The Salvation Army Employment Plus collects your personal and sensitive information that we believe is reasonably necessary to provide you with the employment services, job seeker assistance and training services that we offer.
By providing us with this personal information you consent to our use or disclosure of your information for a secondary purpose directly related to the primary purpose.
Information you have provided to us will be used in three ways:
Unless permitted by law, we will not use this information for any other purpose without your consent.
You can access this information at any time by contacting your Employment Plus consultant or our National Service Centre.
You do have the option of not identifying yourself or using an assumed name for certain matters, unless we consider it is unworkable for some reason. If you wish not to identify yourself, then you must tell us in writing so it can be considered.
By not collecting this information we may be unable to provide you with the employment services, job seeker assistance and training services that we offer.
The collection of this sensitive and personal information may be required by the Social Security Act 1991 (Cth), Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 (Cth) and other social and employment services legislation.
In order to provide you with these services, you consent to our collecting of sensitive and personal information about you. View and complete the full Employment Plus Privacy Notice and forward to your local Employment Plus representative.
In order to provide employment services and assistance under the ‘Smart, Skilled and Hired’ program, Employment Plus (acting as a contractor of the Department of Industry) is required to collect ‘sensitive’ information that is additional to personal information such as name, date of birth, place of birth. This ‘sensitive’ information may include details of:
Employment Plus will generally collect such information directly from you; however your information may also be collected from:
The New South Wales Government’s privacy practices are regulated by the New South Wales Privacy and Personal Protection Act 1998 (PPIP Act). For more information please visit: http://lawlink.nsw.gov.au/privacynsw
In order to provide you with our services, we may need to disclose your information to organisations and individuals that carry out functions on behalf of or in conjunction with Employment Plus. These organisations and individuals may include the above sources of information, as well as Work for the Dole programs and Probation and Parole services.
The Salvation Army Employment Plus is committed to upholding the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). We recognise the importance of privacy and community awareness regarding the collection, use, disclosure and security of personal and sensitive information which we may collect during the course of our many functions. As part of The Salvation Army, we follow The Salvation Army’s Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy sets out how we manage your personal and sensitive information and protect your privacy in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles – http://www.salvationarmy.org.au/Privacy/
In addition:
If you have any questions or concerns about how we manage your privacy, please discuss these with your Employment Plus consultant or contact our National Service Centre on 136 123. Alternatively, email the Employment Plus Privacy Officer at privacy@aep.salvationarmy.org (Please note that this email address is for enquiries relating to privacy matters only – for all other matters please submit an enquiry via the website).