IDEAL Placements

Tonie and Melissa-Sue from IDEAL Placements attended the MADEC YESS Program and PTI open day in Mackay 🤝 This re-established our partnership, ensuring young people access vital support services 🌱🚀

🧥 It's That Time of Year Again! 🧥

IDEAL Placements is now accepting donations for our Community Coat Racks.

If you have any used coats, jackets, hats, gloves, scarves, beanies, or even spare coat hangers that you no longer need, we'd love to put them to good use.

Your generous donations will help keep local individuals and families warm during the colder months. Every item donated goes directly toward supporting members of our community who may be doing it tough this winter.

Donations can be dropped off at your nearest IDEAL Placements office.

No matter how big or small, every contribution makes a difference.

Thank you for helping us spread warmth, kindness, and community spirit this winter.

In Mackay, our participants attended an empowering self-defence class, organised by the Neighbourhood Hub and led by Charlotte from Project Pink. Held during Domestic Violence Month, it helped women build confidence and learn valuable skills.

As part of the are-able group IDEAL Placements came together with the wider group for National Reconciliation Week 2026 through our ‘All In Leaves of Country’ project.

Staff and participants from sites across the are-able group collected fallen native leaves from their local areas, decorated them, and acknowledged the Traditional Owners of the land where they live and work.

Each leaf represents a local place, a shared contribution and a commitment to reconciliation through learning, respect and action.

Together, the leaves have been brought into one artwork, showing that reconciliation is everyone’s responsibility, and that we are all in.

Thank you to every team, participant and site who contributed to this meaningful project.

State of Origin is bringing a fantastic buzz to IDEAL Placements today! Staff are backing both Queensland and New South Wales, creating a friendly rivalry that adds to our vibrant workplace culture. Great to see the team spirit and shared excitement.

IDEAL Placements supported the Walkabout Barber bus in Mackay for three powerful days. Over 360 services were delivered, creating a safe space for connection, dignity, and inclusion, fostering community and support.

Fantastic achievement for our Skilling Queenslanders for Work – Certificate II in Resource and Infrastructure graduates in Mackay! Immense dedication and teamwork shown over 12 weeks. Thanks to local partners for creating opportunities.

This training is proudly funded by the Queensland Government through its Skilling Queenslanders for Work Initiative.

IDEAL Placements helped a Bowen participant find a clear career path after job loss. Our team provided training and support, partnering with Blue Stone Medical, to build skills and confidence for meaningful work.

IDEAL Placements' Melissa Holmes met Walkabout Barber's Brian Dowd in Rockhampton. A two-day event at Kershaw Gardens, with Bidgerdii Community Health Service, strengthens community connections, wellbeing, and access to essential services.