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Managing Transition. Paula Dunkley WBL Support Manager. Programme. Introductions Aims and Objectives Identify specific issues Identify existing support & services Identify best practices Solutions Next Steps.
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Managing Transition Paula Dunkley WBL Support Manager
Programme • Introductions • Aims and Objectives • Identify specific issues • Identify existing support & services • Identify best practices • Solutions • Next Steps
‘By the age of 21, a young male who has been in this (NEET) group for six months is three times more likely than average to have mental health issues, five time more likely to have a criminal record and six times less likely to have any qualifications’
Aims & Objectives • Discuss methods of supporting the transition of potential NEET • Look at local support or services • Agree actions for supporting progression
Introductions • State; • Name • Summary of your organisation • your role within your organisation
Identify Specific Issues • Split into groups and discuss • 5 key issues for potential NEET learners progressing from school into College, WBL or Employment within Croydon • what support or services are available for managing transition? • Identify good practices for managing transition
Solutions • Improved measurement approaches • Early identification and intervention • Effective links, partnership and multi agency approaches • Effective data sharing • Resources conducive to good practice • Meeting needs through targeted, flexible practices • Good procedures for management and accountability
NEET profile • Higher proportion of males • Registered to take free school meals • Low literacy and numeracy • Some ethnic minority groups • Parents poor or unemployed • Parents low academic achievement • Carers, • Teenage parents, • Homeless, • Have been in or are in care, • Have a disability, • Misuse of drugs or alcohol • Involved in offending.
Resources • Tackling NEETs; Connexions Research Brief No; CNX 01, 2003 • Young People NEET; Evidence from Pilots EMA database; Centre for Research in social Policy, 2006 • Missing Out; HMLE, 2006 • Effective working with disadvantaged young people; LSDA, 2000 • Back on Track; LSDA, 2001 • Bridging the Gap; new opportunities for 16-18 year olds NEET; Social Exclusion Unit,1999 • Transitions; Young Adults with complex needs; Social Exclusion Unit; November, 2005
Next Steps • Agree actions to take forward by individuals or institutions