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FOCUSING ON NEETS CREATING POSITIVE PROGRESSION OPPORTUNITIES

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Focusing on NEETs Creating positive progression opportunities. Heather Freeman - Regional Project Manager 01992 411359 [email protected] Ben Wyse - Deputy Project Manager 01992 411544 [email protected]. ESF Funded NEET Projects – East of England. Youth East 2 (Kick Start Your Future) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Focusing on NEETs Creating positive progression opportunities

FOCUSING ON NEETS

CREATING POSITIVE PROGRESSION OPPORTUNITIES

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Heather Freeman - Regional Project Manager

01992 411359 [email protected]

Ben Wyse - Deputy Project Manager01992 411544 [email protected]

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ESF Funded NEET Projects – East of England

Youth East 2 (Kick Start Your Future) NEET or at risk of disengaging aged 14-18 (4071)

Start April 2011/ End December 2013

Youth East Works YEW (Pathways to Apprenticeships) NEETs wishing to engage in work based training through

apprenticeships aged 16-19 (839)Start April 2011 / End December 2012

Awarded following the successful completion of two similar projects 2009/2010

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Youth East 1 – Results (16-19)

Target Achieved %

Starts 2865 2885 100%

Qualifications 2186 2254 103%

Progression 1497 1950 130%

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Herts Youth – Results (14-16)

Target Achieved %

Starts 335/304 304 91%

Qualifications 302/251 251 83%

Progressions 268 262 98%

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County Starts Targets – Youth East 2 (14-19)

County Starts

Cambs 620

Essex 1612

Herts 636

Norfolk 626

Suffolk 577

Total 4071

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Hertfordshire Providers

Essex Training Centre Hertford Regional College North Herts College Oaklands College West Herts College Positive Strides Ridgemond Training TEC@Tabbard Wheels YMCA Training SPS

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County Starts Target - Youth East Works (16-19)

County Starts

Cambs 125

Essex 323

Herts 138

Norfolk 135

Suffolk 118

Total 839

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Hertfordshire Providers

Hertford Regional College Oaklands College North Herts College West Herts College

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Managing a regional project to address the needs of NEET young people

Strengths: Regional lead with local perspective Centrally managed profiles / flexibility to meet

demand Flexible/peripatetic providers Consistent approach to quality Shared good practice Partnership rather than competition Bespoke MI system Robust audit trail Dedicated resource

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Managing a regional project to address the needs of NEET young people

Challenges: Project volumes v growing NEETs Stakeholder expectations 3rd generation worklessness/benefit trap Economic tensions Travel Cohort mix Multi levels of capability Much reduced referral resource in some counties Dealing with poor levels of literacy, numeracy and

language skills

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How do we engage with and recruit young people?

Tasters / Incentives Positive promotion / word of mouth Short and interesting – something different Seamless progression available immediately Multi agency approach – holistic projects Work experience / project leads into work Good staff with the right experience and attitude Good / current information for referral partners Use technology to approach young people Relationship with schools – preventative work 14-16 Flexible provision linked to curriculum 14-16

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Encouraging employers to give NEET young people an opportunity

Providers funded for starts and completions on work tasters Pre Apprenticeship Academies – aspire to work from the start Eligible SMEs paid for Supported Placement opportunity £300

start, £500 milestones and £1000 when convert to a full Apprenticeship – up to 26 weeks, learner paid a training allowance until they start the Apprenticeship

Employer open evenings – sector based (targeted promotion) Work focussed qualifications (Work Skills) – skills that employers

want e.g. Attitudes and behaviours Working with others / alone Listening skills / following instructions / speaking skills Problem solving Communication / confidence

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Group Task

“A significant number of NEET young people dip in and out of programmes remaining

NEET until they can claim a benefit”

How do we prevent the NEET ‘churn’ and ensure sustained progression?

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Consider

Training Provider Mentors

School Ambassadors

Connexions Communication channels

Employers Tracking

Parents Incentives

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Aims

Identify three major barriers that cause the ‘churn’

Identify three actions to address the barriers