Rediscover. Reskill. Reboot.
Supporting people affected by incarceration into employment
Capability statement · Labour hire and recruitment · 29 September 2026
- 489 placements into work since 2018
- 40 people at work this week
- 422 job-ready people today
Live from the Reboot platform, read 29 September 2026
About Reboot Australia
At a glance
Reboot Australia is a certified social enterprise that places people with lived experience of the justice system into work. We recruit and employ through labour hire and direct placement, and back every placement with throughcare from mentors who have walked the same road.
Placing people in Western Australia, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. Offices in Vasse, Western Australia, and Richmond, Victoria.
489
placements into work since 2018
Live
168
employers have hired Reboot candidates
Live
40
people at work this week, with 17 host businesses
Live
26,355
hours worked in the last 12 months
Live
422
job-ready people on our books today
Live
4.5%
of the people we place return to prison within two years, against 44.5% nationally
Our count
6,550
people reached in prison, through 230 information sessions
Our count
22
programs delivered since 2024, 25 more running or scheduled
Live
22% of our placements
31% of the people in our programs
are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, who make up 37% of adults in prison (17,432 of 46,998) and 3.8% of all Australians.
ABS, Prisoners in Australia 2025, 30 June 2025 · ABS, Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 30 June 2021
WA Social Enterprise of the Year
WA Social Enterprise Council, 2025
Tomorrow Maker
AMP Foundation, 2024
Certified social enterprise
Our sole purpose is social benefit
Trusted by
Live figures read from the Reboot platform 29 September 2026. “Our count” figures are Reboot’s own records.
Why hire through Reboot
A workforce hiding in plain sight
Employers are short of people, and a large, motivated workforce is overlooked because of a record.
About 1.5 million
Australian adults, about 1 in 14, would show a court outcome on a national police check today.
How we estimate this
451,045 guilty outcomes a year, times the 10 years most convictions stay disclosable, divided by 3 outcomes per person in that time (our assumption), against 21,790,000 adults.
ABS, Criminal Courts, Australia, 2024-25
ABS, National, state and territory population (aged 18 and over), 30 June 2025
And employers need people
45%
of employers who are hiring say they are having difficulty recruiting
Jobs and Skills Australia, Recruitment Experiences and Outlook Survey, August 2026
31%
of advertised vacancies go unfilled (a national fill rate of 69.1%)
Jobs and Skills Australia, Employer Activity Insights, June quarter 2026
Work is what keeps people out of prison
72%
of people leaving prison had no paid work organised for after release
AIHW, The health of people in Australia's prisons 2025, 2025, Queensland not included
44.5%
of people released from a prison sentence were back in prison within two years
Productivity Commission, Report on Government Services 2026, released in 2022-23
About two-thirds
of people returning to prison were unemployed at the time they offended
1.3 million
US military enlistees studied: those with a felony record were promoted faster, and were no more likely to be discharged for poor performance.
Our services
What we offer
Four ways to bring people into your workforce, each with throughcare built in.
Labour hire
Reboot employs the worker. You get the person and the support, without the risk up front.
Try the working relationship before you commit. Our mentors stay alongside the worker, and you can employ them directly whenever you are ready.
Direct recruitment
Hire into your own team a candidate who is screened, prepared and supported.
We source, screen, interview and check references. Once they start on your payroll, we keep checking in with them and with you.
Monthly mentoring
You hire directly. We support the person through their first six months.
Up to nine hours a month of one-on-one support, with a progress update to you after each session. No recruitment fee.
Co-designed traineeships
Built around your workforce plan, from selection to people on site.
We select candidates in prison or the community, arrange the training (Workforce Australia funding can cover employer-specific training) and support them on site.
What it means for your business
Motivated people
Someone who has been given a real chance tends to keep it. Every worker arrives screened, prepared and with a support person behind them.
Wage subsidies
Many of our workers are with a Workforce Australia provider, so a hire may attract a wage subsidy of up to $10,000. We check with the provider before they start.
Social procurement
Reboot is a certified social enterprise. Spend with certified social enterprises is recognised in government procurement in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
Impact you can report
Hours worked, people employed and outcomes achieved, ready for your ESG reporting and your next tender response.
Placement terms in brief
- Applies to anyone you engage within 12 months of our introducing them.
- Converting a labour-hire worker: the full fee up to 520 paid hours, half up to 1,040, nothing after that.
- If they leave within 3 months (other than through redundancy, restructure or a material change to the role) and you tell us in writing within 7 days, we source one replacement at no additional fee. A replacement, not a refund.
- Full terms: clause 2.2 of our Trading Terms and Conditions.
From your brief to their first shift
How we fill your role
Got a role to fill? This is what happens next, whether you choose labour hire or direct recruitment.
- 1
You send us the role
The role, the site, the tickets, the pay rate and the start date. A ten-minute call or an email is enough.
- 2
We shortlist 422 ready now
We search our job-ready people by tickets, experience and distance to your site, and interview every person one-on-one before you see a name. You get a short profile and a Reboot resume for each.
- 3
You meet them
On site or online. We book the interview, text the candidate the time, the address and a map, and confirm they are coming.
- 4
We mobilise them
Tickets and ID checked, PPE, transport and induction sorted, and a first-day text so nobody gets lost at the gate. On labour hire, the contract, pay, super and workers compensation are ours.
- 5
We stay with them
Regular check-ins with your worker and your supervisor, digital timesheets your supervisor approves from their phone, and one number to call.
Behind the scenes we carry what a supervisor never sees, so your worker turns up ready to work:
- Housing
- Transport
- Parole
- Centrelink
- Health
- ID and licences
- Life admin
Live from our books
Talent ready now
Every person is interviewed one-on-one by our team before an employer sees their name.
422
job-ready people on our books today
70%
hold a driver licence
Live
67%
have their own vehicle
Live
Filling now: 43 open roles
- CN Operator (Rigging & EWP ticket Required)Sino Oron Ore Cape Preston
- RiggerWestern Australia, Australia - Karratha
- BoilermakerWestern Australia, Australia - Karratha
- BeltsplicerSino Iron Ore - Cape Preston
- Belt Splicer TraineeSino Iron Ore - Cape Preston
- Mig WelderCanning Vale WA 6155, Australia
Industries we work in
- Construction
- Civil and infrastructure
- Mining and resources
- Manufacturing and precast
- Warehousing and logistics
- Waste and recycling
- Landscaping
- Food processing
Where we place people
- Western Australia
- Victoria
- Queensland
- New South Wales
Where our people come from
- Programs inside prisons in Western Australia and Victoria, and in the community, that end in employer interviews (228 people enrolled so far).
- 59 Workforce Australia providers who refer people to us.
- Reboot Academy: one-on-one telehealth, co-delivered by an allied health practitioner and a lived experience peer, that helps people own their story and keep the job.
Let's talk
Our team
The people who will look after your roles, and your workers.
Anthony MacShane
Co-founder & General Manager
Jobe MacShane
Co-founder & Operations Manager
Bevan Griggs
Business Development Manager
Spencer Porter
Head of Placements -East Coast
Angie Lee McColley
WA Placement Manager
Meagan Rowles
Program Manager
Marg Pearce
Program Coordinator
Amy Heath
Clinical Manager, Counselling
Kenny V
Lived Experience Peer
Lived-experience mentors: Jeff, Shelley, Troy and Michael. Ambassadors: Dr Helen Byles-Drage (20+ years Psychology with Dept of Justice) and Uncle Len Yarran (Wadjuk Noongar Elder).
Tell us about the roles you need filled. We would love to hear from you.
Western Australia
U8, 21 Napoleon Promenade
Vasse WA 6280
Victoria
Level 1, 41-43 Stewart St
Richmond VIC 3121
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Reboot Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live and work, and their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people we work alongside.
- Live figures are read from the Reboot platform when this page is opened, and are at most ten minutes old. A figure that cannot be read is left out, never shown as zero, and counts under 25 people are not shown.
- Our reoffending rate is our own count: of the people we have placed into work, the share who returned to prison within two years, the same measure as the national rate beside it.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander shares are counted from how people identify when they register. Anyone who has not answered counts as not identifying, so the shares are floors.
Reboot Employment Pty Ltd trading as Reboot Australia. ABN 82 658 930 744.