Our youth employment action plan: setting our young people on a strong pathway to fulfilling working lives

This report is the first population-focused action plan for improving employment outcomes under the Government's Employment Strategy. A cross-system lens is used to identify how different government systems, such as the education and welfare systems, are experienced by a particular group. In the case of this action plan, this approach recognises that young people can often require a range of services from across the different systems and aims to highlight where there are opportunities to improve how the systems work together to support better outcomes. This action plan sets out the...  [+] Show more

This report is the first population-focused action plan for improving employment outcomes under the Government's Employment Strategy. A cross-system lens is used to identify how different government systems, such as the education and welfare systems, are experienced by a particular group. In the case of this action plan, this approach recognises that young people can often require a range of services from across the different systems and aims to highlight where there are opportunities to improve how the systems work together to support better outcomes. This action plan sets out the actions that government agencies are committed to undertaking, together with community partners, to build on and improve the pipeline of support we have in place to: (1) prevent young people from falling into unemployment and/or non-participation in education or training and put in place the building blocks for success; (2) support young people to make informed choices and good transitions in a complex environment and; (3) ensure young people have employment opportunities and access to the support they need to overcome barriers and get back on track.

Edited excerpts from publication.