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WAIRARAPA Youth Education, Training He Ara Angitu & Employment Partnership “A Pathway for All – All in a Pathway” www.yete.nz Term 2 2017 Newsletter # 3 YETE Means: All Wairarapa youth engaged in meaningful education, training, and/or employment A pathway for every student from education to employment Our businesses better connected with young people Wairarapa young people have the skills employers need Students prepare to work Wairarapa’s newest youth employment scheme, one of its largest employers and its secondary schools have teamed up to help young people become work-ready. The community partnership (YETE) has launched Licence to Work (L2W), which is a Youth Employability Programme or YEP. It is designed to prepare young people for the workforce with mentorship from local businesses. L2W, piloted in three other regions, was created following industry concern that young workers lack the transferable qualities, such as communication, problem solving and time management, that are needed to succeed in the workforce.Young L2W participants receive coaching at school to develop employability skills, and complete 20 hours of volunteer work and an 80- hour work experience placement. To begin the 12- month pilot in Wairarapa, YETE has partnered with Trust House and Makoura College, enrolling six of its senior students in the programme. The students are each on placement for one day a week at Trust House venues throughout the region. Laurel Booth, Makoura College carers advisor, said the students’ teachers and classmates have already noticed a difference in their demeanour and confidence since the programme began. “They’re training in areas they are interested in, and can now be trusted to carry out tasks independently,” Ms Booth said. “They are earning what employers expect of them and the enjoy the hands-on experience.” YETE project lead Josie Whaanga said L2W helps young people develop the seven competencies most valued by employers: communication, teamwork, self-management, willingness to learn, thinking skills, resilience and a positive attitude. Students are also guided in areas such as job searching, creating a CV and preparing for a job interview, and learn about health and safety obligations and their rights as employees. New Zealand studies show youth who fail in their first two job upon leaving school have a higher chance of long-term unemployment and welfare dependency- making work readiness particularly crucial. “The skills they are learning are vital for successfully gaining and retaining employment,” Miss Whaanga said.“In their placement, they are learning how these skills apply to every aspect of their role, regardless of their position within the business.” The six Makoura students were selected by YETE for L2W, following consultation with their teachers and whanau.They were then matched with a workplace mentor – a Trust House employee working in the area of the services industry the student is most interested in. Year 13 student Latysha Joss-Winiata has been placed at The Farriers – and said she can see herself eventually working in front of house at a restaurant. “It’s a good experience. I enjoy taking the customers’ orders and giving table service, cleaning tables and re-setting them,” she said. “Sometimes, I have to ask for help, but the staff make me feel welcome there.” Ms Booth said the students’ mentors say “they are growing into their roles, Latysha Joss-Winata (right ) on work experience at The Farriers and it’s great to see this happen.” watching her mentor Samantha Miller. [2] L2W Facilitator Training No #3 YETE provided a third round of License to Work Facilitator training for the community on 31 May and 1 June 2017 at The Spot, Masterton. After being trained by COMET and Cognition Auckland (co-founders of the L2W programme) and subsequently learning how to co present the programme with co-founder Shirley Johnson (Comet), Josie Whaanga and Louise Wensvoort were permitted to independently offer L2W Facilitator Training at no cost to the community. The two-day training included attendees from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, UCOL, Trade and Commerce and Dress for Success. The group was small but their knowledge of young people and the way they learn made this an ideal group for Josie and Louise to try out their L to R; Linda Voice, Jemma Grantham, Cody Field facilitation skills on. A lot of fun was had by all and the participants felt they were ready to implement the programme at the end of the sessions. The ability to train future groups is a huge money saver for YETE and the Wairarapa community now and in the future. YETE are also hoping to also bring one-day refresher training to the region in the near future for those who trained in 2016. YETE is currently developing a proposal for 2018 to assist secondary schools and tertiary providers in embedding the L2W programme into the core curriculum. The proposal will include recommendations and solutions in the following key areas; curriculum timetabling, funding, staffing, training requirements, target age groups, community support mechanisms and so on. Term 4 2017 will see YETE offering a fourth and pending numbers, potentially a fifth training opportunity for those wanting to implement the L2W programme within their organisation in 2018. L to R; Libby Gold, Riki Anderson, Susie Hilliard For more information, please contact YETE. Contact details on Pg 12 [3] Masterton District Council on board for local rangatahi Masterton District Council (MDC) is the one of the willingness to learn, thinking skills, resilience and a latest organisations to sign up with a Wairarapa- positive attitude – while in school, and learn other based scheme to help youth enter the workforce competencies, such as job searching, health and with more confidence. safety, and knowing their rights as employees. The council has joined with the region's Youth Then, they are required to complete 20 hours of Education, Training and Employment Partnership volunteer work and an 80-hour work experience (YETE), and is now a registered Youth Friendly placement. Employer – meaning it has committed to providing work experience opportunities for rangatahi across YETE Project Lead Josie Whaanga said work the business, and helping mentor them as they projects for young people will begin at council develop work-readiness skills. amenities, such as Masterton District Library and Archive. Opportunities will later be offered in other MDC is also one of the YETE Partnership's main arms of the organisations, such as parks and sponsors, having provided funding for the initiative recreation, administration and customer service. since June last year, and recently committing to supporting it financially until 2019. Students undertaking volunteer or work placements within MDC will be assigned a YETE's L2W scheme was set up to help young workplace mentor whose job matches with the people gain the transferable skills most valued by young person's vocational and career interests. employers before entering the workforce, through both volunteer and work experience placements Miss Whaanga said YETE encourages other with local community organisations and businesses who wish to learn more about how to businesses. attract, engage and retain young people in their workplace to sign up with YETE. Pim Borren, MDC Chief Executive, said he was looking forward to working with a new generation "Benefits include opportunities to partner with of hopeful employees. (schools and tertiary), and improve curriculum alignment between education providers and "The partnership between MDC and YETE is an businesses towards a common goal – an increase investment – to support key stakeholders by of work-ready young people." working collaboratively so that we can provide the best opportunities for our young people and enable them to become work-ready," Mr Borren said. "MDC has supported the YETE initiative from its inception, where Mayor Lyn Patterson became a key member and supporter of the YETE partnership, encouraging other district councils to do the same. "MDC has a made a long term commitment to this space." Mr Borren said the appointment of Tom Hullena, former Makoura College principal, as MDC Special Projects Lead – Education & Community Development was a further demonstration of Photo of Pim Borren (MDC Chief Executive) & Josie council support – as Mr Hullena is current chair of Whaanga (YETE Project Lead) YETE as one of these projects. Young people who enrol in the L2W programme learn about the seven key employability skills – communication, teamwork, self-management, [4] Strategic Team 3 Business Partnership Development and The Youth-Friendly Business Partnership Agreement Business Engagement 37 Trained Licence to Work Facilitators • 67 businesses YETE engaged Kuranui College 3 17 businesses signed as Youth Friendly • Makoura College 4 Employers with 50+ to follow • 121 employment engagement opportunities Wairarapa College 4 available Chanel College 1 Work Placement (Engagement Level 4) – (47) Te Kura Kaupapa o Wairarapa 1 Short term tasters 1 Rathkeale College 1 Ongoing 3 Te Wānanga o Aotearoa 4 Gateway 21 UCOL 2 R2M Partnerships (embedding Licence to 6 Taratahi 2 Work programme into the work placement in collaboration with education Community 3 providers) Tararua College 1 Dual Pathways/ 3+2 6 Dannervirke High School 2 Part-time work 10 Compass Health 1 Engagement Level 3 – (17) Wairarapa Youth Services 1 Job Shadowing 4 Ministry of Education 1 Skills review/feedback sessions 4 Connecting Communities 2 Formal work place assessment 2 Wairarapa