Realities and challenges of youth employment support: research on assistance development in the United Kingdom and situation analyses on Japanese youth: summary

This document provides a summary of a study that focused on: (1) understanding and analysing consciousness and actual behavior of young people, focusing on those who tend to have difficulties in transition from school to work due to low educational background, as well as those with a tendency to avoid participating in the labour force, both of which were not able to make use of past employment support measures; (2) conducting hearings with respect to situations of youth employment support measures that have been newly administered in Japan; and (3) examining directions that youth employment assistance measures should head for so that Japan can efficiently deploy those measures, by investigating realities surrounding operations and evaluations of new measures taken in other countries such as the UK. The following seven suggestions are made in terms of youth employment support policies: (1) enhancing collaboration between schools and employment support organisations outside of schools and establishing an organic system of collaboration among support organisations; (2) establishing a system to improve the quality of assistance provided by employment support organisations; (3) establishing a system to enhance assistance capacities of support staff; (4) encouraging young people themselves to participate in youth support activities; (5) exploring comprehensive transition assistance measures; (6) establishing a sustainable public assistance system; and (7) enriching support for teenagers who are still studying at school. Show less