for the world of work, such as assistance with reading and writing or obtaining a qualification and actively supports it's clients in these areas.
Ultimately if your considering a service provider, Kimberley Personnel is not about Kimberley Personnel it's about you, your aspirations and your dreams.... And as far as we're concerned the skies the limit! (unless you want to be an Astronaut of course)
Our employers
Kimberley Personnel has provided the employers of Broome and the West Kimberley with a free recruitment service and much more since 1994.
The candidates that we put forward are people who live in the region, and are frequently extraordinary people! Each of the potential employees we refer to an employer have shown motivation, aptitude and interest to work in the role that we are referring them to. Before referral we confirm that the candidate has appropriate skills, knowledge and experience for the role they are being referred to, or else we can work with an employer to develop their new recruits skills; this may mean involving a Registered Training Organization, arranging a Traineeship or Apprenticeship pathway, or through the help of our case managers while the new recruit gets on top of the role.
Kimberley Personnel is there to help with any of the hurdles that may arise in the employment of one of our candidates by bringing the expertise of 18 years experience to bear to bring about a successful appointment; this might include purchasing adaptive technologies, workplace modifications, training for co-workers or supervisors, applications for productivity based wage rates (if applicable) and ongoing support to the employer and the new recruit for as long as is needed.
Kimberley Personnel is a very community minded organization and as such we frequently work with people entering the workforce for the first time (eg. students transitioning from school to work; people who have been set back by disability, illness or injury). We exist to help these extraordinary people to pursue real careers and are keen to find employers who are willing to tap into this stream and provide the opportunities to help make our community a richer one for all who live in it!
Our networks
Kimberley Personnel is an Incorporated Non-Profit association and has been providing specialized employment services in the region since 1994. The membership of the association and Board members are all representatives of the Broome community, including the Aboriginal Community, Business Community, Resource Sector and people who's lives have been affected by injury, illness or disability.
Kimberley Personnel has strong links with Broome's 2 senior High Schools, with Kimberley Mental Health and Drug Services (KMDHS), to support students in their transition from school to work and to assist clients affected by mental illness to enter/re-enter the workforce. some exciting outcomes have been and are being achieved through these relationships.
Kimberley Personnel also refers to and referrals from many agencies in the region, including Centrelink, Centacare, Red Cross, families, Nirrumbuk, KMDHS and many others.
Kimberley Personnel is well known and we believe, respected by the employers of Broome, having placed clients of the service successfully in many industries including: Retail, Pastoral, Resource, Pearling, Horticultural, Hospitality, Human Services, Transport and Distribution Sector, Construction, Tourism, Employment services, Automotive, Information Technology Sectors and many others. We are a member of the local Chamber of Commerce and contribute in many other community forums.
We also work closely with 8 Registered Training Providers providing services in the region across a broad variety of fields pertinent to the employment needs of the region and it's people.
Our performance
Kimberley Personnel is committed to achieving the best level of performance that we can as an employment service provider, with a constant effort being put towards continuous improvement. Having said this Kimberley Personnel has a policy of inclusion and not exclusion, which means that as long as eligibility to the DES ESS program has been determined by a Department of Human Services Assessor we will commence a person in the program at their request. Effectively that means we exist to assist people affected by injury, illness and disability to set and steer towards their employment goals; we are no-judgemental, person centred and holistic in our approach. Therefore we recognize that rapid job placement is not likely to be the best pathway for every person.
Kimberley Personnel has had success across all disability types over it's long history and has a great track record with both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal. We also pride our self in our good track record accessing Traineeship and Apprenticeship pathways for our clients and helping people cross the stepping stones either into work for the first time or to re-enter the workforce following a health crisis.
About us
Kimberley Personnel has been providing Employment Services for 18 years across the region, across all disability types, to people at the age where they're preparing to leave school to people in their early to mid 60's; approximately 50% of our clients are Aboriginal people and the rest are of various ethnicity. We have a solid history of helping people secure meaningful employment across a very broad range of industries. The staff are all very professional and committed to helping people achieve lift in their social, psychological and economic independence. Staff have frequently fundraised and gone beyond the call of duty to assist a client overcome a barrier or embark on a new journey. Ultimately, we are here to help employers employ the people of their own communities without exclusion; and to show that it's healthy to aspire, dream and actively pursue those aspirations and dreams, no matter who you are or what your circumstances are.
