YOUTH TAKE OVER
Youth Take Over addresses the problems young people face entering the labour market after leaving school in the Loddon Campaspe region. This project will bring about a better system of support to help at-risk and unemployed young people enter our growing industries.
Youth research shows young people need a supportive ecosystem that can address the barriers they face and help generate local solutions that attach them to pathways and jobs.
Youth Take Over will support young people unemployed in their first year out of school to build pathways to employment in an industry that interests them (and for that industry to in turn meet and learn from young people).
Take Overs include facilitated initiatives of up to two months with a group of 10 young people working on a project leading to a “take over” of a location, event, initiative (and much more) in an industry.
Young people will receive industry mentoring to develop industry knowledge and develop the skills they need to run their Take Over.
Youth Take Over will be responsive to the needs of communities and will link into complementary programs and services and build the capacity for the community to run the Take Overs themselves in the future.
This will build an innovative and sustainable youth employment support system offering every young person having difficulty working out what to do after school skills, experience and employment opportunities.
OUTCOMES
01.
Give young people the work experience, skills and industry contacts that are vital to them overcoming disadvantage in the labour market.
02.
Give employers a chance to see their business from a youth perspective and fresh ideas.
03.
Embed capacity across our industries to create a long-term, flexible, locally designed youth unemployment support system for our region.
04.
Employment for at least 50 young people.
ATTN: YOUNG PEOPLE
Do you want work experience that will help you find a job?
Have you finished school in the last couple of years?
Do you have 2 hours a week spare for 6 weeks?
WHY YOUTH TAKE OVER IS FOR YOU…
Work with a team of young people.
Receive $500 to cover travel and costs.
Develop new job-ready skills.
Gain contacts to use as referees.
