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The aim of the Jobs Pathway Programme (JPP) is to help at risk youth make the transition through school and from school to further education, training or employment. This paper was prepared by the Jobs Pathway Programme National Provider Network (JPPNP) and the Dusseldorp Skills Forum (DSF) to assist the Commonwealth Government develop a new national youth transition service in 2004. It is based on the practical experience of JPP providers since 1995, and the ongoing national research of DSF. The paper highlights the strengths of the JPP approach and outlines the requirements for an effective national transition service. These requirements include: universal access for young people aged 13-19, with the capacity to direct those needing particular support to more intensive forms of assistance; using existing community partnerships and delivery agencies appropriate to local conditions and circumstances; building on shared local commitments to improve education, training, and labour market opportunities for young people; involving young people in design, delivery and evaluation; recognising the long term transition process, and providing assistance from the early secondary school years through to a minimum of 12 months after schooling has ceased; providing careers advice and guidance for all students; ensuring that all secondary students have personal action plans for transition; providing the capacity to identify and support those young people who require mentoring services; ensuring that the progress of all students and school-leavers is tracked and monitored for the purposes of providing intervention and support when required; providing all early school leavers with case management support; appropriate funding to achieve effective outcomes; acknowledging the skills, resources, experience and proven track record of existing providers to deliver the service; and retaining the diversity and flexibility that have been crucial to JPP’s success and avoiding becoming overly bureaucratic and centralised.