Stepping Forward - Sharing What Works

Recommendation 22

The taskforce recommends that:

• that the Commonwealth government work with State and Territory governments, the Australian National Training Authority, and the Australian Student Traineeship Foundation to ensure that young people not connected to formal education and training or employment have:

  • opportunities to develop their understanding of work culture;

  • vocational experiences in supportive and well-supervised work settings; and

  • opportunities to participate in structured workplace learning models and obtain employability skills including competence in up-to-date information technology usage.

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 22.

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

Department of Innovation and Information Economy

• Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Skills, Training and Role Models (i-STAR) Grants Program

Department of Employment and Training

• Get Set For Work
• Community Training Partnerships
• Community Employment Assistance Programs
• Community Jobs Plan
• Public Sector Employment Initiative
• School-based Apprenticeship and Traineeship
• Youth for the Environment and Local Communities
• Private Sector Employment Initiative
• VET in Schools Program
• Youth Access Program

Queensland Health

• Aboriginal and Islander Career Aspirations Pathway Program
• Aboriginal Tertiary Aspirations Program
• Indigenous Allied Health Cadetships

Department of Housing

• New Apprenticeships Access Program

Disability Services Queensland

• Moving Ahead Post School Services Program
• Local Area Coordination
• Friendship Program

Department of Justice

• Koori Recruitment and Career Development Strategy

Department of Education and Training

• Local Learning and Employment Networks
• Action Plan for School to Work Transition for VCE Students
• VET in the VCE
• Youth Pathways Program

Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development

• Go For IT Traineeships
• Young Achievement Australia and Shell Livewire Program

Department of the Chief Minister

• Indigenous Youth Employment Strategy for Alice Springs

Department of Employment, Education and Training

• Vocational Education

Department of Education, Training and Employment

• Partnership and Outreach Education Models (POEMs)
• TAFE Programs for Indigenous Youth
• Regional Training Program
• Pre-apprentice Trade Training Program 
• VET Infrastructure for Indigenous Australians

Arts SA

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

Department of Education and Training

• VET in Schools
• Work Education Course 
• Workplace Learning Initiative 
• Industry curriculum frameworks 
• School to Work Planning Initiative 
• Arabic Youth Partnership Initiative

• Stated Commonwealth programmes – JPET and Youth Portal

Department of Education

• Pre-vocational and Pre-apprenticeship programs
• Youth Skills Investment
• Jobworks
• The Employment Jumpstart Program (EJP)
• Priority Access
• VET in Schools
• The New Apprenticeships Access Programme (NAAP)

ACT Department of Education and Community Services

• Pathways to Employment Opportunities Program

Department of Education, Science and Training

• New Apprenticeships
• Enterprise and Career Education Foundation (ECEF)
• ECEF - WADU Indigenous Youth Partnerships Initiatives
• Implementation of the Framework for Vocational Education in Schools
• VET in Schools programmes
• Career and Transition (CATS) Pilots
• Partners in a Learning Culture: Australia’s National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Strategy for Vocational Education and Training 2000-2005
• National Indigenous English Literacy and Numeracy Strategy (NIELNS)
• Australians Working Together - Indigenous Education and Training
• Australians Working Together - Working Together for Indigenous Youth
• Commonwealth Development and Employment Projects (CDEP) Scheme – Literacy and Numeracy Programme

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

• Australians Working Together

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