Stepping Forward - Sharing What Works

Recommendation 20

The taskforce recommends that:

• Commonwealth, State, Territory and local governments work together with community agencies to ensure governments, education and training providers and community agencies collaborate in developing practical local packages of support for young people with high support needs that include:

  • the development of local service networks involving any individuals or agencies identified by young people as being significant personal supports;

  • fostering and resourcing connections with local recreational, cultural, sporting, religious and social groups to encourage the participation of these young people;

  • the opportunity for disconnected young people to work with youth support staff in developing mutually agreed personal support plans;

  • the provision of accessible personal and programme resources to achieve the objectives of personal support plans; and 

  • the availability of appropriate training and support for staff working in these programmes.

• the Commonwealth extend the coverage of the JPET programme and incorporate the approaches outlined above in its work in local communities.

Below is a compilation of initiatives, listed by State/Territory and Commonwealth, that contribute to building the foundations of support needed to promote the wellbeing, participation and identification of young people in vulnerable circumstances. In addition, you are encouraged to look at the current selection of Snapshots gathered for the State/Territory and Commonwealth initiatives targeting Recommendation 20.

| Queensland | Victoria | Northern Territory | South Australia | New South Wales | Tasmania |
 | Western Australia | Australian Capital Territory | Commonwealth |

Education Queensland

• Queensland the Smart State – Education and Training Reforms for the Future
• Croc Eisteddfod Festival
• Support for at Risk Students
• Partners for Success Strategy
• School-based Indigenous Workers
• Education Programs in Youth Detention Centres

TAFE Qld – Department of Employment and Training

• Transition Officers
• Glendyne Farm and Youth Training Centre
• Flexible Delivery for at Risk School Students
• Student Support Services
• Youth at Risk Program

Queensland Health

• Cultural Awareness Training for Staff
• Reconciliation Learning Circle Program
• Health promoting Schools Program
• Queensland Indigenous Sexual Assault Health Strategy
• Young Parents Support Program
• Innovative Health Services for Homeless Young People and Health Services for Disadvantaged Young People
• Rumble in the Jungle
• 100% IN CONTROL

Department of Housing

• Community Renewal Program – Logan Area
• Community Renewal Program – Partnership in Prevention Project

Department of Emergency Services

• State Emergency Services Cadet Scheme

Department of Main Roads

• The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education to Employment Scheme

Queensland Transport

• School Transport Committee of Review
• Learner Licensing Project

Queensland Government

• Queensland Government Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy

Department of Corrective Services

• Peer Support System
• The Elder Visits Program
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literacy Program

Department of Employment and Training

• Community Employment Assistance Program
• Youth Re-connected
• Review of Pathways Articulation

Department of Innovation and Information Economy - Sport and Recreation

• Local Government Development Program
• Indigenous Community Development Program
• Locker Rooms
• Teacher/Coach Accreditation Program
• Community Skills Development Program in ICT

Rock Eisteddfod Challenge Pty Ltd

• Rock Eisteddfod Challenge Sponsorship

Indigenous Festivals of Australia Ltd

• Croc Festival Sponsorship

Department of Education and Training

• Local Learning and Employment Networks
• Managed Individual Pathways Initiative
• Regional Youth Committees
• Youth Pathway Program

Department of Justice

• Koori Youth Group
• Bridging the Gap

Department of Employment, Education and Training

• Irrkerlantyere Learning Centre

Northern Territory Police

• NT Police Juvenile Pre-Court Diversion Scheme – development of Community Youth Development Units (CYDU)
• NT Police Juvenile Pre-Court Diversion Scheme – case management and mentoring services

Department of Employment, Education and Training

• Partnership (proposed)

Department of Human Services

• Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP)
• Ceduna Bush Breakaway Project
• Community Residential Care
• Home Detention
• Reunification
• Youth at Risk

Carclew Youth Arts Centre

• Carclew Youth Arts Centre
• Young People, Crime Prevention and the Arts Initiative

South Australian Youth Arts Board

Department of Education, Training and Employment

• active 8 Premier’s Youth Challenge
• Partnership Outreach Education Models
• Transition Support Networks
• Tutorial Centres

Office of Consumer and Business Affairs

• Youth initiatives

Courts Administration Authority

• Youth Court - Family Conferencing Team

Department of Education and Training

• Helping Young People at Risk Program
• Learning Works
• Aboriginal Careers Aspirations Program

Police Tasmania

• The Mobile Activity Centre

Department of Youth Affairs

• National Youth Week
• Youth Services Funding to Small Local Council 
• Community-based Youth Advisory Services

Department of Education

• Students At Educational Risk Strategy
• Vet In Schools
• Regional Access
• Joblinks
• Competitively Allocated Training (CAT)
• Aboriginal School-Based Traineeship Program
• Career Plus Caravan
• Access All Areas
• GetAccess

ACT Department of Education and Community Services

• Student Support Unit

Department of Education, Science and Training

• Jobs Pathway Programme
• Partnership Outreach Education Model (POEM) Pilots
• Career and Transition (CATS) Pilots
• National Indigenous English Literacy and Numeracy Strategy (NIELNS)
• ECEF - WADU Indigenous Youth Partnerships Initiatives
• Australians Working Together - Indigenous Education and Training

Department of Family and Community Services

• Reconnect
• Youth Activities Services Program
• Collaborative Youth Services Trials
• Innovative and Collaborative Youth Servicing (ICYS) Pilots
• Jobs Placement Employment and Training (JPET)
• Personal Support Programme
• Supported Accommodation Assistance Programme (SAAP)
• SAAP – Case Management

Department of Family and Community Services, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, and Department of Education, Science and Training

• Australians Working Together

Department of Family and Community Services, and Centrelink

• Centrelink Community Officers and Centrelink Homebound programme

Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

• Job Network – Intensive Assistance
• Indigenous Employment

Centrelink

• Centrelink National Partnership Group for Young Job Seekers and At Risk Young People
• Centrelink/South Australia – Youth Connect

Department of Health and Ageing

• National Illicit Drugs Strategy

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