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Initiatives targeting Recommendation 17South AustraliaCareer and Transition Management All young people will be provided with services to enable them to make successful transitions to further education, training and adult life. Support includes:
The key elements of the Career and Transition Management Framework include:
Target group: All young people in 20 regional groups aged 13 -19 years. Coverage: Current trials in four regions Timeframe: Full implementation 2002-2003 Responsible agency: DETE - Enterprise and Voc. Ed. Website: www.dete.sa.gov.au Transition Support Networks Regional networks will, through Transition Support Networks develop approaches to career and transition support which will provide assistance to young people and their families. It will be driven by local partnerships and will allow regional networks to respond collaboratively to the needs of young people and the local community. The project aims to support transition support networks to:
Target group: All young people within each EVE region aged 13 -19 years, especially those who are at risk or disconnected Coverage: Current trial with four regional groups Timeframe: Proposed extension 2002-2003 Responsible agency: DETE - Enterprise and Vocational Education Website: www.dete.sa.gov.au Behavioural Intervention Service Client-focussed planning by a cross agency multidisciplinary team to provide intervention and an individualised response to students at risk of becoming disconnected to peers, family schools and the community through extreme and difficult to manage behaviour problems. Target group: Students with extreme and difficult to manage behaviour problems Coverage: State wide Timeframe: Ongoing Responsible agency: DETE-Student and Professional Services Website: www.dete.sa.gov.au Bowden Brompton Community School Bowden Brompton Community School is an alternative secondary school that focuses on young people who have become educationally and socially marginalised. It provides ongoing schooling for disinclined, disruptive and disadvantaged students who have experienced limited success in mainstream schooling. Target group: Young people who have become educationally and socially marginalised Coverage: Metropolitan Timeframe: Ongoing Responsible agency: DETE-Student and Professional Services Website: www.dete.sa.gov.au Learning centres provide short term alternative programs for students experiencing behavioural, social and emotional difficulties. The focus of the learning centre is to support the students to improve both their learning and their behaviour. The program provides an opportunity to work on behaviour issues within a supportive centre and aims for the student to return to their enrolled school after completing their program in the learning centre. Target group: Students experiencing behavioural, social and emotional difficulties Coverage: Metropolitan Timeframe: Ongoing Responsible agency: DETE-Student and Professional Services Website: www.dete.sa.gov.au Joint initiative between City of Playford, Northern Area Community and Youth Services, Smithfield Plains High School, Para West Adult Campus, Anglican Mission SA, Centrelink and Para Work Links which aims to provide young people with a diverse and accredited educational program that enables them to achieve success, build life skills and positive self esteem through relevant learning activities. There is a focus on strengthening the development of collaborative work in youth services across the Playford community. Target group: 12-18 year olds who are at risk of leaving school or who are recently disconnected from education Coverage: Playford Area, Northern Adelaide Timeframe: Ongoing Responsible agency: DETE-Metro Schools and Children's Services Website: www.dete.sa.gov.au Profiling 'At Risk' Youth in South Australia 2001 A study of 'at risk' youth aged between 12 and 24 through developing a reliable and valid methodology for profiling young people in the 'at risk' categories, in particular those who are not participating in the labour force and not studying. Target group: Youth aged between 12 and 24 Coverage: State wide Timeframe: To be completed 31.3.02 Responsible agency: DHS- Policy Planning and Corporate with ABS, DETE and Justice Website: www.dhs.sa.gov.au Target work is a group of alternative programs that offer students at risk the opportunity to study and experience work and vocational pathways as a focus to their education. The program coordinates projects in conjunction with state and local government for students at risk of leaving school and provides work experience opportunities, SACE accreditation and TAFE. Projects that have been completed by the program include: Brighton beach board and chain walk; the West Beach board-walk project; the Wirra Birra Wildlife Sanctuary project; and the Adelaide Parklands Youth Project Target group: Students 'at risk' of leaving school Coverage: State wide Timeframe: Ongoing Responsible agency: DETE-Student and Professional Services Website: www.dete.sa.gov.au Transforming Senior Secondary Schooling for Disadvantaged Schools Models of curriculum, delivery and assessment within mainstream accreditation processes. Target group: Students at Risk of not completing senior secondary education Coverage: State wide Timeframe: 1 year Responsible agency: DETE (Curriculum) Website: www.dete.sa.gov.au A joint initiative of DETE, DHS, Centacare, Catholic Education Service , Baptist Community Services and Southern Junction Youth Services, the project assists in the development of whole school and community support structures for students who are most at risk of disengaging early from education. These structures form part of a support plan, which relies on the strengths of the young person as identified by the young person, the family, the school and the team. The support plan enlists the backing of non-traditional support persons to facilitate a more positive engagement of the young person with education and community life. The model is based on the Wraparound process developed by American academic and researcher, Lucille Eber. Target group: 13-25 year olds at risk of disengaging Coverage: Metropolitan Timeframe: Ongoing Responsible agency: DHS - Metropolitan Division Website: www.dhs.sa.gov.au Early Intervention in Crime Prevention Develop, implement and evaluate early intervention or developmental approaches in crime prevention, focussing on key transition points. The risk and protective factors for 'becoming disconnected from family, school and community' are very similar to those factors for developing offending behaviours. Target group: Yet to be negotiated in local communities Coverage: Two localities in SA (one rural, one metro); communities with high levels of socio-economic disadvantage. Timeframe: Three year project 2001-2003; with intent to develop longitudinal evaluation Responsible agency: Attorney - General's Department Website: www.justice.sa.gov.au
OCBA does not have any specific initiatives to address these recommendations however there are a range of packages which can be incorporated in bigger strategies. Eg, OCBA maintains a range of financial, renting and purchasing advice specifically aimed at younger people who are trying to make their respective ways in late teens or early adulthood. OCBA is also a regular contributor to school curriculum work on consumer-related issues by providing materials and presentations. OCBA can provide supporting information to teachers who want to equip students with basic personal survival and life skills in the areas mentioned above as well as provide presentations to groups of students and has regularly done so in the school environment. Target group: Any age Coverage: State wide Timeframe: Ongoing Responsible agency: Office of Consumer and Business Affairs (OCBA), Attorney - General's Department Website: www.justice.sa.gov.au Living Skills Program, now called 'Operation Role Model' This program is school based and aimed at developing life skills for at risk young people. It is aimed at truants and young people displaying anti-social behaviour. Target group: 13-16 years Coverage: Metropolitan - Northern suburbs Timeframe: Responsible agency: SAPOL Website: www.sapolice.sa.gov.au Operation AWOL Truancy program This collaborative program between police and DETE was implemented due to the number of young people of compulsory school age being apprehended for shop stealing and aims to minimise habitual/casual truancy. Target group: 6-15 years Coverage: Metropolitan - South Coast Timeframe: Ongoing Responsible agency: SAPOL Website: www.sapolice.sa.gov.au Youth on the Move program This program between State Govt, Local Govt and non-Govt sectors aims to identify young people at risk with a primary focus on young Aboriginal people between 10-18 years of age. Interagency and community partnership arrangements are a key component of this program and involve regular interagency meetings and development of focussed intervention programs. Target group: 10-18 years of age, particularly Aboriginal people Coverage: Murray Bridge Timeframe: Ongoing Responsible agency: SAPOL Website: www.sapolice.sa.gov.au |
