For immigrant women in Australia
You have the qualification. You can’t get a foot in the door.
I came from Venezuela with a Criminology degree and exactly that problem. The way in is not what the government website tells you. I will show you how the Australian system actually works and help you land your first role inside it. Even entry-level. Especially entry-level.
Sound familiar?
You came here ready to do real work. The door has not opened yet.
- ·Your degree is sitting in a drawer while you do support work that pays the bills.
- ·Every job ad asks for “Australian experience” you do not have a way to get.
- ·You have applied to dozens of roles. Most do not reply.
- ·You have been told to “just retrain here”. You do not have three more years.
- ·You can do the work. You just have not been shown how the door opens.
There is a way in. It is just not the one anyone has shown you.
Why me
I was sitting where you are sitting.
I came from Venezuela with a Bachelor of Criminology, frontline experience, and no idea how the system here worked.
I started where most of you start: support work shifts, agency rosters, the job under-titled and underpaid. Then I learned how NDIS, DCJ, OOHC and Youth Justice actually fit together. Where my qualifications could be used, where they could not, and how to position myself for roles that built on what I already knew.
Eight years later I founded Supporting Communities Australia and built the Elevate Youth Lab framework. The route I took was real. So is the route I will show you.
What the coaching actually does
Three concrete things, in plain language.
I map the sector for you
NDIS, DCJ, OOHC, Youth Justice, the lot. Where the work is, who hires, how each part pays. The version that exists, not the brochure version.
I decode “Australian experience”
What employers mean by it, what counts, how to translate your overseas work onto a CV that gets read, and how to talk about your training in interviews so it lands.
I help you land your first role
Even if entry-level. Especially if entry-level. From there you build Australian experience that compounds, and the next door is yours.
A note on what I do not do: I am not a credential conversion service. NAATI, VETASSESS and the regulators handle that. What I do is show you the system and help you start working in it.
When I first migrated to Australia, Yosmerys guided me through everything I needed to do. She gave me the confidence and direction I needed at a very important time in my life.Luisa Mariela Velasco Guerrero
The package
Coaching, curriculum, and the assets you actually need.
Tailored sessions plus templates you keep. Most clients work with me over 6 to 12 weeks.
What you get
- ✓1:1 coaching sessions tailored to where you are starting from
- ✓A structured curriculum that maps the Australian sector for you
- ✓CV review and rewriting for the Australian market
- ✓Interview preparation including the “Australian experience” question
- ✓A plan for your first 90 days once you land a role
- ✓Email and message access between sessions, no surprises
Starting from
$500 AUD
Price scales with package depth. We agree on scope on the intro call before anything is booked.
Honest fit check
Is this for you?
Yes, if you
- · Have an overseas qualification (criminology, psychology, social work, counselling, similar)
- · Want to build a career in Australian youth, disability or social services
- · Are open to entry-level as a starting point, not the destination
- · Will do the work between sessions
Not yet, if you
- · Need official credential conversion (that is regulators’ work, not mine)
- · Are looking for visa or migration advice (talk to a registered migration agent)
- · Want a guaranteed job placement (no honest coach offers that)
- · Are not ready to do support work as a stepping stone if it is the right move
Book a free 15-minute call
A 15-minute conversation. Where you are stuck, where you want to go, whether the coaching fits. No pitch.
Book the call →Or email yosmerys@supportingcommunitiesaustralia.com · 0480 800 521
Find Me
Liverpool, NSW. Working across Greater Sydney. Expanding nationally.
Location
Liverpool, NSW 2170
Servicing Greater Sydney & beyond
Phone
0480 800 521